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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Thursday, September 13, 1990

18-Across : Mining center of the 1880's

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 40.3
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,919
Across
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Bart or Ringo : STARR
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Mountain in Thessaly : OSSA
10
Choir member : ALTO
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Plains home, of old : TEPEE
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German housewife : FRAU
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Make haste : TEAR
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Islands off Ireland : ARANS
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Mining center of the 1880's : TOMBSTONE
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Wink : NICTATE
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Philippine sea : SULU
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Cuban cigar : HAVANA
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Ladder component : RUNG
27
Ant's antenna : FEELER
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Performed, as a song : RENDERED
33
Word that may stop a truck : EATS
34
Scut, e.g. : TAIL
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Mark : GRADE
37
Mus. adaptation : ARR
38
Forcible takeover : SEIZURE
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Nothing : NIL
41
It has wings and flies : STAGE
43
Albright of films : LOLA
44
Indolent : IDLE
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Baker's dozen : THIRTEEN
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Lombardi and Edwards : VINCES
49
Realtors' units : LOTS
50
Thongs attached to javelins : AMENTA
52
Flask for Pericles : OLPE
54
Thurible's contents : INCENSE
57
Creator of Lake Mead : HOOVERDAM
61
Indo-European : ARYAN
62
Chip in chips : ANTE
63
"Come Back, Little Sheba" playwright : INGE
64
Turgenev novel : SMOKE
65
State of mind : MOOD
66
N.M. resort : TAOS
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Thralls of yore : ESNES
Down
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Smith of tennis : STAN
2
Actress Copley : TERI
3
Scenic road past Superstition Mountain : APACHETRAIL
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Income for landlords : RENTALS
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Make bank deposits once again : RESAVE
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Frequently : OFTEN
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B'way sign : SRO
8
Certain missiles : SAMS
9
Home of Ala.'s Tigers : AUBURN
10
One who brings into harmony : ATTUNER
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Papal name : LEO
12
Basking product : TAN
13
Mesabi product : ORE
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Ooze : SLUDGE
21
French pastry : TARTE
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Historic battleship, or this puzzle's theme : ARIZONA
26
Famous gorge formed by the Colorado : GRANDCANYON
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Lucullan treat : FEAST
28
Third-day creation : EARTH
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Jewish month : ELUL
31
Post young Caesar held : EDILE
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Strikes out : DELES
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Brim of a chapeau : AILE
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Colonize : SETTLE
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Prowl hungrily : RAVEN
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Furrowed : GROOVED
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" ... expresses himself ___ too deep for me": Gilbert : INTERMS
46
Sprightly wit : ESPRIT
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"___ of fire ... " : INCASE
51
Quiet actors : MIMES
53
Skelton's script-writing wife : EDNA
55
Rice beverage : SAKE
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Compass points : ENES
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Radio operator in a shack : HAM
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One of Japan's top golfers : ONO
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Ear: Comb. form : OTO
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Past : AGO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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