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IN CROWD

New York Times, Sunday, August 12, 2001

Author:
Nancy Nicholson Joline
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Nancy Nicholson Joline

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 81 This is puzzle # 98 for Ms. Joline. Grid flow: 33.7 Sunday freshness: 62%
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© 2001, The New York Times8/12/1 ( No. 18,905 )
Across
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Teaching device : PARABLE
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View from Windsor Castle : THAMES
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___ Bay, part of Lake Huron : SAGINAW
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Shrunken : SMALLER
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Tasmania's capital : HOBART
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Winner of all four grand slam titles : AGASSI
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Famous presidential declaration : ICHBINEINBERLINER
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Person with no pockets : NUDIST
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Spots : ADS
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Rosacea and others : ACNES
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"Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
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One of the 12 tribes of Israel : DAN
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Plots : PLANS
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Start of some Spanish place names : LAS
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Eddie Cantor's "___ Whoopee" : MAKIN
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Suffix with butyl : ENE
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Mozart's "___ fan tutte" : COSI
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Eye-catching beachwear : STRINGBIKINIS
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Claims, briefly : RTS
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In all respects : TOTALLY
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Talking bird of poetry : RAVEN
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___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
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"As Good As It Gets" actor : KINNEAR
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Barbecue item : SPIT
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Consider again : REHEAR
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Deposed tyrant : AMIN
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Casual Friday casualties : TIES
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Grind : RATRACE
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Tennessee Williams, to family : TOM
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They may get a dusting : FINGERPRINTS
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Speaker accompanier, perhaps : ROADIE
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___-B (Gillette division) : ORAL
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Dynamic opener : AERO
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Jalopy : HEAP
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Forty-___ : NINER
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Ferment : UNREST
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Like many Hitchcock films : SPINETINGLING
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Day-___ : GLO
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Gyrates : ROTATES
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Name on some Scotch bottles : SARK
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Gone by : AGO
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Puts one's foot down : INSISTS
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Chief Ouray's tribe : UTES
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"A Passage to India" family : MOORES
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Pitch : SPIEL
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Reacts to a shock : REELS
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Weapon on an 89-Down : ENFIELD
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Some campaign charges : MUD
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"My Fair Lady" song : THERAININSPAIN
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Take off : FLEE
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Ticket abbr. : ARR
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It'll hold water : EWER
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Person looking for a seat? : POL
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Half of a famous 1930's duo : CLYDE
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Slant : SPIN
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"Joseph and His Brothers" novelist : MANN
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Bobbin : SPOOL
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Run (for) : VIE
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More contrived : HOKIER
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Meal enders : AFTERDINNERMINTS
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Puts up : ERECTS
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Kind of fuel : DIESEL
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Amusement park features : ARCADES
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Easy ___ : STREET
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Unveil : EXPOSE
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Barely : BYANOSE
Down
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Telepathy, e.g. : PSI
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Cable channel for film devotees : AMC
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Olé : RAH
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Like Mother Teresa : ALBANIAN
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Deprives of judgment : BLINDS
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What settles : LEES
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Irish lass's name : ERIN
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1977 James Brolin thriller : THECAR
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Obtrudes : HORNSIN
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Fit : ABLE
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They may be full of gas : MAINS
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Poetic preposition : ERE
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1973-74 faddist : STREAKER
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"The Great ___" (1979 film) : SANTINI
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Request from a thirsty Spaniard : AGUA
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Wander : GAD
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Stock no-no : INSIDERTRADING
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"The Mambo Kings" co-star : ASSANTE
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Watch : WITNESS
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Latvian, e.g. : BALT
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Worker with hides : SKINNER
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Agt.'s cut : PCT
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___-see : LOOK
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John of "Viva Max!" : ASTIN
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Year in the rule of Ethelred the Unready : MIV
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Shot putter? : SYRINGE
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One of football's Fearsome Foursome : GRIER
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Enables a runner to score, maybe : BATSIN
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Manage : SEETO
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Two pages : LEAF
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Coats : LAMINATES
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Foil alternative : SARAN
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Sharpen : STROP
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"Great Expectations" hero : PIP
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Going back to repeatedly : HARPINGON
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Sky over Strasbourg : CIEL
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First name in architecture : EERO
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Big music news : TOUR
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"Yes ___?" : ORNO
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Gibson fan, say : MARTINIDRINKER
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Speech stumbles : ERS
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Figures : THINKS
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Part: Abbr. : SEG
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Charter : LEASE
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El ___, 1942 battle site : ALAMEIN
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Circus prop : STILT
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Pancreatic hormone : INSULIN
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Dines at home : EATSIN
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Number of coins in the Fontana di Trevi : TRE
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Foul-up : GOOF
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Broadcast : STREWN
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Activity at a sorority : SERENADE
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See 96-Across : RIFLEMAN
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Squirming : EELY
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Place for runners : SLED
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Big successes : SMASHES
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Claim : PURPORT
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Musician's need : EAR
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Pee ___, Carolina river : DEE
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"Citizen Kane" inspiration : HEARST
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Seeds : SPORES
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Kind of cut : POODLE
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Pooped : ALLIN
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Approximately : CIRCA
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Dole : METE
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Dance instructor's call : STEP
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Place to see José Morelos : PESO
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Damned : VERY
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Food preserver : ICE
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Quandary : FIX
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Pick up : NAB
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___-European : INDO
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French possessive : TES
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Daytona-to-Vero Beach dir. : SSE

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5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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