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Jay Spry
Jay Spry

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New York Times, Sunday, March 21, 1971

59-Down : Idiocy

Author:
Jay Spry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 87, Avg Word Len: 5.13, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 508 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 110, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 27.2
Jay Spry has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,890
Across
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Sourdough's concern : CLAIM
6
Place : STEAD
11
" ... for man or ___" : BEAST
16
Calif. Indians : SHASTAS
18
Wendy : HILLER
20
Zodiac sign : CANCER
21
23
Covered gallery : ARCADE
24
Sphere : ORB
25
Run off : ELOPE
26
Risky ventures : FLIERS
28
Prosecutors, for short : DAS
29
Harem rooms : ODAS
31
Affront : SLAP
32
___ were : ASIT
33
Goes out, in a way : GINS
34
Partake of : TASTE
36
Ski turn : STEM
38
Take place : ARISE
39
Nudge : EASE
40
Endings for major and cigar : ETTES
41
Workhorses : IRONMEN
43
Short-order initials : BLT
45
Hindu dance dramas : RASAS
46
P.G.A. veteran : SNEAD
47
No. 49 : ALASKA
50
Deadly snake : MAMBA
54
Faucet : TAP
55
Chinese dynasty : HAN
56
Bother : IRK
58
Epiphany figures : MAGI
61
Troubles : ILLS
63
Purpose : RAISONDETRE
67
As to : INRE
68
Flock of mallards : SUTE
69
Paris area : PARC
70
Tower : REAR
71
Artistic feat : TOURDEFORCE
75
Arctic command : MUSH
76
Org. : ASSN
77
Conway of TV : TIM
78
Ring arbiter : REF
79
Genève, for one : LAC
81
Watery abysses : DEEPS
83
Airport areas : APRONS
85
Pentateuch : TORAH
87
Iron: Prefix : FERRO
91
Favorable times : UPS
92
Indelibly impressed : BRANDED
94
Garson : GREER
95
Hot pants, etc. : FADS
98
Con man : CROOK
100
Allgood : SARA
102
Mud volcano : SALSE
103
French friend : AMIE
104
Relative of etc. : ETAL
105
Czarist state council : DUMA
107
A-one : TOPS
108
Encyc. unit : VOL
109
Tangles : SNARLS
111
Col. resort : ASPEN
112
Small island : AIT
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Soothsayer : ORACLE
115
TV bleep material : DOUBLEENTENDRE
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Sines and cosines : RATIOS
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Shoot up : SPROUT
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Navy specialists : SEABEES
122
Glaze : SLEET
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Cheeses : EDAMS
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African villages : STADS
Down
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Vertebrates : CHORDATA
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Pounds : LAMBASTS
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Military weapon: Abbr. : ASM
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Native of: Suffix : ITE
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Clubs : MACES
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Mall visitors : SHOPPERS
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Occasion : TIME
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Tree : ELM
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Hebrew letter : ALEF
10
Manifested : DECLARED
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Behind ___ : BARS
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Business-letter abbr. : ENC
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Longfellow locale : ACADIA
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Some cars : SEDANS
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French lock : TRESSE
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Iceboat : SCOOTER
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Horizontal timbers : SILLS
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Lexia, for one : RAISIN
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Blank check : CARTEBLANCHE
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Raccoon's cousin : COATI
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Ice: Ger. : EIS
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More like some summers : STEAMIER
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Understands : GETS
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She: It. : ESSA
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Blanc or Tremblant : MONT
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Brazilian area : AMAPA
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Tight : NEAR
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Catch : LAND
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Mounted : AHORSE
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Small hawks : KITES
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Tapestry : ARRAS
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Stage settings : MISEENSCENES
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Council ___ : BLUFFS
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Kind of horn : ALTO
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U. S. composer : KERN
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Glove : MITT
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Idiocy : ANOIA
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Crosspatch : GRUMP
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Homily: Abbr. : SER
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Lunchtime hr. : IPM
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Arabian king : SAUD
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Conjugation words after eram : ERASERAT
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Bead : DROP
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Veil : CLOAK
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Merit : EARN
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Heels : CADS
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Ger. coins : PFGS
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Trick : RUSE
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English novelist : TROLLOPE
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Phone operators' gear : HEADSETS
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Prepared to refire : RELOADED
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Breathes : RESPIRES
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Brother of Electra : ORESTES
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Gets on the plane : BOARDS
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Peach or plum : DRUPE
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Prefers : FAVORS
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Without ethical precepts : AMORAL
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Widen : DILATE
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GATT treaty: Abbr. : RTA
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Last words : AMENS
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Certain entrance fees : ANTES
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Deer track : SLOT
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Unsounded consonant : SURD
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Dyeing agent : ALUM
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French co. : CIE
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Wrap : BOA
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Ingest : EAT
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Knicks' league : NBA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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