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New York Times, Monday, June 22, 1998

Author:
Shannon Burns
Editor:
Will Shortz
Poet who originated the phrase "truth is stranger than fiction"
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {F} This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Burns.
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© 1998, The New York Times6/22/98 ( No. 17,758 )
Across
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Mah-jongg piece : TILE
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"Saved by the ___!" : BELL
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Het up : ANGRY
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Declare : AVER
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"Garfield" dog : ODIE
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Confused struggle : MELEE
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Small skirt : MINI
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Chew like a beaver : GNAW
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Perfect : IDEAL
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North Dakota tourist attraction : PEACEGARDEN
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Building annex : ELL
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Attack : ASSAIL
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Campus military org. : ROTC
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"Auf wiedersehen" wisher : GERMAN
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Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
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Indian prince : RAJAH
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Facility : EASE
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British pound, informally : QUID
40
To the left side of a ship : APORT
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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Good ol' boy's nickname : BUBBA
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Comedian Danny of "The Court Jester" : KAYE
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Run pledges through the gantlet, say : HAZE
45
Positive replies : YESES
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Isle of exile for Napoleon : ELBA
47
English cathedral city : EXETER
49
___-friendly : USER
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Neighborhood : LOCALE
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Show ___ (Hollywood and such) : BIZ
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Fatty bulges : LOVEHANDLES
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Seeped : OOZED
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"I smell ___!" : ARAT
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Nonglass parts of glasses : RIMS
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Martin or McQueen : STEVE
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Position : SITE
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Woodwind : OBOE
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Person who gives a hoot : CARER
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Miffed, with "off" : TEED
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Neighbor of Wis. : MINN
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Home of the Buccaneers : TAMPA
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Wall-climbing plants : IVIES
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Horne and Olin : LENAS
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Writer Jong : ERICA
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Stupefy : BOGGLE
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Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
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Tall tale teller : LIAR
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Bawdy : LEWD
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Certain acid : AMINO
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Homer Simpson's neighbor : NED
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Singing groups : GLEECLUBS
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Not imaginary : REAL
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Cry : YELL
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Pieces of ___ : EIGHT
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Sea eagle : ERNE
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Brimless hat : TOQUE
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Kick back : RELAX
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Indian corn : MAIZE
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Good thing to have : ASSET
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Barbed remark : GIBE
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Nabokov heroine and others : ADAS
34
Gather leaves : RAKE
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"Be ___!" ("Help me out!") : APAL
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Prankster's item : JOYBUZZER
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Zones : AREAS
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Poet who originated the phrase "truth is stranger than fiction" : BYRON
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Submarine : HERO
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Thrilled to death : ELATED
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Church V.I.P. : ELDER
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Modern multimedia tool : CDROM
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Accused's need : ALIBI
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Wretched car : LEMON
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City on the Ruhr : ESSEN
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Popular pear : BOSC
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Infinitesimal amount : IOTA
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Infinite : VAST
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Lake that feeds Niagara Falls : ERIE
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Abhor : HATE
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Apple picker : EVE

Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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