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New York Times: Thursday, July 23, 1998
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, July 23, 1998 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Randall J. Hartman
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Like good beds
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Like good beds
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___ the finish
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___ the finish
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Word said in grace
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Word said in grace
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Marlon's "On the Waterfront" director
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Marlon's "On the Waterfront" director
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Fix up
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Fix up
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Circumscribe
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Circumscribe
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Attempt at a carnival booth
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Attempt at a carnival booth
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This has a big mouth
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This has a big mouth
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Walled city near Madrid
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Walled city near Madrid
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Tonto portrayer, briefly
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Tonto portrayer, briefly
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"Goodnight, Irene" singer, briefly
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"Goodnight, Irene" singer, briefly
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Union headquarters?
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Union headquarters?
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Symbols of kingly power
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Symbols of kingly power
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Financing abbr.
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Financing abbr.
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Arles article
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Arles article
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Future fish
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Future fish
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Lose (to)
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Lose (to)
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Old instrument of torture, briefly
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Old instrument of torture, briefly
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Apparition
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Apparition
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One on a pedestal
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One on a pedestal
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___ Cayes, Haiti
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___ Cayes, Haiti
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See 42-Across
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See 42-Across
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With 41-Across, kidnapper's correspondence
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With 41-Across, kidnapper's correspondence
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Bond nemesis, briefly
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Bond nemesis, briefly
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Cambridgeshire cathedral town
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Cambridgeshire cathedral town
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Kindergarten break
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Kindergarten break
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Cartoon dog
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Cartoon dog
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Afore
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Afore
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Irish Rose lover
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Irish Rose lover
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"Silly Cow" playwright Ben
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"Silly Cow" playwright Ben
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Like Marilyn Monroe, briefly
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Like Marilyn Monroe, briefly
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Early theater, briefly
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Early theater, briefly
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Caribbean eden
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Caribbean eden
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The final word
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The final word
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Sicilian smoker
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Sicilian smoker
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Linoleum layer
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Linoleum layer
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Smoke detector
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Smoke detector
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No-win situations?
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No-win situations?
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Sank the putt, with "out"
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Sank the putt, with "out"
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Actress Harper
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Actress Harper
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Louis Armstrong popularized it
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Louis Armstrong popularized it
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Physical beginning
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Physical beginning
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Sleep like ___
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Sleep like ___
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Jangling
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Jangling
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Supporter of the arts?
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Supporter of the arts?
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Cork locale
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Cork locale
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Fox Movietone piece
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Fox Movietone piece
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Drink suffix
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Drink suffix
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Lethargy
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Lethargy
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Tattletale
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Tattletale
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Subsists
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Subsists
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Biographer Ludwig
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Biographer Ludwig
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Threshold
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Threshold
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Gallows reprieve
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Gallows reprieve
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Pincushion alternative
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Pincushion alternative
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Sweat site
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Sweat site
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Eager and excited
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Eager and excited
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Piano part
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Piano part
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Like Ernst Haeckel's law
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River ___
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River ___
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The spot
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The spot
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Hirt and Haig
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Hirt and Haig
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World's largest professional org.
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World's largest professional org.
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Miller of "On the Town"
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Miller of "On the Town"
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Certainty
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Certainty
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Riding
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Riding
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Chief
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Chief
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Ocelots and others
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Ocelots and others
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Eagerly studying
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Eagerly studying
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Hairsplitter
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Hairsplitter
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"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" playwright
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"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" playwright
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"Waiting for Lefty" playwright
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"Waiting for Lefty" playwright
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Trodden track
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Trodden track
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The Bee Gees, e.g.
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The Bee Gees, e.g.
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Certain charger
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Certain charger
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Most draftable
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Most draftable
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Democratic donkey designer
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Democratic donkey designer
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Berg of baseball
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Berg of baseball
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