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New York Times, Tuesday, April 5, 1994

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
Lifetime achievement Oscar winner Deborah
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Estes. Grid flow: 23.1 Tuesday freshness: 76%
Jim Horne notes:

27-Down — Fact-check: Buffalo won the AFC in 1991, not Denver. The Broncos were 1991 AFC West champs but lost the AFC title game.

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© 1994, The New York Times4/5/94 ( No. 16,219 )
Across
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Zubin with a baton : MEHTA
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Old streetlight : GASLAMP
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Daley and others : MAYORS
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Gravel-voiced actress : TALLULAH
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Iron shortage : ANEMIA
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Commit : OBLIGATE
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Just the highlights : RECAP
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Slammin' Sam : SNEAD
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Trendy : NEW
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Getting better, as wine: Var. : AGEING
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Up to now : YET
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Size up : RATE
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Paints amateurishly : DAUBS
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Almost shut : AJAR
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Kind of symbol : UPC
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One whom Jesus healed : LEPER
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Rodeo rope : RIATA
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Dashboard reading, for short : MPH
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Leave the pier : CASTOFF
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Acquire : WIN
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Ask on one's knees : PLEAD
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Had : OWNED
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Lunch order : BLT
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Belgrade dweller : SERB
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In abeyance : ONICE
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Sciences' partner : ARTS
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Tooth : COG
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Comfort : SOLACE
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Probe : ASK
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Some pads : FLATS
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Accident mementos : SCARS
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Serves a sentence : DOESTIME
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Byrnes of "77 Sunset Strip" : KOOKIE
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Brown paint, e.g. : DARKENER
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Six-footer? : INSECT
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Resort locale : SPRINGS
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Newspaper section : METRO
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Lion's pride? : MANE
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It's hard to miss : EYECATCHER
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Respect : HOMAGE
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Nonsense : TRIPE
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Simile center : ASA
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Comic Kaplan : GABE
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Assuages : ALLAYS
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Picture with its own frame : SLIDE
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Wheel bolt holder : LUG
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King of comedy : ALAN
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Part of a pair : MATE
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Sound of relief : PHEW
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Scuff up : MAR
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It's hard to say : TONGUETWISTER
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Fastens with a pop : SNAPSON
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"I have no _____!" : IDEA
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_____ chi ch'uan : TAI
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Tail ends : RUMPS
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Temptation for Atalanta : APPLE
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1991 American Conference champs : BRONCOS
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It's hard : JAWBREAKER
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Listing : ATILT
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Sounds off : RANTS
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Digital-watch readout: Abbr. : LCD
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Postal letters : RFD
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Have a hunch : FEEL
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1970 Jackson 5 hit : ABC
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Looking while lusting : OGLING
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Waylay : ACCOST
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Time and again : OFTEN
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In unison : ASONE
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Tots up : ADDS
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Afternoon TV fare : SOAP
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Lifetime achievement Oscar winner Deborah : KERR
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Mingo portrayer : AMES
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Puerto _____ : RICO
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Play place : SET
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Take part in a biathlon : SKI
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Kipling novel : KIM

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