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New York Times: Thursday, October 16, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, October 16, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
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Starts
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Starts
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Emily of "Our Town"
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Emily of "Our Town"
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It takes a bow at a recital
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It takes a bow at a recital
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Render harmless, in a way
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Render harmless, in a way
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Part
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Part
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They, in Trieste
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They, in Trieste
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Tongue twister #1
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Tongue twister #1
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Varsity starters
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Varsity starters
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Comic strip tiger
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Comic strip tiger
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It may have 6 rms, riv vu
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It may have 6 rms, riv vu
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Moore of "G.I. Jane"
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Moore of "G.I. Jane"
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River through the Lake of the Ozarks
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River through the Lake of the Ozarks
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Addict's need?
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Addict's need?
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Time off
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Time off
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Kind of deer
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Kind of deer
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Treasured spots?
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Treasured spots?
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[Oh no!]
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[Oh no!]
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Tongue twister #2
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Jacket material
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Jacket material
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Foul up, as plans
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Foul up, as plans
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Old what's-___-name
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Old what's-___-name
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Rewrites
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Rewrites
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The Post or News, e.g.
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The Post or News, e.g.
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Protozoan
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Protozoan
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Biblical brother
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Biblical brother
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Rejections
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Rejections
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You may have to send for it
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You may have to send for it
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Runabout?
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Runabout?
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Tongue twister #3
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Tongue twister #3
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Stare at
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Stare at
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"Clear as day"
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"Clear as day"
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Like Mork's spaceship
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Like Mork's spaceship
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Loch ___
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Loch ___
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Difficulty, so to speak
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Difficulty, so to speak
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Famous test participant
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Famous test participant
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Stick (out)
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New England state sch.
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New England state sch.
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Part of an ironman competition
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Ready: Fr.
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Ready: Fr.
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Hook's mate
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Hook's mate
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"Getting close"
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"Getting close"
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Before, to Byron
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Before, to Byron
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Old-fashioned party
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Old-fashioned party
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Shellacking
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Shellacking
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Hit and run, e.g.
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Map line
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Map line
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New York river to Lake Ontario
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New York river to Lake Ontario
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Tenant
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Tenant
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The macarena, once
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The macarena, once
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Cheered
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Cheered
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Word with form or film
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Word with form or film
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Where El Misti volcano is
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Where El Misti volcano is
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Refrigerator decorations
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Refrigerator decorations
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About
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About
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Dollar rival
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Dollar rival
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Hand down
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Hand down
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"Harvey" character Elwood P. ___
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"Harvey" character Elwood P. ___
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Took to court
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Took to court
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Half of a 1934 M-G-M couple
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Half of a 1934 M-G-M couple
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Newswoman Magnus
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Newswoman Magnus
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Kerplop maker
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Kerplop maker
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Part of kg-m
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Part of kg-m
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French-Belgian boundary river
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French-Belgian boundary river
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Talk about endlessly
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Talk about endlessly
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Reveal oneself
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Reveal oneself
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Civil War side
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Civil War side
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Pink-slipped
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Pink-slipped
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Diamond corners
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Diamond corners
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Speech stumbles
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Ireland
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Ireland
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Breakfast chain, informally
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Breakfast chain, informally
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CNN word
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CNN word
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Consume
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Consume
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Originally named
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Old-fashioned contraction
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Star Wars: Abbr.
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