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NY TIMES, THU, JAN 22, 1998

January 22, 1998•Thursday

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Patrick Jordan

Editor

Will Shortz

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1Come from ___
5She's an inspiration
9Mythomaniacs
14Ear dangler
15Composer Stravinsky
16Pakistani river
17___
20"Butterflies ___ Free"
21Radar signal
22Helps back to health
23Gofer
24Missouri Valley tribesman
25___
29Shrouded
32Globetrotter's home
33It's bleu on maps
34"Power" star, 1986
35"Less Than Zero" author
36Month on a cal.
37Maui neighbor
38Bomb
39Sharp turn
40Playing
41Dict. offering
42___
44Curse
45Near the surface
46Say "There, there" to
49Lot of rows to hoe
50Bustle
53Three of these could complete the missing clues above
56Brother of Simon and Theodore in a 1958 song
57Sergeant's command
58Lifelike
59Making even
60Like "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
61Poop

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1___ Romeo (sports car)
2Lou Gehrig, on the diamond
3Accomplished
4Make the calls
5Structure near a flour factory
6Like the wicked stepsisters vis-?-vis Cinderella
7It's sold in bars
8Blunder
9It's sold in bars
10Accustom
11Fruity drinks
12Sly tactic
13Boom makers
18"White" and "scarlet" birds
19Computer command
23"There's many ___..."
24Baker
25Bakers
26Make a comeback
27Wrinkle-resistant fabric
28Publicist's concern
291928, 1932 and 1936 Olympic gold medalist
30Tabriz citizen
31Condescend
34Country crooner Crystal
36O.K., in slang
37Relax
39Like urban land
40Absorbent
42Father-to-be's activity
43Polar bear's domain
44Boatyard
46Exchange of words
47Paris airport
48Founder of one of the 12 tribes
49Dancer Pavlova
50Word said before opening the eyes
51Heedless
52Artist Edvard Munch's home
54Continental abbr.
55Jackie's second
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