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PROPHECY

January 18, 1998•Sunday

Creator

Ed Early and Bob Klahn

Editor

Will Shortz

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Clues

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1Theater worker
8Hank Aaron or Jesse Owens, e.g.
16"Wild Thing" group, with "the"
22Day in Hollywood
23Breakdown
24Capital of Zimbabwe
25Part 1 of a prophecy by Martin Luther King Jr.
28Marshal Dillon portrayer
29Cone-shaped heaters
30Grocery area
31More than suggestive
32Track pick, informally
33Sharp
34Jalopy
36Fr. holy woman
37Prophecy, part 2
48Holmes girl
49Soup holder
50What Moses did
51Prophecy, part 3
58Bob Hope's "___ Russia $1,200"
591/6 fl. oz.
60Extinct New Zealanders
61Brown of renown
62Sludge
64Swindle
67Seesaw quorum
69Prepare to surf, perhaps
71Category
72Joint protection
73Unpopular slice
75Wreck
77"___ here" (store sign)
78Time to act
79Prophecy, part 4
83Big name in games
85Mer makeup
87Riveter of song
89Some wait for this
90Cooperative interaction
93Hundred smackers
95Halfhearted
98Charisse of "Silk Stockings"
100Laszlo player in "Casablanca"
101Kin's partner
102Child's play
103Grape brandy
105Kind of trip
107Pretense
108Prophecy, part 5
114Salad topper
115Where suits are pressed
116Laundry woe
117Prophecy, part 6
126Split
127Memorable 1995 hurricane
128Buffoon
129Half and half
130Famous redhead
132Make sense
135Poker challenge
138Shade
141End of the prophecy
145Whip
146Bête noire
147Correction, of sorts
148"Grand" hotels
149Well-worn
150Biased

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1Yielding
2Enthusiastic
3Moon shade
4Make way?
5Architect ___ van der Rohe
6Literary olios
7"___ Kelly" (Jagger film)
8Vinegar radical
9Item of interest
10Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock
11Short orders
12"Wonderful!"
13Film rating org.
14Spot of wine?
15Missouri town near the George Washington Carver National Monument
16"Lyin' Eyes" singers
17"Awesome!"
18Like some votes
19Most festive
20Wall Street analysts' concern
21Letter getter
26Cameo carvings
27Red or Card, for short
33Geared down, perhaps
35Crusty ones
38Had a heart but used a club?
39Some trains
40Brit. award
418 1/2" x 11" size: Abbr.
42It's often served at home
43Two-toned treat
44Savage
45Plaster of paris
46Fotomat abbr.
47"Love thy neighbor" is one
51Speedily
52Admitted
53Make up one's mind
54Detached
55Hole in the wall?
56Unrivaled
57The first Mrs. Copperfield
58"E-w-w-w!"
63Code breaker
65Here and there?
6611-Down extra
68Very early
70Old car with a 389 engine
71Senator who made the rounds
74"i" lid
76"For ___ sow..."
79Model Cheryl
80Cool, once
81Violinist Paganini
82Operative
84Tennyson's "___ and Enid"
85Theologian who opposed Martin Luther
86"Oh, right!"
88Wishing spot
90Excluding
91Tomorrow's woman
92Giant gains: Abbr.
94Mary Tyler Moore catch phrase on "The Dick Van Dyke Show"
96Elaborate Japanese porcelain
97Lifeboat support
99Snuggery
102Clairvoyants
104Soothsay
106Unified whole
109Venus's home
110Shavetails: Abbr.
111Berlin-to-Cologne dir.
112Problem of the middle ages?
113"___ geht's?"
117Something to catch or save
118Unrefined
119"Peer Gynt" dancer
120Fake fanfare
121Dracula's mother-in-law?
122Mutually fee-free
123O.B.E., for one
124Performance extension
125Thatched
131Powwow
133Wrist attachment
134Swamp thing
135"___ hollers..."
136Rubber Duck, for one
137Baïonnette, e.g.
138Prowling Wolfe
139River to the Caspian
140"Now I see!"
142It goes to extremes
143Polo Grounds legend
144"___ Ramsey" (70's western)
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