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Peter G. Snow
Peter G. Snow

New York Times, Friday, April 12, 1985

31-Across : Struggled

Author:
Peter G. Snow
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 38.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Peter G. Snow has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,939
Across
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Tea urn : SAMOVAR
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Front foot of a dog : FOREPAW
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Characterized by strong feelings : EMOTIVE
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Mother-of-pearl source : ABALONE
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Moves quickly to and fro : DARTLES
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Some compositions : SONATAS
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Engage in: Suffix : IZE
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Built : ERECTED
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___ up (agitated) : HET
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Graceful movement : LILT
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Some accounts : TALES
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"___ In," Frost poem : COME
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Ria : INLET
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Salt : TAR
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Bobwhite : COLIN
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Struggled : AGONIZED
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Interweave : THREAD
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Rosebud, e.g. : SLED
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Chirp : PEEP
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Glossy cloth : SATEEN
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Coining fee : BRASSAGE
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Improper : AMISS
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Football gadget : TEE
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Large baskets, in Bilbao : SERAS
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Christian equivalent of Ramadan : LENT
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Mangle : PRESS
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Some ships: Abbr. : STRS
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S.A. nation : ARG
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Embellishes : DRESSES
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Gelderland city : EDE
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"Fifty ___ Frenchmen ... " : MILLION
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Adjective for a Martian : UNHUMAN
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Former Danish colony : ICELAND
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Rut : ROUTINE
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Imposes, as a burden : SADDLES
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Hemingway et al. : ERNESTS
Down
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South-side pews : SEDILIA
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"___ Grace," Anita Bryant book : AMAZING
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Type of cherry : MORELLO
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Mel of the Hall of Fame : OTT
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Depraved : VILE
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Prevent : AVERT
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Played musical chairs : RESEATED
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Jet setter's cry? : FASTER
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Kin of English horns : OBOES
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South African coin : RAND
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Note of note in crosswords : ELA
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Pit : POTHOLE
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Lifelessness : ANAEMIA
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Section of London : WESTEND
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Attired : CLAD
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Most up-tight : TENSEST
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Four sights as "Hamlet" ends : CORPSES
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Mah-jongg counters : TILES
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Board game : CHESS
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Buddhist sect : ZEN
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Oolong, e.g. : TEA
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Urgency : PRESSURE
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Deli purchases : SALAMIS
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"Beautiful" place : AMERICA
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Felt excitement : TINGLED
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Honey bunch : BEES
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Moon goddess : ARTEMIS
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Like some heraldic animals : GARDANT
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Ancient ascetics : ESSENES
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Current styles : TRENDS
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Having a natural bent : PRONE
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Mister in Jaén : SENOR
51
Radio tuner : DIAL
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Avoid : SHUN
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Deg. given to Betty Ford : LLD
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Ouray was one : UTE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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