25 October 1998 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 October 1998

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H
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A
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V
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A
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N
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A
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D
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A
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M
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A
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S
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K
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B
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R
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A
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V
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O
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S
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A
M
O
R
O
S
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O
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O
L
I
V
I
A
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V
I
R
A
G
O
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H
A
U
N
T
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N
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G
M
E
L
O
D
Y
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D
A
M
M
E
D
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A
S
S
E
S
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E
R
E
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T
I
L
E
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T
Y
P
E
A
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O
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T
R
A
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M
O
D
E
S
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T
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A
M
I
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W
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I
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T
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C
H
E
S
B
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R
E
W
S
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A
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S
S
U
R
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E
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S
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A
V
A
L
O
N
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Y
O
N
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B
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A
R
T
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L
E
V
I
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C
A
B
O
T
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I
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S
A
W
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P
E
W
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A
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M
E
B
A
E
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O
N
U
S
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M
O
N
S
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T
E
R
S
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A
L
E
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A
D
S
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E
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D
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S
E
L
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I
C
E
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B
L
T
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T
E
T
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E
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G
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G
R
O
L
L
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B
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L
A
S
T
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N
E
R
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I
S
S
A
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D
O
H
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D
U
D
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E
A
R
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M
E
D
O
C
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D
I
O
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G
R
A
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V
E
M
A
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T
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T
E
R
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O
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H
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M
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S
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I
N
S
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T
E
P
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I
F
S
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H
E
N
S
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K
N
E
E
L
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E
T
T
E
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E
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L
M
S
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S
R
A
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W
E
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R
D
O
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D
O
W
R
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I
