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New York Times: Thursday, August 20, 1998
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, August 20, 1998 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Harvey Estes
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Tombstone name
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Carpenter's tool
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Carpenter's tool
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Waits
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Waits
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Perplexed
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Perplexed
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Bibliographic abbr.
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Bibliographic abbr.
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Like some bookstores
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Pursued pure partners?
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Pursued pure partners?
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Kind of couplet
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Kind of couplet
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Bolger co-star of 1939
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Bolger co-star of 1939
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Shoe part
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Shoe part
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Royale, of 30's autodom
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Royale, of 30's autodom
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Appeal (for)
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Appeal (for)
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NBC prog. since 1975
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NBC prog. since 1975
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Longed for fog to roll in?
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Longed for fog to roll in?
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Without purpose
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Without purpose
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Pecked at
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Pecked at
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Place for a dinette set
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Place for a dinette set
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No mere spectator
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No mere spectator
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They have shoulders
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They have shoulders
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Mandolin feature
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Mandolin feature
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"Star Wars" princess
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"Star Wars" princess
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Maintained
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Maintained
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Pucks
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Pucks
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Set trends in cheap jewelry?
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Set trends in cheap jewelry?
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70's White House kid
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70's White House kid
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Mercury or Saturn, but not Mars
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Mercury or Saturn, but not Mars
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Chou En-___
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Chou En-___
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Japanese drama
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Japanese drama
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Applications
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Applications
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Fife player
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Fife player
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Was successful on "What's My Line"?
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Was successful on "What's My Line"?
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Really steamed
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Really steamed
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Grandpa Walton portrayer
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Grandpa Walton portrayer
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Carhop's load
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Carhop's load
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Closed
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Closed
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Rams' ma'ams
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Rams' ma'ams
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Your highness
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Your highness
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A pop
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A pop
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Queens's ___ Stadium
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Queens's ___ Stadium
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Nurture
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Nurture
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___ doble (Spanish dance)
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___ doble (Spanish dance)
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Aromatic wood
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Aromatic wood
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Telecom stock listing
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Telecom stock listing
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Satirist Mort
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Satirist Mort
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Gratify
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Gratify
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Persian Gulf nation: Var.
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Persian Gulf nation: Var.
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Wyo. neighbor
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Wyo. neighbor
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Drought accompaniers, often
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Drought accompaniers, often
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Rocker John
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Rocker John
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Girder material
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Girder material
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Cork's country
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Cork's country
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Intimate
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Intimate
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German king
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German king
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Central
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Central
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Second Commandment taboo
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Second Commandment taboo
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One nodding off
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One nodding off
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Aleppo's land
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Aleppo's land
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Compassion
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Compassion
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Balkan capital
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Balkan capital
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Didn't hand off
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Didn't hand off
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Willy Wonka's creator
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Willy Wonka's creator
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Air Jordans, e.g.
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Lao-___
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Lao-___
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Defendant
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Defendant
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Slip (into)
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Slip (into)
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Harbor deepener
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Harbor deepener
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Ricocheting bullet sound
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Ricocheting bullet sound
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1973 Rolling Stones hit
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1973 Rolling Stones hit
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Lament
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Lament
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Ragout or burgoo
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Ragout or burgoo
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Scoreboard info
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Scoreboard info
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Actress Hatcher
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Actress Hatcher
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Tolstoy's "___ Fyodor Ivanovich"
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Tolstoy's "___ Fyodor Ivanovich"
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Eye problem
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Eye problem
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Canonized mlle.
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Canonized mlle.
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Tee follower
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Tee follower
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