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The New York Times

NY TIMES, WED, JAN 21, 1998

January 21, 1998•Wednesday

Creator

Elizabeth C. Gorski

Editor

Will Shortz

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15×15

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1Wacky
5Take home, after taxes
10Summit
14Lay down the law
15Repeated parrot's word
16Gunks
17Vitamin supplement
18Once more
19Puddinglike serving
20Arts supporter
23Prefix with -mester
24Doctrine
25Brink
27Leader involved in 70's shuttle diplomacy
29___ Park
33Cordon bleu's phrase
34Bomb at a comedy club
36F.E.C. concern
37Repute
38Al Jolson classic
42Typist's purchase
43"Am ___ blame?"
44Dig it!
45New Deal fig.
46Wranglers, e.g.
48Yanks' allies in W.W. II
52Tough-talking coach
54"From ___ to Mozart" (1980 film)
56"Vamoose!"
57Parisian hot spot
62"If I ___ hammer..."
63Didn't just pronounce
64Pottery
6511-Down, e.g., to Henri
66Colorings
67Oklahoma city
68Attention-getters
69Contest submission
70Lip

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1Results of blizzards
2Light show
3Highly embellished
4Guard
5Jumble
6Fiber source
7Verve
8"Put ___ on it!"
9Gossipy Barrett
10Texas college athlete
11Middle of the Rockies
12Benny Goodman #1 hit
13Particularly: Abbr.
21Conform
22Some RCA's
26Ring spot
28Not know from ___
30Secretly watch
31Profs' helpers
32Reiterate
3560's cigar pitchwoman Adams
37European boundary river
38Do Zen
39April celebration
401959 Kingston Trio hit
41Pergola
42Letter letters
46Gridlock
47Cheshire Cat, notably
49Galápagos creature
50Nineveh's locale
51Mounts
53"Ode to Psyche" poet
55Not settled
58Bone: Prefix
59___ reflection
60Solemn time
61Has a mortgage
62Beavis and Butt-head sound
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