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New York Times, Monday, September 7, 1998

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Down : Bank employee
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 62 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 20%
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© 1998, The New York Times9/7/98 ( No. 17,835 )
Across
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Toasted sandwiches, for short : BLTS
5
Politician Alexander : LAMAR
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Very funny one : RIOT
14
Dublin's land : EIRE
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Habitation : ABODE
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The "I" in "The King and I" : ANNA
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Send out : EMIT
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Suppers : MEALS
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Hoof it : WALK
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Agitated : FITTOBETIED
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Caustic substance : LYE
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Mrs. Kowalski, in "A Streetcar Named Desire" : STELLA
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Hall-of-Famer Yogi : BERRA
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1950's car with a horse-collar grille : EDSEL
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Yak, yak, yak : NATTER
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Buffoons : OAFS
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"The Wind in the Willows" character : TOAD
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World leader who gave his name to a jacket : NEHRU
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Zilch : NIL
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Browbeat : HENPECK
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Trains to the Loop : ELS
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Bring out : EDUCE
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Fodder holder : SILO
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Lose sleep (over) : FRET
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Harbor a grudge about : RESENT
49
Frisco gridder : NINER
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Softens, with "down" : TONES
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Golf shoe features : CLEATS
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Word repeated in "Does ___ or doesn't ___?" : SHE
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Agitated : ALLWORKEDUP
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Prayer receiver, with "the" : LORD
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Sweater size : LARGE
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Neck hair : MANE
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Comply : OBEY
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Turn outward : EVERT
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Tommie of the 60's-70's Mets : AGEE
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Portend : BODE
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"Walk Away ___" (1966 hit) : RENEE
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Brainy, socially inept sort : NERD
Down
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Strengthens, with "up" : BEEFS
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See 56-Down : LIMIT
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Said too often : TRITE
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Pays, as a bill : SETTLES
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Chew out : LAMBASTE
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Have ___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
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Castle defense : MOAT
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Wing it, speechwise : ADLIB
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Visited again : RESEEN
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Inexperienced : RAW
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Agitated : INALATHER
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"Members ___" : ONLY
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Give's partner : TAKE
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Long in the tooth : OLD
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Guzzled : DRANK
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I-95, e.g.: Abbr. : RTE
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Seemingly forever : EONS
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Rabbit fur : LAPIN
31
Writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
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Reddish-brown : RUST
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Lulu : ONER
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Candy striper, e.g. : AIDE
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Agitated : FLUSTERED
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Takeout lunch provider : DELI
40
Redhead's secret, maybe : HENNA
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Basement floor material : CONCRETE
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Corp. numero uno : CEO
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One released from bondage : FREEMAN
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Bank employee : TELLER
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Antlered animal : ELK
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Work like a dog : SLAVE
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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," e.g. : ADAGE
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Radio part : TUNER
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With 2-Down, 65 miles per hour, say : SPEED
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Hardly a neatnik : SLOB
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Tramp : HOBO
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Songbird : WREN
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Fearsome one : OGRE
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Hair coloring : DYE

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