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New York Times: Tuesday, September 9, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, September 9, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
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Fruit of the Loom rival
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Fruit of the Loom rival
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Where boys will be boys
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Where boys will be boys
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Frost
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Frost
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Word with time or rights
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Word with time or rights
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Indian music
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Indian music
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Some mutual fund accts.
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Some mutual fund accts.
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Ingratiate oneself, e.g.
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Ingratiate oneself, e.g.
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Dust busters, for short
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Dust busters, for short
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Film critic Pauline
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Film critic Pauline
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Cuckoo bird
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Cuckoo bird
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Style
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Style
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Original state
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Original state
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"Virginia Woolf" dramatist
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"Virginia Woolf" dramatist
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1955 children's heroine
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1955 children's heroine
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Ogle
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Ogle
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Charged particle
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Charged particle
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Mail carriers have them: Abbr.
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Mail carriers have them: Abbr.
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With 6-Down, operator of a 63-Down
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With 6-Down, operator of a 63-Down
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Auction offering
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Auction offering
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Butterfly catcher
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Butterfly catcher
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Pitcherful, maybe
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Pitcherful, maybe
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Droops
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Droops
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Post-W.W. II grp.
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Post-W.W. II grp.
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"Shucks!"
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"Shucks!"
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La Scala productions
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La Scala productions
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Shark watchers' protectors
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Shark watchers' protectors
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Sherlock Holmes player
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Sherlock Holmes player
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Way in
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Way in
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Sale item marking: Abbr.
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Sale item marking: Abbr.
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Big exam
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Big exam
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Pulitzer writer James
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Pulitzer writer James
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Words of wisdom
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Words of wisdom
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"Twittering Machine" artist
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"Twittering Machine" artist
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Gulf war missile
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Gulf war missile
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Al ___ (firm)
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Al ___ (firm)
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Does lawn work
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Does lawn work
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Summer shirts
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Summer shirts
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Lock of hair
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Lock of hair
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"Shucks!"
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"Shucks!"
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Water color
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Water color
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Famed trial venue
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Famed trial venue
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Before now
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Before now
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Like Wile E. Coyote
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Like Wile E. Coyote
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See 37-Across
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See 37-Across
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Italian cheese or meat dish
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Italian cheese or meat dish
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Give it ___ (try)
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Give it ___ (try)
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Roof top
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Roof top
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Rosie the ___
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Rosie the ___
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Khomeini, for one
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Khomeini, for one
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Computer shortcut
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Computer shortcut
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German Pittsburgh
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German Pittsburgh
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The 2% of 2%
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The 2% of 2%
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Dogfaces, today
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Dogfaces, today
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Patricia of "Hud"
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Patricia of "Hud"
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Twelve ___
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Twelve ___
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Ate fancily
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Ate fancily
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Word of resignation
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Word of resignation
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"Star Wars" princess
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"Star Wars" princess
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Radio station need
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Radio station need
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Cousin of an orange
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Cousin of an orange
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Peace Nobelist Wiesel
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Peace Nobelist Wiesel
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Places for props
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Places for props
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"Gone With the Wind" setting
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"Gone With the Wind" setting
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Guacamole's place
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Guacamole's place
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Evening get-togethers
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Evening get-togethers
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Rundown feeling
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Rundown feeling
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Hurried next door, e.g.
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Hurried next door, e.g.
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Thickness
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Thickness
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Tears up
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Tears up
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Prominent toucan features
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Prominent toucan features
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The "A" of WASP
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The "A" of WASP
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Riding horse
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Riding horse
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Stagewear for Madonna
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Stagewear for Madonna
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Plays the part
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Plays the part
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Some popular jeans
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Some popular jeans
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See 37-Across
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Serve like Sampras, e.g.
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Serve like Sampras, e.g.
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Banned pesticide
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