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New York Times, Saturday, November 18, 1995

Author:
Glenton Petgrave
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : Fruit holder
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Glenton Petgrave

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JKQXYZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Petgrave. Saturday freshness: 5%
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© 1995, The New York Times11/18/95 ( No. 16,811 )
Across
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Exhibitionist : SHOWOFF
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Moves furtively : SIDLES
14
Cruel woman : SHEDEVIL
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Accustom : ORIENT
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Middle-of-the-roader : MODERATE
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Go back and forth : WAGGLE
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Present, as a case : ARGUE
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Put down : TAUNT
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Tolstoy's "Voinai ___" : MIR
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Fruit holder : STEM
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Financial worry : DEBT
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Wipe out : ERASE
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"So there!" : HAH
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Ventilate : AERATE
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Look ___ (study) : INTO
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Self-seeker : EGOIST
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Very cold : GELID
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Scholar's collection? : DEGREES
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Pick up : RECEIVE
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Haven : OASIS
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Mice and lice : VERMIN
43
Leaf through : SCAN
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Pesters : TEASES
48
Race planner : POL
49
Trunks : TORSI
51
Hoover subordinates : GMEN
52
___ fide : MALA
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Be off base : ERR
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Filters : SEEPS
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Runner : MILER
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Place apart : ENISLE
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Starting to get dark : LATENING
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Bare : REVEAL
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Honor : EMINENCE
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Ticks off : STEAMS
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Make a comeback : RESURGE
Down
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Deficit : SHORTAGE
2
Erinaceus europaeus : HEDGEHOG
3
Concert hall : ODEUM
4
Lived : WERE
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Fertility lab stock : OVA
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Boutique employee : FITTER
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Inferior hotel : FLEABAG
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Disseminated : SOWN
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Burned up : IRATE
10
"Capeesh?" : DIG
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Beat reporter : LEGMAN
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Avoid the draft? : ENLIST
13
Prefix with scope : STEREO
14
Stinko : SMASHED
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Unqualified : UTTER
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Can't stand : DETEST
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Jockey : RIDER
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Away from land : ASEA
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Like Little Orphan Annie : ELEVEN
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Prisoner wear : IRONS
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Boardwalk treats : ICES
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Cause of a downfall : SIEGE
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Spiking : IMPALING
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Rating factor, perhaps : VIOLENCE
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Ream : ENLARGE
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"Home sweet home" site : SAMPLER
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Operates : STEERS
44
Pastry cone with whipped cream : CORNET
45
Blow in, so to speak : ARRIVE
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Opening word : SESAME
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Belief of one billion : ISLAM
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Any of the Seven Dwarfs, by profession : MINER
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Mud ___ (salamanders) : EELS
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List of options : MENU
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Large amount : SEA
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"Deck the Halls" contraction : TIS

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