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NIGHT LIGHTS

New York Times, Sunday, January 7, 1996

Author:
Eric Albert
Editor:
Will Shortz
68-Across : It's depicted by parts of today's puzzle
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Eric Albert
big dipper

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 76 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Albert. Grid flow: 25.3 Sunday freshness: 49%
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© 1996, The New York Times1/7/96 ( No. 16,861 )
Across
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Lord Byron poem : LARA
5
Loopy : GAGA
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"Uncle ___" (Paul McCartney hit) : ALBERT
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Boom causers : SSTS
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"Absolutely!" : AMEN
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Mighty mite : ATOM
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1976 DePalma shocker : CARRIE
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Tennis stroke : CHOP
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Flan : CUSTARD
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Royal pastime : POLO
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Reservations : QUALMS
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Recherché : RARE
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Kind of planning : ESTATE
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Legislators : DEPUTIES
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Phoenix suburb : TEMPE
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Kind of question : YESNO
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Plane's right : STARBOARD
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Paged : BEEPED
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Kenneth Grahame character : TOAD
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Figures out at the beginning? : AREACODE
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Abounding : RIFE
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Sliver : BIT
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Second servings : ENCORES
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Flynn portrayal : HOOD
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Record producer Brian : ENO
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Program since 1965 : HEADSTART
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"___ may look on a king" : ACAT
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Summer of 1980 question : WHOSHOTJR
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Madrid museum : PRADO
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"Yeah, sure" : IBET
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To some degree : RATHER
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Magazine contents : AMMO
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Procrastinator : DEFERRER
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War story : ILIAD
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It's depicted by parts of today's puzzle : BIGDIPPER
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Polynesian tongue : MAORI
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"Locksley Hall" poet : TENNYSON
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Hope and Crosby, often : COSTARS
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Mickey's partner : MINNIE
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Beat (out) : EDGE
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___ 6 : MOTEL
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Lampoons : SATIRIZES
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Slack-jawed : AGOG
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Most likely : APTEST
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___ deus in nobis (there is God within us) : EST
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Remove : DOFF
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Part of a 1995 reunion : RINGOSTARR
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The ___ of the land : FAT
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Ancient goddess of fertility : ASTARTE
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Today's soldier, e.g. : ENLISTEE
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Bass ___ : VIOL
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Tom Clancy hero Jack : RYAN
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Noisy gulps : SLURPS
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Plesiosaurlike reptile, familiarly : NESSIE
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"The Taming of the Shrew" setting : PADUA
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Author Ken : KESEY
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Salespeople push it : DOORBELL
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Wondrous : STARTLING
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Bye : TATA
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Thus : LIKESO
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Magwitch of "Great Expectations" : ABEL
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1979 disco hit : YMCA
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Kind of rack : OVEN
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Shop's replacement : LOANER
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Mooring site : COVE
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Bed piece : SLAT
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Forward : PERT
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Early English poet laureate : DRYDEN
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Major hit : SWAT
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Bang out, in a way : TYPE
Down
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Half a 1980's TV duo : LACEY
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Get a smile out of : AMUSE
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Race do-overs : RESTARTS
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How to play "Loch Lomond" : ANDANTE
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Breach : GAPE
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From ___ Z : ATO
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Classroom reward : GOLDSTAR
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Slide sight : AMOEBA
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Familiarize : ACQUAINT
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Artist Toulouse ___ : LAUTREC
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Form a queue : BRAID
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Perry's creator : ERLE
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Net supports : RIMS
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Parisian possessive : TES
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Brake sound : SCREECH
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Movie for which Lee Grant won an Oscar : SHAMPOO
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Sink : TORPEDO
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Went 80, say : SPEEDED
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More than enough : TOO
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Traveler's guide : POLESTAR
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Leaves in the pot : TEA
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Words in an anthology title : BESTOF
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More than disdain : ABHOR
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Japanese assembly : DIET
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Tilting building? : ARCADE
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Gentle ___ (Miss Manners salutation) : READER
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Newspaper's ___ desk : REWRITE
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Had an inspiration : INHALED
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Foundation : FOOTING
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Atlantic City resort, with "the" : TAJ
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Item in a lock : OAR
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Downer : DRAG
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Classic film set in Wyoming : SHANE
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Delilah in "Samson and Delilah" : HEDY
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George Michael, for one : POPSTAR
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Mideasterner : IRANI
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Military decoration : BRONZESTAR
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Most like a ghost : EERIEST
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Europe's Gulf of ___ : TRIESTE
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Year in Louis XIV's reign : MDCL
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"O Sole ___" : MIO
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Foreign title : EMIR
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Get down, so to speak : BOOGIE
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Chant : INTONE
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"Over here!" : PSST
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Brainpower : SMARTS
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Fictional Walter : MITTY
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Baker's need : EGG
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W.W. I grp. : AEF
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Peter, once : TSAR
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George Cukor classic : ASTARISBORN
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Unversed? : PROSE
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Windows work area : DESKTOP
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Officially not working : ONLEAVE
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Psych out : FLUSTER
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Southern stinger : FIREANT
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Quarterback : OVERSEE
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Financial page figure : ANALYST
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Kind of satellite : SPY
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Perfume dispensers? : LILACS
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Classified ad abbr. : APT
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Very much : NOEND
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Pasta shape : ELBOW
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Not very intelligently : DIMLY
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Open, in a way : UNCAP
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Talismanic stone : AGATE
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French Christian : DIOR
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Green light : OKAY
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Ingénue, perhaps : STARLET
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Honorary law deg. : LLD
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" girl : EVA

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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