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Mary M. Murdoch
Mary M. Murdoch

New York Times, Tuesday, March 1, 1988

5-Down : Nice

Author:
Mary M. Murdoch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F G J Q }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Mary M. Murdoch has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,993
Across
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Victor's reward : PALM
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School orgs. : PTAS
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Collie or poodle, e.g. : BREED
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Lily plant : ALOE
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Walesa of Poland : LECH
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Bizarre : OUTRE
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Uprising : RIOT
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Pa. city : ERIE
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Disposed : PRONE
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Maugham book : CAKESANDALE
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___ de plume : NOM
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Pan-Am. org. : OAS
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Competed : VIED
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Hit song of 1939 : BEERBARRELPOLKA
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Eggs, to Cato : OVA
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Unicorn fish : UNIE
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Tangle : SNARL
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Twerp's next of kin : NERD
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Nettle : TEASE
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Jog : TROT
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Certain Art Deco works : ERTES
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School book : TEXT
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Número ___ : UNO
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Song from "The New Moon": 1928 : STOUTHEARTEDMEN
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Kind of fur : SEAL
54
Genetic inits. : RNA
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Scot's precipitation : SNA
58
Diabolical concoction : WITCHESBREW
64
Kind of lily : CALLA
66
Hebrew eternity : OLAM
67
Part of N.B. : BENE
68
To have: Fr. : AVOIR
69
Level : RAZE
70
Asian country : LAOS
71
Classified : TYPED
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Is indebted : OWES
73
Word combined with while : ERST
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French recreation spot : PARC
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Stare : LOOK
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Bolide : METEOR
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Nice : PLEASANT
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Aquatic flier : TERN
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Kind of rain or test : ACID
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Gather wheat : SHEAVE
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Some masquerade attendees : BOPEEPS
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Capek classic : RUR
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Collar type : ETON
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Rubik or Rapee : ERNO
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Judge : DEEM
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Movies' "Elephant Boy" : SABU
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Diamond ___ : LIL
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No-no word : DONT
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Archeologists' finds : BONES
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Turn outward : EVERT
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Have an ___ the ground : EARTO
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Certain grass : RIE
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Ranch in "Giant" : REATA
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Alarm, old style : LARUM
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Norse coin : KRONE
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Ill. city : ALTON
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___ ex machina : DEUS
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Sunday talk: Abbr. : SER
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Go to ___ (overdo) : EXTREMES
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Club or ship employee : STEWARD
47
Hamilton bills : TENS
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"Bali ___" : HAI
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Corrida figure : ELTORO
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Putter : DABBLE
55
Shoo : SCAT
56
Shade of blue : NAVY
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Leaning : ALOP
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Kind of hammer : CLAW
60
Weather word : HAZE
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Bring up : REAR
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Slaughter of baseball : ENOS
63
Bridge seat : WEST
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Golfer's concern : LIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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