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NY TIMES, THU, JAN 08, 1998

January 8, 1998•Thursday

Creator

Nancy S. Ross

Editor

Will Shortz

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1Places for pickles
5Vanzetti's partner in anarchy
10Slowdowns
14Have ___ in one's bonnet
15Without extra toppings
16Suffix with Saturn
171904 La Scala premiere
20Angle type
21Purpose
22A bunch
231896 Teatro Regio premiere
25Deep-six
26"Whether ___ nobler..."
27Surreptitiously thwart
31Friendly
35Ending with cloth or cash
36Island close to Mull
37Like Lex Luthor
38Duck down
40Abbr. in many org. names
41Round home
42Stat. that's good when low
43Albéniz piano masterpiece
45Theseus abandoned her
47Sci-fi's Lester ___ Rey
48Undergrad degs.
491926 La Scala premiere
54Corday's victim
57Physics unit
58Silents actress Talmadge
59Theme of this puzzle
62By
63Shakespearean hero
64Neat as ___
65Where the Storting sits
66Kind of pad
67Aspiring atty.'s exam

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1Actor Malcolm-___ Warner
2Ropemaking fiber
3Fix, as a soundtrack
4Defense grp. abolished in 1977
5Where some losers hang out
6Picture holders
7Bring about
8Write up, as a speeder
9Hamilton's prov.
101917 Monte Carlo premiere
11Italian car, briefly
12Apply gold leaf to
13Comes out with
18Israel Philharmonic director
19Dash
24Actress Atkins et al.
25Aircraft ___
27Discern
28Big pig
29Oppositionist
30Benefit, often
31Rowlands of "Gloria"
32Unceasingly
33Not yet final, legally
341918 Met premiere
35First Lady in 1900
39Hot blood
44Not rosé
46Contents of some banks
47Attack verbally
49Stew seasoning
50Diet
51Tap problems
52___ vincit amor
53Sully
54Like old records
55Fossey's fascination
56True-to-life
57Notice in passing
60Blvds.
61Tres less dos
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