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Peter G. Snow
Peter G. Snow

New York Times, Saturday, October 20, 1984

29-Across : Powerful lobby in D.C.

Author:
Peter G. Snow
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26, Avg Word Len: 5.69, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Peter G. Snow has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,765
Across
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Songbird : TANAGER
8
Cupboard : CABINET
15
Suppose : IMAGINE
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Mother-of-pearl source : ABALONE
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Souvenir : MEMENTO
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Sea nymphs : NEREIDS
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A goal of NOW : ERA
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Like the nose : SEPTATE
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___ shibah (mourn in Israel) : SIT
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An S.S.R. : LITH
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Donna and Walter : REEDS
26
Recess : COVE
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Yearns : ACHES
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Powerful lobby in D.C. : NRA
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Debussy opus : LAMER
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It's usually read monthly : GASMETER
33
One touch of Venus? : CARESS
34
His motto is "To alms!" : MENDICANT
36
Aver : ASSERT
39
Slaves to fashion : FADDISTS
43
Coolers for firebugs et al. : STIRS
44
About three times a diam. : CIR
45
Establish : SETUP
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Axes : CANS
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Cornered : TREED
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Pro ___ : RATA
50
Season on the Seine : ETE
51
Made a dull sound : THUDDED
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Crag : TOR
54
Joggers : NUDGERS
56
Eye, e.g. : FEATURE
58
Trifling sum : DRIBLET
59
Satellite, e.g. : ORBITER
60
Alternates : SEESAWS
61
Plants anew : RESEEDS
Down
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Interval between two related phenomena : TIMELAG
2
"Beautiful" place : AMERICA
3
Broadway Joe's family : NAMATHS
4
Mature : AGE
5
Card-game cries : GINS
6
Diarize : ENTER
7
Took up again : REOPENED
8
Where Banff is : CANADA
9
Fosters a felony : ABETS
10
Denude : BARE
11
O'Neill play : ILE
12
Harmful : NOISOME
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Dandelions' kin : ENDIVES
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Canopies : TESTERS
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Scared stiff : TERRIFIED
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Some seamstresses : HEMMERS
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Discoverer of the St. Lawrence : CARTIER
28
Haruspices : SEERS
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Puts down : LANDS
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Cause of blast-phemy? : TNT
33
Varlet : CAD
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Liked very much : CAREDFOR
36
Rises : ASCENDS
37
Height : STATURE
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Indefinitely : SINEDIE
40
Law : STATUTE
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What a flautist in a limerick did : TUTORED
42
Lenient ones : SPARERS
44
Pie parts : CRUSTS
47
Cast : THREW
48
Farm-implement pioneer : DEERE
51
Tissue layer : TELA
52
Flounders : DABS
55
Monogram of a famed Fabian : GBS
57
Ligature : TIE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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