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New York Times, Monday, March 15, 1999

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Down : Amtrak posting
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 39 for Ms. Gorski. Monday freshness: 58%
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© 1999, The New York Times3/15/99 ( No. 18,024 )
Across
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Cuba's Castro : FIDEL
6
Amo, ___, amat (Latin exercise) : AMAS
10
Fishhook's end : BARB
14
Positive pole : ANODE
15
70's-80's TV alien : MORK
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Theater award : OBIE
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Place in the news, 3/28/79 : THREEMILEISLAND
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Genesis son : CAIN
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Moderately slow, in music : ANDANTE
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Drink in a mug : ALE
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Helen of ___ : TROY
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Shady retreat : ARBOR
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Examiner : TESTER
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Shock : ASTOUND
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Duracell competitor : RAYOVAC
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Bandleader Brown : LES
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They're hard to walk on : FOURINCHHEELS
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Mel's Diner waitress : FLO
41
Baby's room : NURSERY
42
Terriers and toy poodles, e.g. : LAPDOGS
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Marvelous, in slang : DREAMY
49
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
50
Air conditioner capacity, for short : BTUS
52
Scot's refusal : NAE
53
Marsh plant : CATTAIL
56
Speaker's spot : DAIS
57
Offside setback : FIVEYARDPENALTY
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Persia, now : IRAN
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Clumsy dancer's obstacles : TOES
63
Like a lot : ADORE
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Not straight : BENT
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Not ___ eye in the house : ADRY
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Legislative aides : PAGES
Down
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Big shot : FATCAT
2
Fill the lungs : INHALE
3
Boats with paddles : DORIES
4
Genesis garden : EDEN
5
Light-Horse Harry, for one : LEE
6
Kind of acid : AMINO
7
Like stuff in the back of the fridge, maybe : MOLDY
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Environs : AREA
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Flesh : SKIN
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"10" music : BOLERO
11
Lawyers' org. : ABA
12
___ Tin Tin : RIN
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Retirement locale? : BED
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Getting hitched : MARRYING
19
Number on a baseball card : STAT
23
Sign of weeping : TEAR
25
Torero's foe : BULL
26
Smallest bills : ONES
27
Country rtes. : RDS
29
Robert Morse Tony-winning role : TRU
30
Sounds of relief : AAHS
31
Amtrak posting : SCHEDULE
33
Burden : ONUS
34
TV hookup : VCR
36
Spanish custard : FLAN
37
"Stupid me!" : OOPS
38
Blows it : ERRS
39
Iris's place : EYE
40
Neighbor of Ga. : FLA
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Clothed, informally : DECENT
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Oil of ___ : OLAY
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Not digital : ANALOG
47
___ d' : MAITRE
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Emphatic affirmative : YESYES
50
Justice Ruth ___ Ginsburg : BADER
51
Sloshed : TIPSY
54
Socialite's "bye" : TATA
55
Walked (on) : TROD
56
Baby's first word : DADA
57
Prevaricate : FIB
58
Wrath : IRE
59
Vehicle with sliding doors : VAN
60
40 winks : NAP

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