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AT THE STAMP CELEBRATION

February 1, 1998•Sunday

Creator

Merl Reagle

Editor

Will Shortz

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21×21

Notes

Today the U.S. Postal Service unveils a 32-cent stamp commemorating the American invention of the crossword puzzle in 1913. (The stamp goes on sale February 3.) If puzzlers were in charge of the celebration, this might be the schedule of events...

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1Rum-soaked cake
5Tall, slender hound
11Practical joke
15Bleached
1912th-century poet
20Neckwear accessory
21Uzbek sea
22Fashion house ___-Picone
23"At 9 A.M. breakfast will be supplied by ___"
25Prohibit
27Mastic, for one
28"At 11 A.M. ___ will speak"
30Comics sound
31Unusually smart
34First name in TV talk
35Like R. L. Stine stories
36"At 1 P.M. ___ will sing..."
39Govt. property org.
40River near Chantilly
41O'Donnell and Perez
42"...a tune from one of their ___"
48Modern office staples
49Jackson and Leigh
50Handle a joystick
51In post-career mode: Abbr.
52Dance invitation response
53Axis Powers, once
54Jamaican sect member
56"At 3 P.M. President Clinton will ___..."
61First name among sopranos
62The less-used end
63Nonexistent
64Key of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3
66Kind of alcohol
67"...on the subject of ___"
74Initiated, legally
76Europe/Asia dividers
77Actress Suzanne
78Ambient music pioneer
79Mount Vernon, e.g.
81Wristbone-related
82Abbr. on a Mayberry envelope
85"At 5 P.M. the Philatelic Society will discuss some ___"
87Knot-tying place
88Actress Ward
89Hosts
90"And at 7 P.M. there'll be a showing of the 60's film ___..."
92Snail trail
95Slick, so to speak
98Some pops: Abbr.
99Wage news
100"...starring ___..."
103Goes limp
104Call to action
105"...unless ___"
110Grouper grabbers
111Numerous
112Dario Fo forte
113Infamous Roman
114Cobbler's need
115Places for coats
116Lively intelligence
117Jersey Standard's other name

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1Conk
2Without form
3Without foundation
4Gallery event
5British gun
6It can be fresh or hot
7Singer Peggy
8Put ___ fight
9Brick baker
10Dr. Scholl products
11I love: Fr.
12Ball partner
13City on the Ganges
14Basic: Abbr.
15Human-powered taxi
16Province of Spain
17Tongue-lasher?
18Access
24Ticket
26Slangy tag-team member
29TV dog
30Boarding place
31Sorry individual
32Barcelona buck
33Colorful spiral seashell
37Mary of Peter, Paul and Mary
38My, to Mimi
39Lead pumper
42[see other side]
43Collins juice
44Quite a while
45Bearish
46Underground systems
47Fire escape route
49Jupiter
50"___, the heavens were opened": Matt. 3:16
52Glove fabric
53Film changes
55Sheriff Lobo portrayer
56Wound with sound
57He's a weasel
58Flatten
59Talus area
60Loss-prevention device
65Blackbird
681984 Peace Nobelist
69"Dies ___"
70Familiars, often
71Writer Singer and inventor Singer
72Apathy
73Drives forward
75Prepare to land
80Subj. of 60's protest
81He helped topple Batista
82Slaps a new head on
83Dentists' kids, probably
84Have the guts
86Prodigious
87Shift
88Like some triangles
90Dam agcy.
91Hockey's Lindros
92Hollywood dive?
93Ostracized one
94Ready to spit
95Caterpillar hairs
96Via
97Case workers: Abbr.
101Summer getaway, perhaps
102School orgs.
103Big letters in public broadcasting
106Race car sponsor
107Columbus, for one: Abbr.
108Christina's dad
109Prelude to a hickey
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