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Frank Longo
Frank Longo

NY Times, Sun, Feb 22, 1998 Diagramless

29-Down : Mattel makes them

Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 66, Blocks: 140
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry.
1-Across begins in the eighth square of the top row.
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© 1998, The New York Times
Across
1
"For shame!" : TSK
4
Poetic pugilist : ALI
5
"Hee Haw" co-host : BUCKOWENS
11
Checkout counter needs : CASHREGISTERS
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Thin out, as a gas : RAREFY
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Credits preceder : THEEND
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Rich rock : ORE
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Where to find a Blue Light Special : KMART
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Teetotaler : NONUSER
26
Dust Bowl victim : OKIE
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Deciphers : MAKESOUT
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DDT-banning grp. : EPA
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1983 Rodney Dangerfield comedy : EASYMONEY
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List abbr. : ETC
38
"Ta-ta, Tokyo!" : SAYONARA
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Misinformant : LIAR
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Addressed : SPOKETO
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"___ navidad!" : FELIZ
47
Chaney of chillers : LON
48
Guile : DECEIT
51
"Scarface" star, 1983 : PACINO
54
Soft salad base : BOSTONLETTUCE
58
An arm and a leg, so to speak : TOPDOLLAR
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Gardner of "Mogambo" : AVA
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Slugger Griffey Jr. : KEN
Down
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Confiscate : TAKE
2
Move through mud : SLOG
3
Flightless bird from Down Under : KIWI
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Undergraduate teaching deg. : BSE
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Between 30 and 3,000 Mhz : UHF
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Boohoo : CRY
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Part of i.e. : EST
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To the ___ degree : NTH
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Quest : SEEK
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Billiard bounce : CAROM
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Where games are played : ARENA
13
Adventure hero ___ Williams : REMO
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Cottonmouth or copperhead : SNAKE
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Silver of the screen : RON
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Stalactite starter : DRIP
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Caddy contents : TEA
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Tiny Tim played one : UKE
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Poseidon's domain : SEA
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Pothook shape : ESS
25
Acuff and Orbison : ROYS
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Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" : UMA
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Mattel makes them : TOYS
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Queue before Q : NOP
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Bowie collaborator Brian : ENO
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Endangered ox : YAK
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Keebler employee : ELF
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In extra innings : TIED
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Novelist Carr : CALEB
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Thing of the past : RELIC
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Joined (with) : ATONE
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Puerto ___ : RICO
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Lennon's lady : ONO
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Joie de vivre : ZEST
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Most-televised judge of 1995 : ITO
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Go one better than : TOP
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Bakker's former org. : PTL
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___ moment's notice : ATA
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Junkyard dog : CUR
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Neighbor of Mont. : NDAK
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It means nothing to Navratilova : LOVE
57
Joie de vivre : ELAN
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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