E
S
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S
K
E
L
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E
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T
O
N
C
R
E
W
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R
I
S
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D
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O
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T
T
I
E
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P
E
E
K
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S
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L
I
G
O
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S
E
A
M
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D
I
A
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E
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U
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R
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O
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S
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N
A
T
A
L
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E
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C
R
Y
P
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T
I
C
M
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E
S
S
A
G
E
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O
V
E
R
D
O
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A
R
I
O
S
E
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S
T
E
E
P
L
E
123
B
A
R
R
E
N
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R
E
N
N
E
S
125
S
Y
S
T
E
M

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Esteemed smoke : HAVANA
7
Table linen fabric : DAMASK
13
Calls for Pavarotti : BRAVOS
19
Spanish sherry : AMOROSO
21
John's "Grease" co-star : OLIVIA
22
Nagging pain, perhaps : VIRAGO
23
Halloween music? : HAUNTINGMELODY
25
Like the Columbia River : DAMMED
26
Fools : ASSES
27
"Able was I ___..." : ERE
28
Bath item : TILE
29
High-powered personality : TYPEA
30
___ vez (again, in Acapulco) : OTRA
32
Far from glitzy : MODEST
34
Athos, to Aramis : AMI
35
Halloween pub offerings? : WITCHESBREWS
40
Guarantees : ASSURES
44
"Venus" singer : AVALON
45
Word from a pointer : YON
46
Bret Maverick's brother : BART
48
Dolly ___ of "Hello, Dolly!" : LEVI
49
___ Cove, "Murder, She Wrote" locale : CABOT
50
Part of Caesar's boast : ISAW
52
Place to sing : PEW
53
Lab slide objects, often : AMEBAE
55
Burden : ONUS
56
Halloween event? : MONSTERSALE
59
Spots before your eyes : ADS
60
Detroit debacle : EDSEL
63
Kind of bag or chest : ICE
64
Deli request : BLT
65
Vietnamese New Year : TET
66
Appetizer often eaten with the hands : EGGROLL
69
Good party : BLAST
71
"The Merchant of Venice" maid : NERISSA
73
Play-___ : DOH
74
Fizzle : DUD
75
Place for jewelry : EAR
76
Red Bordeaux : MEDOC
77
Giuseppe's God : DIO
78
Halloween topic? : GRAVEMATTER
82
___ law (1840's discovery) : OHMS
86
Foot part : INSTEP
88
Possibilities : IFS
89
Brooding sorts : HENS
90
Show obeisance : KNEEL
91
Suffix with spinner : ETTE
92
Classic street liners : ELMS
94
Mme., abroad : SRA
95
Oddball : WEIRDO
96
Startup funds? : DOWRIES
98
Halloween workers? : SKELETONCREW
101
Laugh, in Lyon : RIS
102
Mochrie of the L.P.G.A. : DOTTIE
105
Break an Xmas rule : PEEK
106
Irish seaport : SLIGO
108
Tailor's line : SEAM
109
One-seventh of a semana : DIA
110
Money in the news : EUROS
115
Christmas in Catania : NATALE
117
Halloween note? : CRYPTICMESSAGE
120
Exaggerate : OVERDO
121
Songlike : ARIOSE
122
Peak in the skyline : STEEPLE
123
Sterile : BARREN
124
Dreyfus trial locale : RENNES
125
Solar ___ : SYSTEM
Down
1
Comic's favorite sound : HAHA
2
One of a Latin trio : AMAS
3
Part of R.S.V.P. : VOUS
4
"Rule, Britannia" composer : ARNE
5
So-so : NOTSOHOT
6
Faulkner's "___ Lay Dying" : ASI
7
Capitol feature : DOME
8
Porter : ALE
9
S. J. Perelman's "The Road to ___" : MILTOWN
10
Escapes : AVOIDS
11
Move obliquely : SIDLE
12
Danny and Stubby : KAYES
13
Letters found in underwear : BVD
14
Rodeo equipment : RIATAS
15
Football mascot : ARMYMULE
16
Halloween sprees? : VAMPIREBATS
17
Double-curved molding : OGEE
18
Club ___ : SODA
20
Distinctive individuals : ONERS
24
Be rude at the dinner table : GRAB
31
It's perfect : TEN
32
Catty remarks : MEOWS
33
Salt : TAR
35
City on the Brazos : WACO
36
Wall Streeter Boesky : IVAN
37
Banned: Var. : TABU
38
Expert dealmaker : CLOSER
39
Pat Nixon's maiden name : RYAN
41
Not going anywhere : STALLED
42
Gives the slip : EVADES
43
Sleep time : SIESTA
46
Special Forces trademark : BERET
47
Jimmy Stewart syllables : AWS
50
Mrs. Marcos of the Philippines : IMELDA
51
Fa follower : SOL
52
Bodybuilders' targets : PECS
54
Way to go, in Paris : METRO
57
Prop for a ball scene : TIARA
58
Doubleday and Yokum : ABNERS
61
___ City, oater locale : DODGE
62
7 Eleven cooler : SLURPEE
66
Swirled : EDDIED
67
Explore : GOINTO
68
Halloween correspondent? : GHOSTWRITER
69
Kicks : BEEFS
70
Hightails it : LAMS
72
Like a symbol : ICONIC
76
Gamepieces : MEN
79
Cheerleader's characteristic : VIM
80
King Cole's fiddlers, e.g. : THREE
81
Shade of blue : TEAL
83
Mainz Mr. : HERR
84
Persian's foe : MEDE
85
Deliberate : SLOW
87
She had a "Tootsie" role : TERIGARR
90
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author : KENKESEY
93
A turn-on : LSD
94
Be sparing with : SKIMPON
95
Fate of Wednesday's child : WOE
97
Wagnerian heroine : ISOLDE
98
Remain at home : STAYIN
99
Sword-and-sandal flick : EPIC
100
League members : TEAMS
103
Reason for a spring ceremony : OSCAR
104
Our planet, to the French : TERRE
106
For whom nothing's good enough : SNOB
107
Basalt source : LAVA
109
Goes out, in a way : DIES
111
Applies : USES
112
Spellbound : RAPT
113
Emulate Groucho Marx : OGLE
114
Appear : SEEM
116
Ages : EON
118
"The Waste Land" inits. : TSE
119
Dolls of the 80's : ETS