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Barbara J. Weakley
Barbara J. Weakley

New York Times, Friday, November 27, 1981

5-Across : Resorts

Author:
Barbara J. Weakley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { B F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 234 (avg 1.26)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0
Barbara J. Weakley has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,707
Across
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Vault : LEAP
5
Resorts : SPAS
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"Buenos ___!" : DIAS
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Food for Moses' people : MANNA
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Work over : REDO
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Whence some vino comes : ASTI
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Articulate : UTTER
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Elvis ___ Presley : ARON
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Inert gas : NEON
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Clip : SHEAR
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Tramontanes : STRANGERS
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Reign of ___: 1793-94 : TERROR
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Penthouse : AERIE
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Tropical American mammal : TAPIR
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Disney dog : TRAMP
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Island occupied by the Japanese in 1942 : ATTU
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Operated : RAN
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Excite or incite : AROUSE
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Figure at the bar : COUNSEL
39
Whip : SCOURGE
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Explosive : TONITE
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Fingerstall : COT
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Scot's shirt : SARK
43
Eliza Harris, e.g. : SLAVE
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Great number : TROOP
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Eradicate : ERASE
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Hinder : RETARD
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Speak for : REPRESENT
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Kentucky Derby horse's age : THREE
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Antony's friend : EROS
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Algorab or Altair : STAR
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What Stanley Dancer holds : REINS
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Author Leffland : ELLA
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Painter Alberti's patron : ESTE
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Emulate Isocrates : ORATE
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Howard of musical comedy fame : KEEL
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Hide's partner : SEEK
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Suffix with use or help : LESS
Down
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Woodworking machine : LATHE
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Join : ENTER
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Lend ___ : ANEAR
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Macaw : PARROT
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Madrileñas' titles: Abbr. : SRAS
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Be related : PERTAIN
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Gaspar at Bethlehem : ADORER
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Underwater detection device : SONAR
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Film for which Bette Davis won an Oscar: 1935 : DANGEROUS
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What "video" means : ISEE
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Suffix with comment : ATOR
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Confessor's earful : SINS
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New wine : MUST
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Part of TNT : NITRO
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Street show : RAREE
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Mary, in an old song : PAL
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Distinctive air : AURA
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R.C. cleric's title : MSGR
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Quick look : PEEK
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Book of the Bible : ACTS
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Awl or adze : TOOL
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Prickly pear : TUNA
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Entire; whole : UNIVERSAL
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Person in a cast : ACTOR
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Cordwood measure : STERE
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___ Canals : SOO
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Notched : CRENATE
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Pest that causes nagana : TSETSE
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Fuel for a lorry : PETROL
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___ bridge (Euclidean proposition) : ASSES
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Soothing word : THERE
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Former president of Panama : ARIAS
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Splits : RENTS
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Leo Gorcey pronoun : DESE
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Miasma : REEK
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A first name in whodunits : ERLE
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Pope John Paul II, e.g. : POLE
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Boer's trip in an ox cart : TREK

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