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NY TIMES, TUE, JAN 27, 1998

January 27, 1998•Tuesday

Creator

Manny Nosowsky

Editor

Will Shortz

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1Prelude to a duel
5Not hearing
9Competitor for a Clio
14Seat of Allen County, Kan.
15Unattractive fruit that sounds that way
16Upright, e.g.
17Taking radical action
20Kiss mark
21Lamb's kin
22Wonderment
23"Bye!"
24Much too bright
27Romulus's brother
29Rundown in appearance
33Words of woe
37"Buddy"
38"23 ___": Var.
39Holing up
42Expired
43Princess of operetta
44"___ boy!"
45One who can't go home
46Give quarters to
48Laotians, e.g.
50Mowed strip
55Breakfast staple
58Have some tea
59Sound investment?
60Civil War story
64Disconcert
65Theater award
66Peak in the "Odyssey"
67"Same here!"
68Fishing area
69Lack

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1Lovers' sounds
2Sarge's boss
3Restaurant owner of song
4Hanky-___
5Scout's pledge word
6I, to Claudius
7Inn drink
8Repairmen
9Like some mountain lodge activities
10Conk out
11Nursery call
12Freshly
13It smells a lot
18Equipment
19Prefix with light
24Dillinger fighter
25Setting for this puzzle's theme
26Alpine heroine
28Give off, as light
30Redo, as text
31Puts on
32Eastern discipline
33Grimm character
34Martian invasion report, e.g.
3560's dress style
36___ Gay (W.W. II plane)
38Mass of hair
40Caller's playful request
413 : 1, 5 : 2, etc.
46Portable computer
47Renaissance name of fame
49Certain grandson
51Champions' cry
52Get up
53Edgy
54Nonsurfer at the beach
55"Omigosh!"
56Mongolian desert
57Flying pest
59Tool repository
61N.C. and S.C. zone
62Cable channel
63Type of type
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