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Stanley Glass
Stanley Glass

New York Times, Wednesday, September 12, 1990

27-Across : Poetic Muse

Author:
Stanley Glass
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.0
Stanley Glass has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,918
Across
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Senator Thurmond : STROM
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Disconcert : ABASH
11
Hot dog! : WOW
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Game locale : ARENA
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Contradict : BELIE
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Seine sight : ILE
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Despicable thief? : BASESTEALER
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Meadow : LEA
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Strong soap ingredient : LYE
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Repugnance : HORROR
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Scent : ODOR
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Put on a pedestal : ESTEEM
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Type of steamer : TRAMP
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Poetic Muse : ERATO
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Anticipates : AWAITS
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Heave : TOSS
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Scarlett's home : TARA
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Caper : ANTIC
39
Triumphant cry : HAH
40
Disgusting insect? : FOULFLY
42
___-Magnon : CRO
43
Bikini or Kwajalein : ATOLL
45
Marsh bird : SORA
46
Masticate : CHEW
47
Continuous element : THREAD
49
French door : PORTE
51
Strains : TAXES
53
Mangle : IRONER
57
Trace : WISP
59
Diminutive tree : BONSAI
62
Suffix in zoology : EAE
63
Cloche or toque : HAT
64
Out of danger, originally? : SAFEATFIRST
66
Self : EGO
67
Flu type : ASIAN
68
Four-time Wimbledon winner : LAVER
69
Spinner : TOP
70
Birthday intervals : YEARS
71
January, in Madrid : ENERO
Down
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Lustrous fur : SABLE
2
Salvers : TRAYS
3
Bowling-alley button : RESET
4
Washington bill : ONE
5
Unwanted admirer : MASHER
6
But, in Bonn : ABER
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Bull's antithesis : BEAR
8
Apportion : ALLOT
9
___ Nevada or Madre : SIERRA
10
___ Majesty's Ship : HER
11
Reckless salesmanship? : WILDPITCH
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Bread spread : OLEO
13
Endure : WEAR
18
Marinara requirement : TOMATO
22
Arabian Sea sultanate : OMAN
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Some M.I.T. grads : EES
26
Not home : AWAY
28
Sigma followers : TAUS
29
Certain ship deck : ORLOP
31
Wheel adjunct : TIRE
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Flat-bottomed boat : SCOW
33
Who or which : THAT
34
Vow : OATH
35
Brief visit? : SHORTSTOP
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Certain hairdo : AFRO
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Embryonic linen : FLAX
41
Roundup aid : LARIAT
44
Vault : LEAP
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Corp. V.I.P. : CEO
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Cheapen : DEBASE
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Negligible item : TRIFLE
52
Balkan capital : SOFIA
54
Crust : NERVE
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Safety rail on a railroad : EASER
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Kind of rocket : RETRO
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Sharpen : WHET
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Othello's betrayer : IAGO
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Approximate : NEAR
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___ souci (carefree) : SANS
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Declare : SAY
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Author Fleming : IAN

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2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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