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Ann Jenkins
Ann Jenkins

New York Times, Friday, September 16, 1977

20-Across : Facing a crucial decision

Author:
Ann Jenkins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Ann Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,261
Across
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Gooseneck : LAMP
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Sounds of sails in gales : FLAPS
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Side of bacon : SLAB
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Kazan : ELIA
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Job for a jeweler : RESET
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Hearth : HOME
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Food containers : TINS
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Where Vulcan's forges flamed : AETNA
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Fail to mention : OMIT
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Facing a crucial decision : ATTHECROSSROADS
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Hgt. : ALT
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Film like "Rocky" : HIT
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Toastmasters: Abbr. : MCS
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Sensational : LURID
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Shipping center in Trajan's day : OSTIA
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Scrap for Seattle Slew : OAT
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Decrees in Islam : IRADES
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Samovars : URNS
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Encountered unexpectedly : CROSSEDONESPATH
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Intense emotion : HEAT
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Like some butlers : SILENT
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Pique at its peak : IRE
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Where to store old lares and penates : ATTIC
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Actor Davis : OSSIE
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Sine qua ___ (necessity) : NON
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Inlet : RIA
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Poet's word : OER
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Unwittingly causing mutual frustration : ATCROSSPURPOSES
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"Portrait of Gala" artist : DALI
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Ankles : TARSI
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Lay open : BARE
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Land of the Peacock Throne : IRAN
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Happening : EVENT
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Privy to : INON
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Pungency : TANG
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Wreak vengeance : REPAY
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Cozy retreat : NEST
Down
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"___ Smile Be Your Umbrella ... " : LETA
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Came to rest : ALIT
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Great supply : MINT
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Titled Turk : PASHA
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Breaks we don't like to get : FRACTURES
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Lascivious look : LEER
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Concerning : ASTO
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Porkers' diggings : PENS
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Hide the loot : STASH
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Rises rapidly : SHOOTSUP
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Glen Gray's Casa ___ Band : LOMA
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In the center : AMID
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Casino's business : BETS
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N.Y. island : ELLIS
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Site of Sugar Loaf Mt. : RIO
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Arabian coffee : MOCHA
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Editor's mark : CARET
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Colorful ermine : STOAT
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Wireless : RADIO
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Lions of the theater : IDOLS
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British sand mounds : DENES
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Peacock's pride : TRAIN
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Musical vamp : INTRO
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Pale as a ghost : ASHEN
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Factor, at times, in promotions : SENIORITY
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Like a good adventure story : STIRRING
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Precipitous : STEEP
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Labor initials : CIO
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Michaelmas daisy : ASTER
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Milne boy : ROBIN
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Entry to a pit : ADIT
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"G.W.T.W." home : TARA
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Clique or family : CLAN
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Economize : SAVE
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Exeter or Andover, for short : PREP
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Service-school initials : USNA
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Level-headed : SANE
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"___ and Civilization": Marcuse : EROS
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Transmitted : SENT

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

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