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New York Times: Tuesday, August 12, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, August 12, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Janet R. Bender
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Poker holding
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Poker holding
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Study for finals
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Study for finals
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Shaping machine
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Shaping machine
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"Crimes & Misdemeanors" actor
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"Crimes & Misdemeanors" actor
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Wife of Zeus
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Wife of Zeus
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Flynn of "Captain Blood"
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Flynn of "Captain Blood"
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Fast
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Fast
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Land, as a big one
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Land, as a big one
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Late Chairman
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Late Chairman
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Blood supplies
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Blood supplies
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Long, long time
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Long, long time
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Hall-of-Famer Drysdale
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Hall-of-Famer Drysdale
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Swift
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Swift
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Didn't face the enemy
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Didn't face the enemy
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Chow down
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Chow down
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Like a Jaguar or Miata
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Like a Jaguar or Miata
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Was in a play
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Was in a play
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Ms. alternative
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Ms. alternative
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___ raving mad
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___ raving mad
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Deutsch, here
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Deutsch, here
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Swiss peak
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Swiss peak
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Society page word
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Society page word
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Fleet
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Fleet
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Fat farm
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Fat farm
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Pouting face
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Pouting face
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"Dance On Little Girl" singer
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"Dance On Little Girl" singer
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Piercing tool
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Piercing tool
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Opera house cries
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Opera house cries
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Quick
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Quick
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Non-earthling
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Non-earthling
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Otherwise
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Otherwise
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___ Stanley Gardner
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___ Stanley Gardner
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Old-fashioned
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Old-fashioned
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Fate
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Fate
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Aussie hoppers
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Henry VIII's sixth
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Henry VIII's sixth
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Not into the wind
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Not into the wind
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Not in use
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Not in use
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Criticize harshly
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Criticize harshly
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Hong Kong residents, now
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Hong Kong residents, now
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___ Speedwagon
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___ Speedwagon
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Calla lily family
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Calla lily family
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Symbol of Jewish resistance
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Symbol of Jewish resistance
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Hawaiian garland
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Hawaiian garland
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Fine or liberal follower
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Fine or liberal follower
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"How ___!"
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"How ___!"
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Frost
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Frost
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Singer Fitzgerald
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Singer Fitzgerald
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Best Picture of 1958
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Best Picture of 1958
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They may need coloring at a salon
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They may need coloring at a salon
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Deception
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Deception
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Small bites
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Small bites
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Fort ___, N.C.
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Fort ___, N.C.
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Indy entrant
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Indy entrant
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Prelim
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Prelim
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Horse stall covering
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Horse stall covering
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Go bad
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Go bad
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Neighbor of an Afghani
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Neighbor of an Afghani
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Sore throat cause, briefly
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Sore throat cause, briefly
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Little squirts, so to speak
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Little squirts, so to speak
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Big bird
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Big bird
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Drops bait
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Drops bait
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Brickbat
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Brickbat
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Like some stocks
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Like some stocks
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Bit of math homework
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Bit of math homework
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Acted servilely
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Acted servilely
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Hang ten or shoot the curl
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Hang ten or shoot the curl
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Medicine man
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Medicine man
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In the distance
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In the distance
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Aswan's river
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Aswan's river
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Make an afghan
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Make an afghan
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"Hard Hearted Hannah" composer
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"Hard Hearted Hannah" composer
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Composer Schifrin
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Composer Schifrin
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___ Beach, Fla.
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___ Beach, Fla.
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Norse capital
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Norse capital
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Tom Jones's "___ a Lady"
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Tom Jones's "___ a Lady"
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Brian of rock music
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Brian of rock music
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Prefix with metric
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