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Ed Early
Ed Early

NY Times, Sun, Jun 28, 1998 Diagramless

27-Down : Hot stuff

Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 68, Blocks: 125
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© 1998, The New York Times
Across
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Old Russian despot : TSAR
5
Amontillado container : CASK
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Hand over : CONSIGN
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Made raucous noise : BLATTED
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Nobelist France : ANATOLE
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Continental, e.g. : AIRLINE
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Scolded : BERATED
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Moderately slow tempo : ANDANTE
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With 20-Across, the theme of this puzzle, with "The" : LION
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See 19-Across : KING
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Point on a diamond? : RUN
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Posed : SAT
23
Homes : ABODES
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Unit of 19- and 20-Across : CEL
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Like picnic wear : CASUAL
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"___-da" : LADI
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___ polloi : HOI
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Loyal : TRUE
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Spectrum generator : PRISM
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Struggles : DINTS
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Reveille producer : BUGLE
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Melodic : TUNEFUL
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Stocked up : HOARDED
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Famed Italian arts patron : MEDICI
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Patisserie delicacy : ECLAIR
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Kyoto bread : YEN
50
Brace : TWO
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Process used in 19- and 20-Across : ANIMATION
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Heading on a Father's Day card : TODAD
58
Main character in 19- and 20-Across : SIMBA
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Tough tests : ORALS
60
Chemical ending : ENE
Down
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Dial ___ : TONE
2
Hair tangle : SNARL
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"Blue Skies" star : ASTAIRE
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Fall-down-laughing funny : RIOTOUS
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Kind of arrest : CARDIAC
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Braves' home : ATLANTA
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Confidence game : STING
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"Mild-mannered" reporter : KENT
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Taxi : CAB
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Senator/astronaut : GLENN
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Composer Rorem : NED
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Barnyard sound : BAA
13
Golf course : LINKS
14
Scenic Scottish river : DEE
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Monte Leone, e.g. : ALP
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QB Starr : BART
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Discredit : ODIUM
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With 31-Down, producer of 19- and 20-Across : DISNEY
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Hot stuff : CHILI
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Ages and ages : EON
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Supple : LITHE
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See 26-Down : STUDIO
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Proponent : URGER
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Part of a New Year's Eve song : AULD
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___ jeans : LEE
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Euripides tragedy : MEDEA
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French nobleman : DUC
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Assn. : SOC
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Muscles : BRAWN
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Twain name : FINN
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Quartet member : ALTO
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"Wishing won't make ___" : ITSO
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Fabric with a wavelike look : MOIRE
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Hyper? : ADMAN
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Delay : TABLE
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Lupino and others : IDAS
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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