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New York Times: Friday, August 14, 1998
Below is the full solution for the Friday, August 14, 1998 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Shannon Burns
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Thrifty competitor
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5
Kind of point
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Kind of point
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Subjoin
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Subjoin
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Idealistic sort
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Idealistic sort
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Chief Big Bear, e.g.
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Chief Big Bear, e.g.
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Habitual
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Habitual
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Snakes lack them
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Snakes lack them
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Mend a dress, maybe
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Mend a dress, maybe
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1990 Literature Nobelist Octavio ___
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1990 Literature Nobelist Octavio ___
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Meet transaction
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Meet transaction
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"...could ___ horse!"
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"...could ___ horse!"
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25
Swell place?
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Swell place?
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"Mister!"
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"Mister!"
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Pane producer
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Pane producer
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James, for one
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James, for one
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Rose up
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Rose up
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Some tourneys
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Some tourneys
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Lots
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Lots
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Supersized
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Supersized
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Father of Fear and Panic
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Father of Fear and Panic
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King of pop
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King of pop
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It may heat up a dish
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It may heat up a dish
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Cure-alls
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Cure-alls
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Counterstrokes: Var.
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Counterstrokes: Var.
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Smoke
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Smoke
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S.F. zone
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S.F. zone
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Go off the deep end
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Banned weapons
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Banned weapons
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Wharton grad's aspiration, maybe
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Wharton grad's aspiration, maybe
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Jonson dedicatee
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Jonson dedicatee
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Scotch ___
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Scotch ___
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Ultimate villain
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Ultimate villain
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Hitch
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Hitch
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Justification
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Justification
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Day-___
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Day-___
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Bacon product
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Bacon product
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Not loco
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Not loco
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When Purim is observed
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When Purim is observed
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Una ___ (unanimously)
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Span fraction
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Span fraction
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Concertina
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Concertina
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Meet
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Meet
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Tic-tac-toe dud
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Tic-tac-toe dud
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Free ticket
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Free ticket
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Resting
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Resting
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Plant group
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Plant group
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Hand helpers
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Hand helpers
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What public oddities often do
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What public oddities often do
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Result of a bad jump
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Result of a bad jump
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FedEx alternative
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FedEx alternative
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Starbucks listings
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Starbucks listings
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Withdrawal whereabouts
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Withdrawal whereabouts
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Department
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Department
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4-Down necessity
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4-Down necessity
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Meal-ending toasts
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Meal-ending toasts
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Making O.K., in a way
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Making O.K., in a way
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Native
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Native
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Daily productions
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Daily productions
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Court legend
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Court legend
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Long-jawed fishes
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Long-jawed fishes
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Leo Durocher monicker, with "The"
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Leo Durocher monicker, with "The"
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Military helicopter
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Military helicopter
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Tachygraphists
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Tachygraphists
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Utah's flower
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Utah's flower
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Native Oklahomans
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Native Oklahomans
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Daughter of Homer and Marge
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Daughter of Homer and Marge
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"Help ___ the way!"
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"Help ___ the way!"
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___ extra cost
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___ extra cost
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Civil rights leader Wells
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Civil rights leader Wells
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"All for one and one for all," e.g.
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