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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Monday, May 13, 1985

50-Across : Cordial flavoring

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 21.6
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,970
Across
1
Heavy cart : DRAY
5
Ziti, e.g. : PASTA
10
Flowery places : BEDS
14
Chalet feature : EAVE
15
Shun : AVOID
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Maenad's cry : EVOE
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Perception : KEN
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D'Urbervilles girl : TESS
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Third-day creation : EARTH
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Mailed : SENT
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Handy abbr. : ETAL
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Narrow-minded teacher : PEDANT
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Hit the books : CRAMMED
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Matinee ___ : IDOL
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Suffix with resist : ANCE
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Great deal : LOT
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Season in Sedan : ETE
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Second daughter of James II : ANNE
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Fit to ___ : ATEE
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Entre-nous items : SECRETS
46
Grotto : CAVERN
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Too : ALSO
49
Bern's river : AARE
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Cordial flavoring : ANISE
53
Site of Shah Jahan's monument : AGRA
54
Palmer is one : PRO
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Adolescent's problem : ACNE
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Stone: Comb. form : PETRO
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"___ Came Running": J. Jones : SOME
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Soaks flax : RETS
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Pick up the check : TREAT
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Three, to Tiberius : TRES
Down
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Adorn : DECK
2
Steak order : RARE
3
The Bard's river : AVON
4
Assent : YES
5
Obvious : PATENT
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Nautical command : AVAST
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Wets thoroughly : SOPS
8
Fasten : TIE
9
Fuss and feathers : ADO
10
Keep motionless : BECALM
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Invariably : EVER
12
Mother's word : DONT
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Patriot Warner : SETH
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Weapon for Tommy Atkins : STEN
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Tool for boring holes : REAMER
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Retailer's strategy : SALE
24
Pelagic predator : ERNE
25
Mexican sandwich : TACO
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Hookah, for one : PIPE
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Polishes a text : EDITS
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Gift recipient : DONEE
29
Lawyers' needs : CASES
30
Fill with joy : ELATE
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Prescription giver : DOSER
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At that time : THEN
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Globetrotters' home : HARLEM
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Individuals : ONES
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"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
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Ocean feature : WAVE
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Converts into money : CASHES
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Donkey's reward : CARROT
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Omani or Yemeni : ARAB
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Shopping place : AGORA
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At a distance : AFAR
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Pleasant : NICE
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Berlin's "Say It ___ So" : ISNT
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Price at poker : ANTE
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Kind of relation : POOR
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A New York city : ROME
56
Lyrical poems : ODES
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Select : OPT
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" ... ___ the bright blue sea": Gilbert : OER
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W.W. II craft : LST

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