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New York Times: Monday, August 17, 1998
Below is the full solution for the Monday, August 17, 1998 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Gregory E. Paul
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Help at a heist
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Calls to a shepherd
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Calls to a shepherd
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Deadly
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Deadly
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Easy gait
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Easy gait
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Qualified
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Qualified
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Functional
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Functional
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Trebek of "Jeopardy!"
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Trebek of "Jeopardy!"
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Spot on a radar screen
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Spot on a radar screen
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Fancy British car, informally
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Fancy British car, informally
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Walt Disney's first sound cartoon
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Walt Disney's first sound cartoon
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Aria, e.g.
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Aria, e.g.
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Wriggly fish
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Wriggly fish
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TV adjunct
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TV adjunct
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Unbeatable rival
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Unbeatable rival
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Downward bend
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Downward bend
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Lose underpinnings
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Lose underpinnings
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Time delay
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Time delay
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Catherine ___, wife of Henry VIII
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Catherine ___, wife of Henry VIII
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Life of the party
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Life of the party
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Pinnacle
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Pinnacle
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Mystery writer Deighton
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Mystery writer Deighton
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Lend-___ Act
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Lend-___ Act
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Shade of blue
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Shade of blue
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Late, great crooner
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Late, great crooner
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Reading room
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Reading room
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One ___ time
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One ___ time
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Surrounds, with "in"
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Surrounds, with "in"
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Show girl's suitor
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Inner circle
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Inner circle
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"Peek-___!"
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"Peek-___!"
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Puerto ___
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Puerto ___
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Durant who co-wrote "The Story of Civilization"
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Durant who co-wrote "The Story of Civilization"
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Singer Braxton
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Singer Braxton
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List shortener
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List shortener
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Greenbacks
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Greenbacks
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In the public eye
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Watered-down
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Word of regret
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Length of fabric
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Blunted blade
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Lone Star State
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Lone Star State
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Talk nonsensically
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Flowering
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Flowering
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Inter ___
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Inter ___
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Labor Day's mo.
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Labor Day's mo.
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Avenging spirits of mythology
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Avenging spirits of mythology
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Wake Island, e.g.
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Wake Island, e.g.
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Cash drawer
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Cash drawer
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"___ Do Is Dream of You" (1934 hit)
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"___ Do Is Dream of You" (1934 hit)
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___-majesté
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___-majesté
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"Waterlilies" painter
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"Waterlilies" painter
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Consider the pros and cons of
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Consider the pros and cons of
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Golden Nugget casino locale
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Golden Nugget casino locale
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Stew container
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Stew container
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Spacious
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Spacious
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Actress Verdugo
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Actress Verdugo
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Biological container
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Biological container
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Kind of fork
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Come to light
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Come to light
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White House's ___ Room
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White House's ___ Room
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1950's White House monogram
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Ante-
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Ante-
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Trojan War epic
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Trojan War epic
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Fraternity members
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Fraternity members
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Site of Crockett's last stand
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Site of Crockett's last stand
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Blue-gray
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Blue-gray
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Royal seat
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Royal seat
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Counterreply
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Counterreply
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Jibe
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Jibe
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Woman with a temper
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Woman with a temper
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Con game
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Con game
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Hawaiian tuber
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Hawaiian tuber
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Score after deuce, in tennis
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Score after deuce, in tennis
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Feed bag fill
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Feed bag fill
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Cousin of a bassoon
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Cousin of a bassoon
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Nick at ___
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Nick at ___
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Org. with eligibility rules
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Org. with eligibility rules
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The sunny side, in sunny side up
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The sunny side, in sunny side up
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