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NY TIMES, WED, JAN 28, 1998

January 28, 1998•Wednesday

Creator

Mark Gottlieb

Editor

Will Shortz

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1Siamese and Persian
5Creator of Rabbit and Piglet
10Soak up some sun
14Touched down
1510 on a scale of 1 to 10
16Minute ___
17Look on tiptoe, say
18Burglar deterrent
19Russia's ___ Mountains
20Ivy preferred by vegetarians?
23Used car caveat
24Cuddly bear
25Rapscallion
28West Pointer
31Chit
32Goalie's spot
35Crunchy sandwich
39Ivy found in Haiti?
42Jab back and forth
43Unperturbed
44Mine find
45Arson evidence
47Harsh criticism, so to speak
49Screening device
52Riverbank component
54Ivy that belongs in a museum?
60One who's in it for himself
61Paris landmark, with "L'"
62It's rough on roaches
64Moments, informally
65Fix, as a computer program
66Microwave
67Pot component
68Speechify
69Hodgepodge

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1Insignia site
2Actor McCowen
3Wedding cake feature
4Flow
5Don Shula's team
6Runs with no effect
7Kind of balloon
8D.E.A. agent
9Ticklish one
10Clairol choice
11Broadcast
12Almost boil
13Relative of jade or emerald
21Org. to adopt a puppy from
22Road with a no.
25Tastes
26Farm combine?
27A movie star may carry one
28Jokesters
29Atlas section
30Ding
33Send by FedEx, e.g.
34Swordplay
36Teensy bit
37Business org.
38Change for a five
40Cross
41Instrument played while seated
46Prepared
48Reversals
49The March King
50"Hedda Gabler" playwright
51Button on James Bond's dashboard?
52Swagger
53General perception
55Dumbbell
56Impersonator
57First name in country
58Without slack
59Go on a nature walk
63Kind of line
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