This puzzle from an unknown year requires some ingenuity to fill out. Some entries are normal English, and some are in a sort of shorthand which the solver must discover.
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| 1a pay for | 1a omega sequence |
| 1e missiles | 1b holy breadbox |
| 1i louse | 1c swallowed a snail |
| 2a sage | 1e consumes a quantity of beer |
| 2e precedes "T" and "man" | 1f oil company |
| 2i woodsy | 1g treatises |
| 3a Datsuns | 1i what the "Today" show does |
| 3e trade of jiggle TV | 1j Cosby vehicle |
| 3i NY State nickname | 1k taunter |
| 4c oceanic piracy (see 4a) | 4d "...and two _____" |
| 4h Gestapo | 4h "mutha" |
| 5c diner slang for "none" | 6a parallels the rhetorical "Am I?" |
| 5h "____ kid!" | 6b 100 ____ 101 |
| 6a shore leave | 6f yes, yes to Slavs |
| 6e illegitimate heir to musical dynasty | 6g cuties |
| 7a head rug | 6j component of Perrier |
| 7e rushed, Cockney style | 6k another component of Perrier |
| 7i dance uniform | |
| 8a condition when m is zero and c is apx. 186,000 miles per second | |
| 8e ratty breadline | |
| 8i score with 1 TD and an extra point | |
| 9e Krazy ____ |