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FAMILY FILMS

New York Times, Sunday, January 15, 1995

Author:
Ernie Furtado
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Ernie Furtado

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 80 Missing: {JXZ} This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Furtado. Grid flow: 28.8 Sunday freshness: 47%
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© 1995, The New York Times1/15/95 ( No. 16,504 )
Across
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Rhythmic music in 4/4 time : SAMBA
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Teutonic cry : ACH
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Drink topped with nutmeg : FLIP
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Rotters : CADS
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All points bulletin : ALERT
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Words after "You can't fire me!" : IQUIT
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Shine's companion : RISE
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Early TV backdrop : OLEO
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"___ saturated fats" : LOWIN
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Watch over : NURSE
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As well : ALSO
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Carriage : MIEN
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Marlon Brando title role : THEGODFATHER
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Jean Stapleton title role : AUNTMARY
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Actress Thompson : SADA
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___ poison : RAT
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Demonstrate : EVINCE
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Lightens : EASES
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Wynonna's mom : NAOMI
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Opposite of fortis, in phonetics : LENIS
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Cliff-dwelling bird : ERN
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Fred Astaire title role : DADDYLONGLEGS
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Pounds : SLEDGES
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William Tell's home : URI
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Remove by dissolving : ELUTE
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Iniquities : EVILS
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Bulldog : ELI
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Travel guide, of a sort : COMPASS
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Faye Dunaway title role : MOMMIEDEAREST
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"That is ___..." : TOSAY
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Robert Burns' "The Bonnie ___ Thing" : WEE
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Poetic dusk : EEN
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Christian and others : ERAS
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Lachrymose : TEARY
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Sit still for : LET
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Turkish title : PASHA
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Patient's complaint : ACHE
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Female goat : DOE
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Jargon suffix : ESE
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Availing : UTILE
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Priscilla Lane and others' title roles : FOURDAUGHTERS
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Black, in a way : SATANIC
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Common "Wheel of Fortune" purchase : ANE
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With 122-Across, Richard Starkey : RINGO
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About one-ninth of an orchestra : REEDS
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Friend of Pooh : ROO
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Isengrim's foe in fable : REYNARD
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Elvis Presley and others' title roles : KISSINCOUSINS
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Cries of pain : OWS
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Rhubarb : SETTO
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French kind : SORTE
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Poetry-reading Muse : ERATO
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Wound : LESION
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Chopin's "Étude ___ Major" : INE
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Saroyan's "My Name Is ___" : ARAM
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Jacques Tati title role : MONONCLE
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Lon Chaney Jr. title role : SONOFDRACULA
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Brief upturn : BLIP
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Flag down : HAIL
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Black tea : PEKOE
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Ty's folks : COBBS
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Old-timer in Wiesbaden : ALTE
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Actress Jeffreys : ANNE
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See 87-Across : STARR
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Sound from the nest : TWEET
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Imitation morocco : ROAN
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Cancelled : NOGO
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"Metric" prefix : SYM
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Parts of ski runs : ESSES
Down
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Popeye's buddies : SALTS
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Hilo hi : ALOHA
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Imitated a Persian : MEWED
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Highwayman : BRIGAND
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___ time (never) : ATNO
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Etching on copperplate : AQUATINT
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Snippy : CURT
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"...never married, and that's ___": Burton : HISHELL
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___ Lippo Lippi : FRA
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Amy Lowell poem : LILACS
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Point in question : ISSUE
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Working class member : PEON
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Wish, at times : COMMAND
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Name on a "Wanted" poster : ALIAS
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Industralist John : DEERE
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Some camcorders : SONYS
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Notorious : INFAMOUS
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Tube : TEEVEE
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Wags : DROLLS
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Symbol of one's troth : RING
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___ Draco (James Bond's wife) : TERESA
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Japanese-American : NISEI
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Nocturnal lemur : AYEAYE
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Actress Corby et al. : ELLENS
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Conduit : DUCT
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"King ___" of old comics : AROO
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Lowers, in a way : DIMS
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Bijou : GEM
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Top of a platter : SIDEA
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Grandpa Walton portrayer : GEER
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Lohengrin's love : ELSA
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Perches : SITS
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Prez's stand-in : VEEP
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"Marius the Epicurean" author Walter : PATER
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Wise baby? : OWLET
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Reagan Attorney General : MEESE
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This could raise a red flag : METER
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Dogie catcher : REATA
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Legendary Robin et al. : ADAIRS
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18 holes, generally : ROUND
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Peterman : YEGG
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The Merry Macs' "___ Songs" : HUTSUT
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Way off : AFAR
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Pitcher David : CONE
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The Kingfish, to friends : HUEY
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Biblical letters : INRI
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M-G-M symbol : LION
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Umberto and kin : ECOS
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Use as a resource : DRAWON
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Adds artificially, with "up" : HOKES
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Holy person's title : SRI
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Ones who say "Amen" : SECONDER
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Loving one : ADORER
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Shaped like a sword : ENSIFORM
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Closed : NOTOPEN
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Medical suffix : ITIS
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Urban hangouts of yore : STOOPS
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Shakespearean works : SONNETS
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Manatees : SEACOWS
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Inasmuch (as) : SEEING
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Block : EMBAR
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Jacob Abbott hero : ROLLO
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Singer Kerr : ANITA
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Texas plain : LLANO
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Hardly sophisticates : RUBES
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"Three Tall Women" playwright : ALBEE
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Mizzens : MASTS
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Earl Derr Biggers hero : CHAN
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Authorize : OKAY
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Dumas novel : ACTE
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One of 13 popes : LEO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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