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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Thursday, June 7, 1990

1-Across : State featured in this puzzle

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 42.7
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,821
Across
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State featured in this puzzle : IOWA
5
Jewish month : ELUL
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Hindu holy man : SADH
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Skips : OMITS
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Actress Eilbacher : LISA
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"The Arrangement," by ___ Kazan : ELIA
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Too much, in music : TANTO
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Birthplace of Meredith Willson : MASONCITY
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In the front : ANTERIOR
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Cylindrical : TERETE
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Goals : ENDS
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___ hair (not a trace) : HIDENOR
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Liqueur : CORDIAL
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Hot spot : OAST
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Hirt and Smith : ALS
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Kind of fly : DRAGON
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Being, to a philosopher : ESSE
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Coop sound : PEEP
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Neighbor of Ida. : NEV
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Radio appurtenance : DIAL
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Chefs' containers : POTS
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Grandparents, at times : DOTERS
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Goddess of plenty : OPS
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Affirmative votes : AYES
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Maltreat again : REABUSE
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Vice President from 1 Across : WALLACE
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Holm oak : ILEX
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Grieg's dancer : ANITRA
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Small tooth : DENTICLE
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One of the Quad Cities : DAVENPORT
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Exchange premiums : AGIOS
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"Rome of Hungary" : EGER
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Mediterranean city : ORAN
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" ... born to ___ right!": Hamlet : SETIT
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Cub Scout units : DENS
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Facts : DATA
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Since, in Ayr : SYNE
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Whit : IOTA
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Arabian Sea gulf : OMAN
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John Wayne's birthplace : WINTERSET
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Be present : ATTEND
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Pollster Roper : ELMO
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Prevaricator : LIAR
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Naval initials : USS
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Native of Vientiane : LAOTIAN
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Hid : SECRETED
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Peregrine : ALIEN
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The same : DITTO
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Certain rural workman : HAYER
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Squalid : SORDID
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Sparks and Rorem : NEDS
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Munich's river : ISAR
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President from West Branch : HOOVER
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Li'l Abner's creator : CAPP
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Spread : OLEO
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Woolly : LANOSE
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Comprehend : GET
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Birthplace of twin columnists Abby and Ann : SIOUXCITY
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Undermines : SAPS
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Devotional books : PSALTERS
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Crustacean with 10 legs : DECAPOD
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Strap : REIN
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City and province in Argentina : SALTAS
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Tale : YARN
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Light colors : BEIGES
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Forded : WADED
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"The labor of ___ in piled stones?": Milton : ANAGE
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Rouse : LIVEN
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Mild oath : DRAT
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Sicilian landmark : ETNA
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Cut of meat : LOIN
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Punta del ___ : ESTE
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" ... man ___ mouse?" : ORA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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