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Barbara Springer
Barbara Springer

HIGHLY PROPER

New York Times, Sunday, January 12, 1992

120-Across : Brawl?

Author:
Barbara Springer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 96, Avg Word Len: 5.09, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 687 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 150, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 18.1
Barbara Springer has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,405
Across
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One of the Canary Islands : PALMA
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Parrot : MACAW
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Kentucky Derby winner: 1955 : SWAPS
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Box : SPAR
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Argot : PATOIS
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"Free Wheeling" auth. : ONASH
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A unit of weight : CARAT
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The Nile, as a god : HAPI
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Storm : ATTACK
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"The Duino Elegies" poet : RILKE
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Israeli coin : AGORA
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Another, in Acapulco : OTRA
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Part of A.L.U. : ARITH
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Aerie resident : EAGLET
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Dud : LEMON
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Sign of pleasure : GRIN
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Two-wheeled transport? : RICHARDSHAW
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Carelessly constructed? : GERALDBUILT
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Regards : EYES
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Germ : BUD
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Seat for a judge : BANC
39
Sign language : AMESLAN
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Rocker John : ELTON
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Silenus, e.g. : SATYR
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Suffix for boy : ISH
52
Nev. neighbor : CALIF
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Fancy dive? : JOHNKNIFE
55
Cornhusker city : OMAHA
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Packer : CASER
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Means : AVENUE
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Verve : ELAN
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More accurate : NICER
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Fountain of Rome : TREVI
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Cut : DICED
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Sincere : HEARTY
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Part of Muslim prayers : RAKA
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Selfish one : EGOIST
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Threads : DUDS
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Summons : EVOKES
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Dallas-to-San Antonio dir. : SSW
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Sharpen : HONE
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Distinction : GLORY
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Kirghizian mountains : ALAI
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Certain railroads : ELS
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A cotton fabric : CHINTZ
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Sentence : DOOM
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Dash : SCURRY
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Gloriole : HALO
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Trouble : EFFORT
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Adlai's running mate: 1956 : ESTES
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City W of Erfurt : GOTHA
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A literary Bell : ELLIS
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Eskimo knives : ULUS
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Send abroad : EXPORT
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Impressions : IDEAS
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Ballerina Shearer : MOIRA
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Hair clasp? : ROBERTPIN
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Approximates : NEARS
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Org. for Spock : AMA
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Coat rack : VALET
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Make amends : ATONE
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Some carriers : MAILMEN
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Problematic : MOOT
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Indonesian islands : ARU
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Prickly pear : TUNA
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Pasta request? : ALBERTDENTE
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Brawl? : DONALDBROOK
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Selene's realm : MOON
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Forgive : REMIT
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Cheeks like roses, e.g. : SIMILE
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Light entertainment : REVUE
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Hillside near a loch : BRAE
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White poplar : ABELE
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Vapid : INANE
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Grave : SEDATE
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Color of raw silk : ECRU
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Troubles : CARES
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Massenet opera : MANON
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Stretch : TAUTEN
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Extremists, for short : RADS
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Rendezvous : TRYST
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Publish : PRINT
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Lawn tool : EDGER
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Father: Comb. form : PATRI
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Kind of salt or wit : ATTIC
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Unwilling : LOATH
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Broadcaster's problem? : MICHAELFRIGHT
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Quiz : ASK
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Slough : MORASS
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Nearby, poetically : ANIGH
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Arum lily : CALLA
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Out of line : ASKEW
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Stimulate : WHET
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Mounted : SCALED
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Hazard : WAGER
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Bouquet : AROMA
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Something stated : PAROL
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Fill-in : STANDBY
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James Clavell novel : SHOGUN
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Hand game? : PATRICIACAKE
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Eliot's "cruellest month" : APRIL
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Merry : RIANT
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Carson predecessor : PAAR
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Tree-of-life site : EDEN
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Swedish rug : RYA
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Goo : GUNK
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Magnate : BARON
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Fillet : BONE
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I.R.S. employee : ACCT
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Volcanic crater : MAAR
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Strainer : SIEVE
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Oust : EJECT
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Unique : LONE
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Clunk : THUD
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"___ Marner" : SILAS
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Nomadic Ethiopian : AFAR
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Roomy dress style : TENT
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See 26 Across : SHEKEL
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Hector : HARASS
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Strapped : NEEDY
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Painter Joan ___ : MIRO
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Score for Steffi : ADIN
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Workbench adjunct : VISE
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Judah Ben-___ : HUR
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Four seasons : YEAR
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Exude : OOZE
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Title for a Benedictine : DOM
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Spicy dessert? : VIRGINIABREAD
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Plan : SCHEMA
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Aloha's cousin : SHALOM
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Advertising medium? : WILLIAMBOARD
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Furze : GORSE
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Share : LOT
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Box-elder genus : ACER
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Hunger : LUST
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Film ___ : NOIR
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Question : DOUBT
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Chief Justice: 1941-46 : STONE
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Tyrolean song : YODEL
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Roll up : FURL
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Ice mass : FLOE
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Fair : EXPO
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English : SPIN
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Bullets, e.g. : TEAM
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Constellation Lepus : HARE
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Org. : ASSN
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Relish : SAVOR
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Famous last words : ETTU
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Exceptional : RARE
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Magnetize : ATTRACT
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Slipper : MULE
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Common connective : AND
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Meleager's father : OENEUS
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Certify : ATTEST
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Knack : TALENT
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Winsor's "Forever ___" : AMBER
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"Romancero gitano" poet : LORCA
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Interdict : DEBAR
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Abrasive : EMERY
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McKinley's birthplace : NILES
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Money of the Mid East : DINAR
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Native of Muscat : OMANI
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A sturdy chiffon : NINON
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Spaded anew : REDUG
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Like Humpty Dumpty : OVATE
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Peripheral : OUTER
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Piercing : KEEN
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Lamebrain : SIMP
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Ecological org. : STE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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