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Jean Wykoff Reno
Jean Wykoff Reno

NY Times, Sun, Apr 30, 2000 Diagramless

14-Across : One bucking for Lt. Col.

Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 80, Blocks: 98
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has left/right symmetry. 1-Across begins in the seventh square of the top row.
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© 2000, The New York Times
Across
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Polo or tee : SHIRT
6
50's president, informally : IKE
9
Putdown in a 1970's country song title : SHOVEIT
11
Have markers out : OWE
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One bucking for Lt. Col. : MAJ
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Marching style : GOOSESTEP
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One of the Bobbsey twins : NAN
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Vacation time on the Cote d'Azur : ETE
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One without a will : INTESTATE
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Hesitant sounds : ERS
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Cable channel with old films : AMC
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Mountain pass : GAP
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Final amount : NET
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Wed. follower : THU
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___ King Cole : NAT
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Hitch : RUB
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Hellos : HIS
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Fish delicacy : ROE
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"Heartburn" author Ephron : NORA
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Rapper Shakur : TUPAC
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Seaweed gelatin : AGAR
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Sturm und ___ : DRANG
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Sauté : FRY
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Galvanizes : ZINCS
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"Star Wars" catchphrase : USETHEFORCELUKE
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Chemists' knowledge : EQUATIONS
45
Lummoxes : CLODS
46
Catchphrase from a 1982 Spielberg film : ETPHONEHOME
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Kind of pipe : BRIAR
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One of the Muses : ERATO
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"Star Trek" catchphrase : BEAMMEUPMRSCOTT
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Constrictors : BOAS
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Gown : DRESS
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Salamander : NEWT
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Hosp. area : ICU
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Old gray mare? : NAG
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"Road" film destination : RIO
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Duty : TAX
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Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside ___" : INN
Down
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Field event : SHOTPUT
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Firefighter's equipment : HOSE
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Currier's partner : IVES
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Musical silence : REST
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Best Picture of 1997 : TITANIC
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"Um...that is..." : IMEAN
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City of Nepal : KATMANDU
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Gun mechanisms : EJECTORS
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Echolocation device : SONAR
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Coiffeurs work on them : TETES
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Kind of mind : ONETRACK
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Survivor of many struggles : WARHORSE
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Follow : ENSUE
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Musician's booking : GIG
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Stroke : PET
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Lake Erie port : BUFFALO
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Wagon fun : HAYRIDE
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Actress Charlotte : RAE
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Pot starter : ANTE
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Atom item : PROTON
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Suffers : AILS
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Wildebeest : GNU
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Main ctr. of operations : GHQ
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Form of Buddhism : ZEN
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Cheated : EUCHRED
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Pampers : COSHERS
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Baseball stats : ERAS
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Tiny Cratchit : TIM
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Actress Dawber : PAM
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Surgery sites, for short : ORS
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Certain computer : MAC
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Prestigious British school : ETON
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Suitors : BEAUX
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Cheri of "Saturday Night Live" : OTERI
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___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
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Ash holder : URN
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Bit of ammo : PEA
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Where the Knicks play: Abbr. : MSG
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Two-screen theater : TWIN
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Morsel : BIT
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Shipping unit : TON
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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