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Stout
Stout

New York Times, Saturday, March 12, 1983

65-Across : Cob or drake

Author:
Stout
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Stout has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,177
Across
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Italian river : ARNO
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More shameful : BASER
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Valley : DALE
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Garner : REAP
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Have effect : INURE
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Opposite of aloft : ALOW
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Least of the least? : MINIMMINIM
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Irritate : RILE
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Town south of Lille : DOUAI
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Curved sword : SCIMITAR
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Oriental bird : MINA
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Suit to ___ : ATEE
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Greedy coloratura? : AVIDDIVA
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Hindu religious writing : TANTRA
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Walks through water : WADES
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___ Barkley, V.P. : ALBEN
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Toupee, colloquially : RUG
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Struggle : AGON
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Wept : CRIED
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Arrived : CAME
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Operate : RUN
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La Croce ___ (The Red Cross, in Roma) : ROSSA
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Room for entertaining : SALON
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Roundabout way : DETOUR
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Where streetcars are sold? : TRAMMART
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Ready for the reaper : RIPE
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Lackluster : DRAB
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Stratford's new star? : AVONNOVA
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"___ Jimmy Valentine" : ALIAS
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Nyoro peasants : HERA
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Purple brew? : REGALLAGER
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Quod ___ demonstrandum : ERAT
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C'est ___ (That's a laugh!) : ARIRE
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S. Pacific food plant : TARO
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Cob or drake : MALE
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Ben and Sue of films : LYONS
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Thomas Hood's "Eugene ___" : ARAM
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Branch : ARM
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Whitelaw ___, journalist : REID
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One-billionth: Comb. form : NANO
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Poppy parlor : OPIUMDEN
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Reputed "Fountain of Youth" site : BIMINI
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Cuckoo : ANI
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Phoenix five : SUNS
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Low-branched evergreen shrub : ERICA
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Paid up : REMITTED
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Conn. town : DARIEN
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Landed : ALIT
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"Damn Yankees" role : LOLA
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Water pitcher : EWER
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"The ___," Genet play : MAIDS
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Middle point : MEAN
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People of Pannonia : AVARS
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Edgar, e.g. : AWARD
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Indefinite : VAGUE
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"___ Care," 1905 song : IDONT
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Tilted, as a ship : ALIST
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Singing syllables : TRALA
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Hearsay : RUMOR
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Representative : AGENT
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James ___, gourmet chef : BEARD
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Army fourth-grader : CORPORAL
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Nonharmonic note : CAMBIATA
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Spoil completely : RUIN
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Like Hop-o'-My-Thumb : SMALL
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Elaborately decorated : ORNATE
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An order of herbaceous plants : ARALES
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Each one : EVERY
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Throat-clearing sound : AHEM
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Miles from Okla. : VERA
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Like Sabin's vaccine : ORAL
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Exchange premium : AGIO
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Chinese gelatin : AGAR
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Lab substances : SERA
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Prince Valiant's son : ARN
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Gypsy gentleman : ROM

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

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