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New York Times: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, October 18, 2006 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
John Farmer
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"Back in Black" rock band
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"Back in Black" rock band
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Tablelands
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Tablelands
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Diner cuppa
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Diner cuppa
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Yowl
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Yowl
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Hail
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Hail
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Plowers
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Plowers
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Jacob's brother
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Jacob's brother
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Pace
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Pace
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Proceeded
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Proceeded
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*Title fellow in a 1971 #1 McCartney hit
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*Title fellow in a 1971 #1 McCartney hit
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*Amorous alcoholic in "The Philadelphia Story"
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*Amorous alcoholic in "The Philadelphia Story"
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Was a parasite
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Was a parasite
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County north of Limerick
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County north of Limerick
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P, to Plato
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P, to Plato
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Egg
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Egg
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___ studies (modern college major)
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___ studies (modern college major)
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Blood type syst.
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Blood type syst.
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Has ___ with
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Has ___ with
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1960's TV hit whose last word completes the answers to the nine starred clues
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1960's TV hit whose last word completes the answers to the nine starred clues
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"Jungle Book" star, 1942
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"Jungle Book" star, 1942
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Online chortle
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Online chortle
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"To a Waterfowl" poet
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"To a Waterfowl" poet
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High-flier's org.?
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High-flier's org.?
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Cabernet, e.g.
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Cabernet, e.g.
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Displays 1-Down
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Displays 1-Down
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1941 Stanwyck/Fonda comedy, with "The"
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1941 Stanwyck/Fonda comedy, with "The"
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*Mr. Television
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*Mr. Television
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*One of TV's Addams family
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*One of TV's Addams family
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Locale of 1869's Golden Spike
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Locale of 1869's Golden Spike
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Polio vaccine developer
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Polio vaccine developer
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Garden party?
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Garden party?
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Big rig
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Big rig
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Incessantly
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Incessantly
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12-point type
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12-point type
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Feds
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Feds
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Some conifers
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Some conifers
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Brood (over)
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Brood (over)
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Wonder
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Wonder
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Hombre's home
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Hombre's home
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Radio part
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Radio part
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Driver, e.g.
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Driver, e.g.
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About a yard, at Scotland Yard
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About a yard, at Scotland Yard
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Phillips ___ Academy
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Phillips ___ Academy
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*Figure in a star-spangled hat
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*Figure in a star-spangled hat
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High point of a European trip?
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High point of a European trip?
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Vermont ski town
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Vermont ski town
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It hangs under the chin
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It hangs under the chin
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Rink move
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Rink move
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Part of a boast of Caesar
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Part of a boast of Caesar
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Put (up)
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Put (up)
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"Paride ed ___" (Gluck opera)
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"Paride ed ___" (Gluck opera)
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Punch line to "What's the longest sentence in the English language?"
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Punch line to "What's the longest sentence in the English language?"
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*"My Three Sons" housekeeper
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*"My Three Sons" housekeeper
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Vagabond
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Vagabond
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100-lb. units
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100-lb. units
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Actress Lindsay
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Actress Lindsay
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Bio 101 subject
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Bio 101 subject
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*Brer Rabbit taleteller
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*Brer Rabbit taleteller
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*Chekhov title character
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*Chekhov title character
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Open, as a toothpaste tube
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Open, as a toothpaste tube
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Christopher Robin's creator
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Christopher Robin's creator
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Weekend TV staple since '75
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Weekend TV staple since '75
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White House fiscal grp.
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White House fiscal grp.
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Brings home
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Brings home
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Major employer in Detroit
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Major employer in Detroit
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Yens
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Yens
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Boxer Laila
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Boxer Laila
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Practice lexicography
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Practice lexicography
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"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" writer
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"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" writer
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Sells
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Sells
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Essential
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Essential
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Any thing
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Any thing
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Inadequate
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Inadequate
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Dilute
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Dilute
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Lights-out signal
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Lights-out signal
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Blue-pencil
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Blue-pencil
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Tour de France, e.g.
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Tour de France, e.g.
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Young Darth Vader's nickname
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Young Darth Vader's nickname
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*Old Texas rice grower of note
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*Old Texas rice grower of note
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Big mouth
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Big mouth
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