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New York Times: Wednesday, August 12, 1998
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, August 12, 1998 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
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Start of a well-known series
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Start of a well-known series
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Forest denizen
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Forest denizen
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Dry (off)
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Dry (off)
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Retinue
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Retinue
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New beginning?
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New beginning?
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Lessen
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Lessen
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25 million to 1, maybe
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25 million to 1, maybe
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Put a spell on
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Put a spell on
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Director Lee
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Director Lee
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Kind of alert
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Kind of alert
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Round Table address
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Round Table address
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Gulf war missile
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Gulf war missile
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Craving for candy
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Craving for candy
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Native American symbol
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Native American symbol
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Washington height
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Washington height
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Carving arrowheads, nowadays
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Carving arrowheads, nowadays
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Draft org.
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Draft org.
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Theme of this puzzle
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Theme of this puzzle
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"___ get it!" ("Aha!")
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"___ get it!" ("Aha!")
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Where to find clear sailing
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Where to find clear sailing
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Football choice
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Football choice
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Actor Bruce
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Actor Bruce
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Person with a log
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Person with a log
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Vena ___ (vessel to the heart)
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Vena ___ (vessel to the heart)
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Lots of time
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Lots of time
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Canal with a mule named Sal
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Canal with a mule named Sal
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Hit with a phaser
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Hit with a phaser
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Capital in 1960's headlines
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Capital in 1960's headlines
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Kindnesses
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Kindnesses
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Actress Aimée
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Actress Aimée
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Armageddon
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Armageddon
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"A Delicate Balance" playwright
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"A Delicate Balance" playwright
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Words to remember
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Words to remember
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Soap solution
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Soap solution
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Ambiances
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Ambiances
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Down
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"It's about time!"
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"It's about time!"
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Something to bust
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Something to bust
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Strong string
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Strong string
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Dah's partner
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Dah's partner
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"The Dukes of Hazzard" spinoff
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"The Dukes of Hazzard" spinoff
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Grant
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Grant
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Sitting spot
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Sitting spot
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Frazier's specialties
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Frazier's specialties
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Gauguin locale
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Gauguin locale
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Moon of Uranus
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Moon of Uranus
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Grow, in a way
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Grow, in a way
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Summer in France
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Summer in France
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Ran
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Ran
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Mantras
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Mantras
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Position
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Position
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Supermarket section
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Supermarket section
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___ the side of caution (play it safe)
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___ the side of caution (play it safe)
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Seine tributary
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Seine tributary
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1979 Nastassja Kinski role
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1979 Nastassja Kinski role
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Mark McGwire stat: Abbr.
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Mark McGwire stat: Abbr.
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Swab
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Swab
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Untidy one
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Untidy one
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Home on the range
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Home on the range
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Summer pick-me-up
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Summer pick-me-up
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Lt. Kojak
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Lt. Kojak
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"Miami Vice" cop
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"Miami Vice" cop
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Little Joe's pa, on "Bonanza"
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Little Joe's pa, on "Bonanza"
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Not clerical
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Not clerical
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Shape of the world
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Shape of the world
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Scrape together
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Scrape together
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1965 Dixie Cups hit
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1965 Dixie Cups hit
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Park structure
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Park structure
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Got around
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Got around
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Failures
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Failures
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Spring bloomer
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Spring bloomer
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Wear
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Wear
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Free (of)
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Free (of)
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Dutch cheese
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Dutch cheese
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Hardly one with stage fright
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Hardly one with stage fright
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It starts with enero
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It starts with enero
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"Forget it!"
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"Forget it!"
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Come together
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Come together
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"Eldorado" rock grp.
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"Eldorado" rock grp.
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