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New York Times, Monday, September 19, 1994

Author:
Wayne Robert Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : More like winter sidewalks
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Wayne Robert Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Williams. Monday freshness: 61%
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© 1994, The New York Times9/19/94 ( No. 16,386 )
Across
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Impudent youngster : WHELP
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Salesmen, briefly : REPS
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Impudent talk : SASS
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Cheapskate : PIKER
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Beasts of burden : OXEN
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Baseball's ___ brothers : ALOU
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1994 film role for Jim Carrey : ACEVENTURA
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Movers' trucks : VANS
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More like winter sidewalks : ICIER
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Singer Estefan : GLORIA
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Inge play : PICNIC
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Closet spook : BOGEYMAN
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Nabokov novel : ADA
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Clique : SET
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Norse deity : TYR
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Film maker Wertmuller : LINA
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Window surrounding : SASH
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Fiery gems : OPALS
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Photographer's instruction : LOOKATTHEBIRDIE
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Rob : STEAL
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Neophyte : TYRO
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Paradise : EDEN
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Wedding vow : IDO
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Soak (up) : SOP
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Actor Tognazzi : UGO
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By airmail from France : PARAVION
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Dealer in cloth : DRAPER
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"___ Twist" : OLIVER
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England's Scilly ___ : ISLES
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Call to the phone : PAGE
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Happy camper? : EAGLESCOUT
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Kuwaiti honcho : EMIR
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Nile queen, for short : CLEO
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Neutral shade : TAUPE
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Does lawnwork : SODS
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Bakery bite : TART
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Of the eyes : OPTIC
Down
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New Deal grp. : WPA
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Sot's interjection : HIC
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Just manage, with "out" : EKE
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Writer Ira of "Sliver" : LEVIN
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Concise summary : PRECIS
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Old-fashioned learning method : ROTE
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Long-distance commuter's home : EXURB
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For each : PER
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Full of obstacles : SNAGGY
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"Stompin' at the ___" : SAVOY
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Wake-up noise : ALARM
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Actress Braga : SONIA
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"Black-eyed" girl : SUSAN
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Most hospitable : NICEST
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"Vive___!" (old Parisian cry) : LEROI
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Becomes tiresome : PALLS
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Ninny : IDIOT
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Tippy transportation : CANOE
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Those not mentioned : OTHERS
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Arm art : TATTOO
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Letters before an alias : AKA
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Not outgoing : SHY
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Leading prefix : PRE
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Make sense : ADDUP
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Feudal lord : LIEGE
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Man of the casa : SENOR
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___ and kicking : ALIVE
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Bribe money : BOODLE
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Straightforward : DIRECT
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Magician's word : PRESTO
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Vatican leaders : POPES
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Texas shrine : ALAMO
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Strict : RIGID
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Declares : AVERS
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Neighbor of Chad : NIGER
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Songwriters' grp. : ASCAP
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Tab's target : SLOT
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Pie ___ mode : ALA
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No longer chic : OUT
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Wire service : UPI
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Old-time gumshoe : TEC

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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