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New York Times, Wednesday, September 6, 1995

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : Thanksgiving tuber
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Gordon. Wednesday freshness: 20%
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© 1995, The New York Times9/6/95 ( No. 16,738 )
Across
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Methuselah-like : OLD
4
___ Mama (rum drink) : BAHAMA
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Louisville Sluggers : BATS
14
Trouble : WOE
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Dream interrupters : ALARMS
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Buffalo's county : ERIE
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French director Jean ___ Godard : LUC
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Game show regular Charles Nelson ___ : REILLY
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One 'twixt 12 and 20 : TEEN
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Honor for 35 Down in 1991 and 1992 : GOLDGLOVEAWARD
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Ending for switch or smack : EROO
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Half of sei : TRE
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35 Down's position : SHORTSTOP
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Breakfast's partner : BED
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Genuine : TRUE
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Sigher's words : AHME
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In reserve : ONICE
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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Into separate pieces : ASUNDER
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Gullible person : SAP
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Stared lustfully : OGLED
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Actresses Farrow and Sara : MIAS
44
Guernsey, e.g. : ISLE
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Thanksgiving tuber : YAM
46
35 Down's team : BALTIMORE
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Flange : RIM
50
Figueras, Spain, museum subject : DALI
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Honor for 35 Down in 1991 : ALLSTARGAMEMVP
58
Piglet's friend : POOH
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Equivalent of 21 shillings : GUINEA
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D-Day figure, familiarly : IKE
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Aware of : ONTO
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Insane, slangily : MENTAL
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Teacher's org. : NEA
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Nudnik : PEST
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Prospectus listings : ASSETS
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Bearded antelope : GNU
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Strigiform bird : OWL
2
Yankee who played a record 2,130 consecutive games : LOUGEHRIG
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In a proper manner : DECOROUSLY
4
"...And God Created Woman" star : BARDOT
5
Shake ___ (hurry up) : ALEG
6
Storm pellets : HAIL
7
Woody's son : ARLO
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2055, to Terence : MMLV
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Until now : ASYET
10
'Twixt : BETWEEN
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Section : AREA
12
Stadium section : TIER
13
Delight : SEND
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Oral history : LORE
22
Shady place : ARBOR
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Capital of Manche : STLO
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Airline to Malmö : SAS
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Hitchhiker's need : THUMB
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___ vincit amor : OMNIA
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Step on it : PEDAL
31
Breaking up : DISSOLVING
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Player with a record 2,131st consecutive game on 9/6/95 : CALRIPKEN
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Pentathlon equipment : EPEE
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Own up to : ADMIT
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Guinness suffix : EST
42
Hearing range : EARSHOT
44
Mosque priest : IMAM
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Goals : IDEALS
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Igneous rock's source : MAGMA
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Each : APOP
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Solitary : LONE
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Many : LOTS
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Has second thoughts about : RUES
55
Wins in a card game : GINS
56
Chip in a chip : ANTE
57
Spam, ham or lamb : MEAT
61
Perrier, par exemple : EAU

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