Word: fig
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...kinds of U.S.N.A. grads 17. Again, in music 19. Like a noted Beethoven minuet 20. Baseball's Garciaparra 21. Wanderer 22. The FDA approved it in 1987 23. Gidget portrayer Sandra 24. La Cage __ Folles 26. Casablanca pianist 27. Suffix with press or moist 28. Attendance fig., often 30. Reebok rival 32. Inquisitive utterances 35. Agnus __ 37. The Firefly composer Rudolf 38. Stack role 39. Repeatedly, in rhyme 40. Morse Ts 41. Siouan speaker 43. They're picked in Hawaii 44. Larry, who claimed half of the $363 million lottery 45. Common preservative 47. __ de mer 49. It's teaming...
Would he criticize an erring colleague? "I shall," Dirksen would promise, in a voice like the finest whiskey aged in fog, "invoke upon him every condign imprecation." Dirksen was especially toothsome when praising the fig newton, manufactured in Illinois. "A man who has not sunk a molar into a fig newton," Dirksen would announce, his gray-golden ringlets vibrating with emotion, "has let much of life pass...
...Pink-slip 29. Prefix with center 30. Electric guitar pioneer Paul 31. Supreme Court is split on constitutionality of this law 33. Pound sound 37. Court-game finale? 39. Clinton will not sell four __ destroyers to Taiwan 40. Libidinous god 42. Bandleader Shaw 43. They're occasionally stripped 45. Fig-leaf wearer, stereotypically 46. Succotash morsel 48. Publican's offerings 49. Called on account of rain 50. Monsieur's assent 52. Like the Log Cabin Republicans...
...Transcript fig. 4 Tango quorum 7 Actress __ Alicia 10 Greenspan, who was just approved for a 4th term 11 Northern Ireland's Paisley 12 Grouchoesque look 14 Campus military org. 15 Malaprop or Doubtfire 16 Medicinal fluids 17 Yuppie's degree 18 Dude, Jamaican-style 19 Kind of buddy 20 Tie up the phone 21 "Goodnight" girl 23 Out-of-date, in dicts. 24 Bank claim 26 Fix the brakes 28 Abner's radio partner 30 Toward the tiller 31 Skimpy top 34 Tiny amount 37 Impact sound 38 Radio parts 40 Ford is offering these to all its employees...