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NY TIMES, SAT, JAN 03, 1998

January 3, 1998•Saturday

Creator

Rich Norris

Editor

Will Shortz

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1Deteriorates
10Like some humor
15One, for some
16Ancient square
17More than skeptical
181972 Elton John hit
19Some medical procedures
20Playwright Fugard
22Flood insurance?
23Reasoned
24Familia members
25Low, in Limoges
26PC key
27Calling
30Trujillo ___ (Puerto Rican city)
31Like some skylines
33Big name in mail order
35Catch some ___
36Animal "with bristled hair," to Shakespeare
37Over
40Some Bach pieces
44Porters
45Weird
47Plumb of "The Brady Bunch"
48Up-to-date
49Meanies
50Fall short
51Suffix in political science
52Friends in Firenze
54Express alternative
55Sprang
57Make easier to swallow
59Go for, as the heels
60Strategic team athlete
61Opposition
62Screwball

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1They're found beside temples
2Harte's John Oakhurst, for one
3Touch up
4View
5"___ House" (1991 hit)
6N.B.A. nail-biters
7Sandwich choice
8Took out
9Electronics whiz
10Sees
11Gray
12Not fixed
13In shares
14Tries to dislodge
21Gunwale attachment
27Corp. treasurers, maybe
28Plant of the mustard family
29Telephone book abbr.
30"East of Eden" role
32Dart shooter
34Delicate
36Cry in the dark?
37"Toad of Toad Hall" playwright
38Surround, with "on"
39Oval Office supplies?
40Proportionately
41Scone relative
42Plays the ace
43"Murder by Death" actor
46Dresses fussily
49Unkind
50Kind of point
53"This ___ outrage!"
54Shade of green
56Victoria, on "Dallas"
58Actor Hardin et al.
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