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New York Times: Friday, March 21, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Friday, March 21, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Shannon Burns
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Game for the Joy Luck Club
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Game for the Joy Luck Club
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Eyepiece, in jargon
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Eyepiece, in jargon
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Ornamental shrub
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Ornamental shrub
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Sport from 4-Down
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Sport from 4-Down
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Spitfire, e.g.
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Spitfire, e.g.
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Alonso or Markova of ballet
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Alonso or Markova of ballet
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Slangy approval
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Slangy approval
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Sound system staple
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Sound system staple
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"I ___ idea!"
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"I ___ idea!"
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Lucky people?
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Lucky people?
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Schedule abbr.
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Schedule abbr.
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Like Herriman's Kat
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Like Herriman's Kat
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Vietnamese coin
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Vietnamese coin
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Cagey one?
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Cagey one?
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1990-91 World Grand Prix champion
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1990-91 World Grand Prix champion
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Montezuma, e.g.
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Montezuma, e.g.
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With greater frequency
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With greater frequency
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Retreats
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Retreats
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Dodge cars
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Dodge cars
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___-Cat
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___-Cat
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French equivalent of the Oscar
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French equivalent of the Oscar
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It may be easily bruised
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It may be easily bruised
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Max von ___
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Max von ___
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"The Wild Duck" playwright
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"The Wild Duck" playwright
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Cinematic techniques
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Cinematic techniques
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Nouvelle Caledonie, e.g.
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Herschel discovered it
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Herschel discovered it
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Orange-flowered plant
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Orange-flowered plant
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Frost in New England
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Frost in New England
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Vast river basin
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Vast river basin
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Team stat
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Team stat
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Start of this year?
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Start of this year?
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Level the playing field?
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Level the playing field?
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Like
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Like
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"And I Love ___"
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"And I Love ___"
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"Walk, Don't Run" setting, 1966
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"Walk, Don't Run" setting, 1966
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Spectators
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Spectators
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Site of Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park
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Site of Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park
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O.T. book
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O.T. book
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Adopt Hellenism
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Adopt Hellenism
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Relative of a giraffe
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Relative of a giraffe
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Demands, with "for"
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Demands, with "for"
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'Umble Dickens character
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'Umble Dickens character
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Filigreed
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Filigreed
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What some games end in
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What some games end in
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Stern
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Stern
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Timber diseases
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Timber diseases
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Old TV series based on a cartoon
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Old TV series based on a cartoon
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Bouquets
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Bouquets
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Visitor
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Visitor
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Vintage auto
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Vintage auto
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Preserves flavor
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Preserves flavor
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"___ Song" (John Denver hit)
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"___ Song" (John Denver hit)
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Anxious
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Anxious
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Oils obtained from petroleum, coal or wood
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Oils obtained from petroleum, coal or wood
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Boil, perhaps
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Boil, perhaps
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"Backdraft" crime
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"Backdraft" crime
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Monk's title
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Monk's title
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Rather, for one
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Rather, for one
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Cahn-Styne's "___ My Girl"
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Cahn-Styne's "___ My Girl"
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Checks for prints
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Checks for prints
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Fathered
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Fathered
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Roll up
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Roll up
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Ending with buck or stink
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Ending with buck or stink
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Pats
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Pats
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Neighbor of Turkmenistan
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Neighbor of Turkmenistan
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Start of Cain's query
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Bit of binary code
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Bit of binary code
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Hammarskjold's predecessor
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Hammarskjold's predecessor
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Rather, for one
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