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New York Times: Wednesday, October 20, 1999
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, October 20, 1999 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Richard Silvestri
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Insecticide target
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Insecticide target
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New Year's popper
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New Year's popper
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Truck stop order
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Truck stop order
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"Time in a Bottle" singer
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"Time in a Bottle" singer
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Bit attachment
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Bit attachment
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Where Lima is
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Where Lima is
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With 38- and 62-Across, why the maharishi refused Novocain
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With 38- and 62-Across, why the maharishi refused Novocain
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Place to play blackjack
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Place to play blackjack
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Become balanced
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Become balanced
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Pull out
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Pull out
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"___ magnifique!"
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"___ magnifique!"
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Goes underground
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Goes underground
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Screech
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Screech
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Broadcast
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Broadcast
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Endless years
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Endless years
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Hardly important
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Hardly important
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Check cashers' cards
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See 17-Across
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"My boy"
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"My boy"
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Good going down
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Good going down
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Legal rights org.
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Legal rights org.
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Like Vikings
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Like Vikings
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Gentle breeze
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Gentle breeze
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Command to Rover
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Command to Rover
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Lead singer for the Belmonts
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Lead singer for the Belmonts
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Dispute
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Dispute
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Horned thing?
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Horned thing?
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Lots of laughs
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Lots of laughs
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See 17-Across
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___ Royale National Park
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___ Royale National Park
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Spread served in bars
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Spread served in bars
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"The Faerie Queene" division
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"The Faerie Queene" division
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Orchard item
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Orchard item
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Grab (onto)
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Grab (onto)
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John of rock
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John of rock
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Pine (for)
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Pine (for)
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Before: Abbr.
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Before: Abbr.
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Sewing machine inventor
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"...___ do better!"
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"...___ do better!"
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Indicate
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Indicate
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Aegean vacation locale
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Multivolume ref. work
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Initiation procedure
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Initiation procedure
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Fort ___ (gold repository)
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Fort ___ (gold repository)
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Abominable
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Abominable
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Coming up
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Coming up
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Subsequently
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Subsequently
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Heckling sounds
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Heckling sounds
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Izmir inhabitant
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Izmir inhabitant
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Start of many limericks
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Start of many limericks
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Like Mother Cabrini
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Like Mother Cabrini
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Srs.' worry
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Srs.' worry
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Lifesaver, e.g.
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Lifesaver, e.g.
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Horse of a certain color
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Horse of a certain color
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Caravansary
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Caravansary
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500 spot
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500 spot
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Fishing need
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Fishing need
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Snafu
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Snafu
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Restless desire
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Restless desire
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Emmy-winning Tyne
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Emmy-winning Tyne
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Insulting remark
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Tend, as a fire
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Tend, as a fire
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Sleeper or smoker
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Sleeper or smoker
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Velvet pile
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Velvet pile
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Run off at the mouth
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Run off at the mouth
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Suffix on era names
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Intertwine
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Intertwine
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Money substitute
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Money substitute
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Modeling asset
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Modeling asset
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Bomber name
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Challenge for a nonnative speaker
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Challenge for a nonnative speaker
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E.P.A. concern
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E.P.A. concern
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Confess
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Confess
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And others, for short
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And others, for short
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Make change?
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Make change?
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Marquand sleuth
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Marquand sleuth
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In a while
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In a while
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"Gloria in excelsis ___"
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"Gloria in excelsis ___"
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