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Charlotte Shore
Charlotte Shore

New York Times, Wednesday, December 4, 1985

4-Down : Protect an idea

Author:
Charlotte Shore
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { B J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Charlotte Shore has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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A
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P
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P
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D
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A
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M
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E
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I
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F
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A
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T
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A
S
I
A
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O
M
A
N
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A
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D
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L
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R
D
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K
A
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S
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L
L
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D
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N
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Y
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A
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K
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E
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A
T
S
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W
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O
R
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A
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L
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A
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A
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I
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S
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W
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O
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P
T
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C
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S
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R
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S
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S
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O
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L
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T
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L
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L
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E
A
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A
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R
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S
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L
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A
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T
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R
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D
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R
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I
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F
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L
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R
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A
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E
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R
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S
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A
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H
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P
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I
D
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Y
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A
P
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S
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S
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T
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H
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,175
Across
1
Creator of Schmoos : CAPP
5
Christie was one : DAME
9
"___ first you don't succeed ... " : IFAT
13
Largest continent : ASIA
14
Muscat is its capital : OMAN
15
Cordial flavoring : ANISE
16
Fender hollow : DENT
17
Word heard at church : LORD
18
Mushy dish from buckwheat : KASHA
19
Comely Czechs, perhaps : SATELLITEDISHES
22
No, at the Capitol : NAY
23
"___ She Sweet?" : AINT
24
He wrote "Hyperion" : KEATS
27
Had on : WORE
29
Tuscaloosa's loc. : ALA
32
Panay native : ATI
33
Gulp : SWIG
35
Science of vision : OPTICS
38
Game you only lose once : RUSSIANROULETTE
41
Horizontal beam : LINTEL
42
"I could ___ horse!" : EATA
43
Actor-director Howard : RON
44
Diocese : SEE
45
Shoemaker's model : LAST
47
Tendency : TREND
49
Mob disorder : RIOT
51
Season in Paris : ETE
52
Fog and mist, maybe : FELLOWTRAVELERS
60
Actor Delon : ALAIN
61
Optimistic feeling : HOPE
62
Elvis was one : IDOL
63
Salts' talks : YARNS
64
Copycat : APER
65
Feed storehouse : SILO
66
Hitch : SNAG
67
Student's book : TEXT
68
Give a leg up : HELP
Down
1
Chaps who chicane : CADS
2
Where to meet Bobby Shaftoe : ASEA
3
Four gills : PINT
4
Protect an idea : PATENT
5
Wheelbarrow's cousin : DOLLY
6
Mine, to Fifi : AMOI
7
Shopping plaza : MART
8
Evoke affection : ENDEAR
9
Overwrought : INASTATE
10
Piscator's prey : FISH
11
Noted netman : ASHE
12
Mad Hatter's affairs : TEAS
15
Similar : AKIN
20
Knight's heroine : LASSIE
21
Become extinct : DIEOUT
24
One of the Marxes : KARL
25
Needle cases : ETUIS
26
Oise tributary : AISNE
27
Be the victor : WIN
28
Fairy-tale monsters : OGRES
30
About a quart, in England : LITRE
31
Medieval knight's garment : ACTON
34
Act like a pig : WALLOW
36
Neb. river : PLATTE
37
Dispatch : SEND
39
High grade of silver : STERLING
40
Morsel for a Suffolk : OAT
46
As matters now stand : ATTHAT
48
Hot-dog condiment : RELISH
50
Atomic particles : IONS
51
Turn inside out : EVERT
52
Bainter and Wray : FAYS
53
Panache : ELAN
54
Woman Zhivago loved : LARA
55
Use a lariat : ROPE
56
Pinnacle : APEX
57
Ernie Kovacs's widow : EDIE
58
Canary's trill : ROLL
59
Spill over : SLOP

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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