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New York Times: Wednesday, August 20, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, August 20, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Chuck Deodene
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Dummy
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Dummy
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More than unpopular
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Sooty shaft
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Sooty shaft
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Kind of sch.
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Kind of sch.
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Dennis the Menace's mother
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Dennis the Menace's mother
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"___ That a Shame" (1955 hit)
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"___ That a Shame" (1955 hit)
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Lamb's alias
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Lamb's alias
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Superior being
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Superior being
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Compassion
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Compassion
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Twofold
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Twofold
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Ballantine brew
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Ballantine brew
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Annoying critic
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Annoying critic
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Aswan Dam lake
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Aswan Dam lake
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Pizza
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Pizza
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Foe of the Iroquois
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Foe of the Iroquois
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Quick swim
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Quick swim
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The East
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The East
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As well as
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As well as
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Kind of situation
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Kind of situation
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Absolute flop
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Absolute flop
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Deplete, perhaps
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Deplete, perhaps
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"___ your life!"
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"___ your life!"
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Poetic preposition
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Poetic preposition
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Had no doubts
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Had no doubts
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___ gestae
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___ gestae
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"Internal Affairs" star, 1990
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"Internal Affairs" star, 1990
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"Der Ring ___ Nibelungen"
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"Der Ring ___ Nibelungen"
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Yule garland
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Yule garland
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Talk turkey?
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Talk turkey?
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Mahler's homeland: Abbr.
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Mahler's homeland: Abbr.
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Vow
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Vow
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" king
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" king
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Word to a cold sufferer
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Word to a cold sufferer
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Permitted
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Permitted
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"Paradise Lost" setting
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"Paradise Lost" setting
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Clear
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Clear
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Michener tale, e.g.
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Michener tale, e.g.
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MGM Grand site
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MGM Grand site
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Africa's largest nation
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Africa's largest nation
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Proof word
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Pager cue
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Pager cue
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Stew crock
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Stew crock
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Prevailing mood
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Prevailing mood
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College World Series site
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College World Series site
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Traditional wife
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Traditional wife
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R.&B. singer ___ Sure
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R.&B. singer ___ Sure
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Like Grateful Dead attire
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Like Grateful Dead attire
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Beige
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Beige
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Insist on
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Insist on
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Groupie
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Groupie
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Loeb and Bonet of showbiz
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Loeb and Bonet of showbiz
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Cry of defeat
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Cry of defeat
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Early anesthetic
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Early anesthetic
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus TV role
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus TV role
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Flowery tribute
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Flowery tribute
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Fluff
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Fluff
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Hybrid eating utensil
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Hybrid eating utensil
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Hock
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Hock
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Golfer Aoki
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Golfer Aoki
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Now, in Nogales
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Now, in Nogales
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"Splendid!"
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"Splendid!"
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"Ah!"
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"Ah!"
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Part of CNN
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Part of CNN
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Gravel order, perhaps
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Gravel order, perhaps
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Nabisco sweet
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Nabisco sweet
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Prohibited
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Prohibited
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Brainiac
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Brainiac
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Secret Service eyewear
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Secret Service eyewear
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Recede
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Recede
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Vegas transaction
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Vegas transaction
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___ Rivoli (arcaded Paris street)
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___ Rivoli (arcaded Paris street)
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Ruhr city
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Ruhr city
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Pay for monthly
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Pay for monthly
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Like some traffic
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Like some traffic
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Marathoner Markova
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Marathoner Markova
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Tidy
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Tidy
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Lively card game
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Lively card game
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"This ___ test..."
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