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Frances Hansen
Frances Hansen

Turkey Talk

New York Times, Sunday, November 22, 1970

133-Across : Small case

Author:
Frances Hansen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 160, Blocks: 88, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 670 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 140, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 22, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 48, Grid flow: 41.1
Frances Hansen has 81 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 40 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,771
Across
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Soft shoe : MOC
4
Got: Abbr. : OBTD
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False gods : BAALS
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Dr. Dolittle's pig : GUBGUB
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Winchester : RIFLE
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Cheerful sound : HAHA
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Smiling broadly : AGRIN
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___ time : ONEATA
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Perth of New Jersey : AMBOY
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Drag strip for chariots : ITER
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Pacific island group : SAMOA
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It's tutu divine : BALLET
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Pyncheon's pride, punny style : HOUSEOFTHESEVENGOBBLES
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Deed : GEST
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Reluctant: Var. : LOTH
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Ms. men : EDS
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Fr. girl : MLLE
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Jabberwocky : GOBBLEDEGOOK
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Recipient : DONEE
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"This ___ recording" : ISA
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What it takes to make a wink : ANEYELID
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Runs lukewarm : ISTEPID
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Organic compound : ENOL
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Govt. air agency : FAA
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Armada: Abbr. : FLT
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Wall hanging : GOBELINTAPESTRY
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Number one : FIRST
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"Waitin' on ___" : THELEVEE
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Map features : INSETS
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Without exception : TOAMAN
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Officer Friday's TV show : DRAGNET
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Sticky stuff : GOO
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Arctic explorer : RAE
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"___ About the Boy" : IMMAD
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Old card game : LOO
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TV late show : RERUN
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Holmes's words for a tea party : GIGGLEGABBLEGOBBLEGIT
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Wedge-shaped: Prefix : CUNEO
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Nootka : AHT
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Steam bath : SAUNA
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Portion: Abbr. : SEG
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Panay people : ATI
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Hat named for a painter : WATTEAU
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Kind of ring : SIGNET
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Eager : AGOG
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No room "in ___" : THEINN
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Sidewalk test in July? : FRIEDEGG
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Comical : DROLL
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Ibsen matron, punny style : MRSHEDDAGOBBLER
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Framing-shop abbr. : GME
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Blue-black: Dialect : BLO
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Islets : AITS
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Samuel F.B., formally : MRMORSE
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Wander a little : ROAMABIT
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Teachers' org. : NEA
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Idaho capital : BOISE
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" ... produced a ___" : GOLDENGOBLET
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Impose on: Scot. : SORN
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Church group: Abbr. : BAP
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Dinner course : SOUP
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Siouan : OTOE
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Warning in a Riley poem : ANTHEGOBBLEUNSLLGITYOU
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Garden shrub : SPIREA
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Kind of yell : REBEL
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Small case : ETUI
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Surprised exclamations : OHOHS
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Consign to perdition : BEDAMN
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Sound of a knight's approach : CLANK
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Yo-ho-ho drinks : RUMS
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Old musical symbol : NEUME
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Kind of prunes : STEWED
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Nincompoops : ASSES
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Small barracuda : SPET
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Carriers: Abbr. : RRS
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Copy: Prefix : MIMO
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"To tell children ___ and goblins" : OFBUGBEARS
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Near : CLOSEBY
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"___ I had the wings ... " : OHIF
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Had it out : BATTLED
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Eat high off ___ : THEHOG
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Risk : DARETO
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Ignoble : BASE
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Century plant : AGAVE
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Kind of forces : ARMED
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Daniel's arena : LIONSDEN
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Catch : SNAG
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Ate dessert, in a way : GOBBLEDPIE
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Helpless : UNABLE
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Starr of the West : BELLE
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Burst of laughter : GALE
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Shoshoneans : UTES
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Blink the eyes : BAT
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Bowl sound : RAH
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Order to a platoon : EYESLEFT
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"___ me, pretty maiden ... " : OTELL
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Before 'nuff : SHO
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___ vincit amor : OMNIA
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Faux pas : GAFFE
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Walk ___ : ONAIR
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Likewise, I'm sure : DITTO
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Ukraine city : KIEV
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Choose : OPT
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Entire: Prefix : INTEGRI
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Classify : SORTOUT
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Girl's name : ALYSON
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Coaster : SLED
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Row : TIER
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Letter : ESS
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Having buds : GEMMATE
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"___ of God, I come!" : OLAMB
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Hut of Guiana : BENAB
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Turkey, for one : ENTREE
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Suit material : SERGE
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___-Ashbury : HAIGHT
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Wire: Abbr. : TEL
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"Words have ___ life than deeds" : ALONGER
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Japanese game : GOBANG
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S.F. hill : NOB
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" ... go to the Warres in ___" : AGOWNE
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Metric units: Abbr. : DLS
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Moth : EGGAR
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Tyrone or Arlo : GUTHRIE
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Town in Spain : INIESTA
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Gobble : EAT
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Artist's need : EASEL
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Lead : GUIDE
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W. W. II craft : LST
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Lion trainer : CATMAN
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"And more ___ more" : ANDMOREAND
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___ effort : AFOR
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City: Lat. : URBS
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Urge : EGGON
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"Don't ___ dinner!" : GOBBLEYOUR
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Kukla's friend : OLLIE
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Language: Prefix : GLOTT
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Monogram for Jesus : IHS
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"___ your pardon" : IBEG
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Loss of rank : DEMOTION
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Letter-shaped bar : DRING
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Morning hrs. : AMS
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Third Reich name : GOEBBELS
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Gog's partner : MAGOG
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Preen again : REPLUME
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"I hate to be ___" : ABOTHER
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Mimi or Rodolfo : BOHEME
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Columbus campus : OSU
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Antisocial ones : LONERS
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Fracas : DUSTUP
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Kind of boss : STRAW
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Rhyme schemes : ABBAS
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Fully: Lat. : PLENE
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In ___ (vexed) : APET
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Pheasant group : NIDE
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Killer whale : ORCA
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B.P.O.E. : ELKS
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Itemize : LIST
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Elec. units : OHMS
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Employ : USE
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Science degrees : SBS

Answer summary:
35 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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