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Fred Toole
Fred Toole

New York Times, Tuesday, September 4, 1990

26-Down : Response to a bad pun

Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 51, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 1
Fred Toole has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
2
E
3
M
4
O
5
S
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B
7
O
8
O
9
L
10
I
11
D
12
A
V
E
R
T
13
E
T
N
14
A
15
W
A
C
O
16
W
E
S
T
I
17
N
D
I
E
S
18
I
D
E
S
19
N
R
A
20
R
Y
E
S
21
P
22
A
L
E
D
23
B
R
E
W
24
D
I
A
L
25
E
26
G
R
E
T
27
C
O
R
R
E
28
C
29
T
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A
C
R
I
D
31
P
O
S
E
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M
L
I
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I
34
H
O
O
D
35
T
R
I
E
D
36
S
E
L
L
37
S
L
A
G
38
R
E
N
D
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S
T
A
L
E
40
E
N
E
41
M
I
E
S
42
S
T
A
R
S
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T
E
R
N
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G
I
R
D
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S
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M
O
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C
A
S
A
48
A
49
P
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T
51
F
L
O
W
52
M
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A
R
T
I
N
54
I
Q
U
E
55
H
O
R
N
56
E
R
I
E
57
G
A
U
N
T
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A
T
E
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C
B
S
60
E
N
A
T
E
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,910
Across
1
Records sent to a deejay : DEMOS
6
Derisive sound : BOO
9
Cap : LID
12
Deter : AVERT
13
Sicilian volcano : ETNA
15
Home of the Baylor Bears : WACO
16
Caribbean chain : WESTINDIES
18
Fateful March date : IDES
19
Gun fanciers' org. : NRA
20
Bar orders : RYES
21
Turned ashen : PALED
23
Steep tea : BREW
24
Radio item : DIAL
25
Shore bird : EGRET
27
Right : CORRECT
30
Pungent : ACRID
31
Sit : POSE
32
Cato's 1,052 : MLII
34
Ore.'s Mount ___ : HOOD
35
Essayed : TRIED
36
Vend : SELL
37
Steel-mill waste : SLAG
38
Tear : REND
39
No longer fresh : STALE
40
Allies, to the Axis : ENEMIES
42
Luminaries : STARS
43
Sea bird : TERN
44
Encircle : GIRD
45
Hit hard, old style : SMOTE
47
Señor's home : CASA
48
Likely : APT
51
Pour forth : FLOW
52
French Caribbean isle : MARTINIQUE
55
Band instrument : HORN
56
N.Y. canal : ERIE
57
Emaciated : GAUNT
58
Consumed : ATE
59
Network for "60 Minutes" : CBS
60
Akin on the mother's side : ENATE
Down
1
Daybreak : DAWN
2
Always : EVER
3
Butte's cousin : MESA
4
Food particle for Spot : ORT
5
Emotionally moved : STIRRED
6
Moisten : BEDEW
7
Elevator man : OTIS
8
Single : ONE
9
Stow cargo : LADE
10
Chilled : ICED
11
Author ___ Passos : DOS
14
Hoped for : ASPIRED
15
Capital of the Netherlands Antilles : WILLEMSTAD
17
Russian refusal : NYET
22
Swiss river : AAR
23
Barbados's capital : BRIDGETOWN
24
Gave medication : DOSED
25
School, on 52 Across : ECOLE
26
Response to a bad pun : GROAN
27
Nickels and dimes : COINS
28
Obvious : CLEAR
29
Works on soil : TILLS
30
Oohs and ___ : AHS
31
Fluff one's feathers : PREEN
33
___ de France : ILE
35
Ancient galley : TRIREME
39
U.S. Open golf champ: 1988-89 : STRANGE
41
N.Y. opera house, fondly : MET
42
Mexican's emphatic "yes" : SISI
44
Portals : GATES
45
Kind of machine : SLOT
46
Additional : MORE
47
Place for corn or baby : CRIB
48
Bluish green : AQUA
49
Pigskin ploy : PUNT
50
Pierre's pate : TETE
51
Govt. mortgage agency : FHA
53
___ de Triomphe, Paris : ARC
54
Author Fleming : IAN

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