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NY TIMES, MON, JAN 12, 1998

January 12, 1998•Monday

Creator

John Greenman

Editor

Will Shortz

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1Electrical overload protector
5Surrealist Salvador
9Fodder holder
13Where to see "E.R." or "Ellen"
14Archeological site
15"Star Wars" director George
16Oklahoma Indian
17___'acte (intermission)
18Portly plus
19Like dentists?
22Org. overseeing quadrennial games
23Neighbor of Syr.
24Like trampolinists?
30Bleats
34Friendly Islands, formally
35Mandolin's ancestor
36551, in Latium
37Bind, as a chicken for roasting
38Gilbert and Sullivan princess
39Pre-entree course
41Martians and Venusians, for short
42Esposito of hockey
43Irish county north of Limerick
44Film unit
46Like tree surgeons?
48Advice-giving Landers
50German spa
51Like fencers?
59"It was the ___ I could do"
60Lifeless
61"Whoops!"
62Otherworldly
63Money drawer
64It's nothing to Agassi
65Bikini, e.g.
66Exclusive
67Bridge

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1Eat it
2"___ us a son is given"
3Put in an overhead bin, say
4Prime time times
5Dump water on
6Jemima, e.g.
7Art print: Abbr.
8About
9Evanston, to Chicago
10"Original Gangster" rapper
11Whip
12Sugar suffix
15Novelist Anita
20Smidgens
21Deep mud
24Out-and-out
25___-cochere (carriage entrance)
26Occupied
27Statesman Root
28Check for embezzlement, perhaps
29Author Calvino
31Dwight's opponent in '52 and '56
32Car security device
33Part of a cassette tape
39Rapscallion
40___ Day (November 2)
42Duck's home
45Timmy's dog
47What CD players don't require
49Nick at ___
51Hive dwellers
52Nobleman
53Beanery sign
54Beethoven piano piece
55Capitol site, with "the"
56Restaurant with waffles and such
57___ Scotia
58"What happened next..."
59Blooming neckwear?
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