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William Jarvis
William Jarvis

New York Times, Friday, February 19, 1982

57-Across : L.A. timetable letters

Author:
William Jarvis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.2
William Jarvis has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,791
Across
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"What's in a ___?" : NAME
5
Home of the K.G.B. : USSR
9
Wiltshire wingding : BASH
13
"Thou shalt not seethe ___ ... ": Exod. 23:19 : AKID
14
Item a piscator needs : LINE
15
Suffix with poet or critic : ASTER
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Opposite of dextral : SINISTRAL
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Kind of ceramic ware : SPODE
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Bryant or O'Day : ANITA
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Wear away : ERODE
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Dr.'s bailiwick : MED
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Asner and Sullivan : EDS
26
Port, at sea : LARBOARD
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Allowance : PERDIEM
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Term of affection : DEAR
33
Jolson's real first name : ASA
34
Orwell's "Coming Up for ___" : AIR
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Banded together : ALLIED
40
Odets play : WAITINGFORLEFTY
44
Foolish act : LUNACY
45
Half of MCCII : DCI
46
New Deal agcy. : NRA
47
Radiation units : REMS
49
Crowded together : SERRIED
52
Whitey Ford was one : SOUTHPAW
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Kind of deer : ROE
57
L.A. timetable letters : PDT
58
Inst. in Athens : OHIOU
60
Gazed on amorously : OGLED
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Farewell : ADIEU
66
Area patrolled by Jim Rice : LEFTFIELD
68
Denominations : SECTS
69
Woodwind : OBOE
70
I.C.A.'s predecessor : USIA
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Compete at Epsom Downs : RACE
72
"If I ___, I rust": Luther : REST
73
Call in poker : STAY
Down
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Space agcy. : NASA
2
Consanguineous : AKIN
3
Prefix with skirt or series : MINI
4
Redacted : EDITED
5
Final: Abbr. : ULT
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Progenitor : SIRE
7
Traffic problem : SNARL
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Musketeers had to do this often : RELOAD
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Sphere hurled by Valenzuela : BASEBALL
10
Serpent : ASP
11
Leaf opening : STOMA
12
Jewish school : HEDER
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Foxx of TV : REDD
18
Persian poet : SADI
22
Less cheerful : DREARIER
25
Nereid : SEANYMPH
27
Garland for Galahad : ORLE
28
Ratchet catch : PAWL
29
A son of Isaac : ESAU
30
"The ___ in Spain" : RAIN
31
Russian fighter plane : MIG
35
P.O. letters : RFD
37
Former Spanish province in NW Africa : IFNI
38
To be, to Voltaire : ETRE
39
Sociological pair : DYAD
41
Cutting : TART
42
Freezing place : ICEHOUSE
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Relative of R.O.T.C. : OCS
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O'Neill was one : SAILOR
50
Fiddler's hangout : ROOF
51
Kind of professor at Oxford : REGIUS
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Bex and Dax : SPAS
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More unusual : ODDER
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Ancient city in Africa : UTICA
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"___ to him that reads but one book": Herbert : WOEBE
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Flying saucers : UFOS
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For fear that : LEST
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Kazan : ELIA
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6/6/44 : DDAY
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Abbr. ending a list : ETC
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Vietnamese New Year : TET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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