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Will Weng
Will Weng

Joe Miller Motif

New York Times, Sunday, November 11, 1962

142-Across : Arrange in zigzag order.

Author:
Will C. Weng
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 674 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 144, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 15, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 27, Grid flow: 50.4
Will Weng has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Will C. Weng is an alias for Will Weng.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,867
Across
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Dwellings. : ABODES
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"___ Were King" : IFI
10
Old coin of Japan. : OBAN
14
Not the mixing kind. : ASOCIAL
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What "La Donna" is, operatically speaking. : MOBILE
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Restoration dramatist. : CONGREVE
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Habitual. : CHRONIC
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Penalty for bigamy. : TWOMOTHERSINLAW
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Pool table need. : CUEBALL
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Slumber. : SLEEP
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___ the Garter. : ORDEROF
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Fishing setups. : TROTLINES
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Double assent from Señor. : SISI
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Midwest city: Abbr. : STL
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Adds seasoning. : RESALTS
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Army man: Abbr. : CPL
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Headland. : NESS
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Aunt: Sp. : TIA
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Old Greek gymnasium. : PALESTRA
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Stretch out. : ELONGATE
50
What the bear saw (with "the"). : OTHERSIDE
53
Silvers. : PHIL
54
Counting-out word. : EENY
55
Petrarch's lady and others. : LAURAS
57
Lyric. : ODE
58
___ pipe. : PEACE
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Work list : AGENDA
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Photo- or rheo-. : STAT
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Overhead rys. : ELS
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___ Locarno. : PACTOF
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Noun suffix. : AST
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Pottery. : EARTHENWARE
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Wines. : PORTS
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Ship securing device. : MAINANCHOR
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Attitude. : AIR
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Vacation: Abbr. : HOL
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Engrossed. : RAPT
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"This one's ___." : ONME
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Part of an old punchline. : THATWASNOLADY
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Awry: Var. : AJEE
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Fret: Colloq. : STEW
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Poetic word. : EEN
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Just miss the cup. : RIM
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Resin tree of Asia: Var. : ROSEMALOES
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Gypsy. : NOMAD
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An orchid. : LADYSLIPPER
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Some Pvt.'s. : KPS
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Navigation aid. : SHORAN
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A stretch in stir. : RAP
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Smaller than Willie Winkie. : WEER
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Baseball deals. : TRADES
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___ Calais. : PASDE
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Piper's son. : TOM
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Xmas decor. : TINSEL
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N. C. county. : ASHE
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To ___ (just right). : ATEE
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Helps oneself, in a way. : SHOPLIFTS
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Very rare event. : BLUEMOON
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Riverboat swifties. : SHARPERS
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Woman's secret. : AGE
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Miffed. : SORE
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Canadian frontier: Abbr. : NWT
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A fabric base. : ACETATE
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Short time, for short. : SEC
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Art works. : OILS
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Lawn intruder. : CRABGRASS
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Some desk tops. : ROLLUPS
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Lemon's opposite. : PEACH
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Hasty. : HURRIED
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What the butcher said as meat fell. : SLIPOFTHETONGUE
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Minuet tempo. : ANDANTE
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Mah Jongg player. : EASTWIND
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Tasks. : DUTIES
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Arrange in zigzag order. : STAGGER
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Tongue-clucking sounds. : TCHS
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Our: Fr. : NOS
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Where spectators sit. : STANDS
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Sums: Abbr. : AMTS
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Rose or dust. : BOWL
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Wood wind. : OBOE
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Coins. : DIMES
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Bound for Gretna Green. : ELOPING
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Bridge loss. : SET
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Freezer. : ICER
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Whitey et al. : FORDS
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Map part. : INSET
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Whether ___. : ORNO
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Campaniles. : BELFRIES
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A Gardner. : AVA
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Efts. : NEWTS
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Formal award. : ACCOLADE
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Short-run train. : SHUTTLE
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Threatening words. : ORELSE
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Chinese for Asian desert. : COBI
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___ instant (at once). : INAN
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Wing: Fr. : AILE
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Slow trains: Abbr. : LCLS
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Miss. : GIRL
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"Petard" verb. : HOIST
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Grand ___. : RAPIDS
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Herring pond. : SEA
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Lobe holder. : EAR
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Letter. : CEE
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Agreeable. : PLEASANT
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Lament of a landlocked mariner. : LONGTIMENOSEA
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Concert piece: Abbr. : SEL
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See 79 Across. : THATWASMYWIFE
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Ghostly. : SPECTRAL
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Words from Allen's Alley : THATSAJOKESON
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Rich: Sp. : RICO
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Hebrew alpha. : ALEF
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Humorist Bill. : NYE
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Topcoat, for instance. : OUTERWRAP
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Prefix with scribe or script. : TRAN
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High-class flounder. : SOLE
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"___ in the Dark." : ASHOT
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Golf norm. : PAR
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Educational group. : NEA
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Describing "Inferno." : DANTEAN
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Vaulted. : ARCHED
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Describing good baseball. : ERRORLESS
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Plastics term. : POLYMER
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Pal of Andy. : AMOS
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Better ___ nothing. : THAN
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Own: Scot. : AIN
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Mailmen's boss: Abbr. : PODEPT
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Marxian goal. : NEWORDER
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Fastening. : HASP
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Theater of sorts. : PEEPSHOW
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Hardy girl. : TESS
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Travelers' ___. : AID
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Vouvray's river. : LOIRE
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Altar: Lat. : ARA
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A West. : MAE
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Aladdin's gadget. : LAMP
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Delivered. : SENT
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Fancy water holes. : SPAS
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"What ___ God wrought!" : HATH
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Hens' milieu. : ROOSTS
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Beaver job. : DAM
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Needle-woman's need. : THREADER
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Fierce. : TIGERISH
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Cwt. units. : LBS
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Common suffix. : ENT
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Conceal. : SECRETE
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Old lang. : LAT
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Floppy. : LOOSE
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Swiss canton. : URI
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Relative of the cod. : EELPOUT
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Doing bellboy chores. : PAGING
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Cash, for one. : ASSET
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Deliberate. : SLOW
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Like a pixie. : ELFIN
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___ ice (have little influence). : CUTNO
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"Flying Dutchman" heroine. : SENTA
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Artist Addams. : CHAS
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Peewee. : RUNT
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River in Greece. : ARDA
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Talk big. : BRAG
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Chooses. : OPTS
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Degrees. : PHDS
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Definitely anti. : AGIN
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Prompted. : CUED
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Dame Myra. : HESS
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A resin. : LAC
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Gridiron goals. : TDS

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13 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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