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The New York Times

NY TIMES, FRI, JAN 09, 1998

January 9, 1998•Friday

Creator

Manny Nosowsky

Editor

Will Shortz

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15×15

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1Timeworn, as a joke
16Prince, perhaps
17Errors
18Beast of burden
19Resistance unit
20Country bumpkins
21Flood refuge
23Bric-a-___
25___ tar pits
28Yum-Yum lover in "The Mikado"
33Big Ten team
34Some radios
35Concern for Claudius
36Lodge members
37It may be glossed over
38___ Connor of "The Terminator"
39Drill
40Up to, informally
41Little one
42Symbols of welcome
44Took (off)
45Stole, perhaps
46Amb. worker
47Rusty on the diamond
50Substitute for the unlisted
52Hoosier humorist
55Rich desserts
59"Giant" and "Cimarron," e.g.
60Head for skid row?

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1"For goodness sake!"
2"Star Wars" princess
3Magnetic ___
4Roman candle path
5Penn or Union: Abbr.
6Hawaiian island
7Leave one's mark on
8Brief description
9Abode of the dead, in Norse myth
10Many Mormons
11"No respect," for Rodney Dangerfield
12With 27-Down, old English character actor
13Start of an explanation
14Wilson and Harding, e.g.
15The Platters' "___ Mine"
21Up
22Devil's Island escapee ___ Belbenoit
24Right for the disabled
25It's neither here nor there
26Throw for ___
27See 12-Down
29Going nowhere
30Menace
31Be Bryanesque
32Was audibly impressed
37Portray
38Canned product since 1937
40New York's ___ Bridge
41Kind of soup, in the South
43Wear it in good health
47Met home
48Mission
49"Vissi d'___," from "Tosca"
51Prefix with type
52___ were
53Latin grammar task: Abbr.
54To be, in old Rome
55100 lbs.
56You can get a charge out of it
57Kind of show
58European streaker
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