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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

Beyond the Law

New York Times, Sunday, April 27, 1975

84-Down : Fonteyn

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 520 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 123, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 31.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,388
Across
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Court's Evert : CHRIS
6
Zoroastrian : PARSEE
12
Stone pillar : STELE
17
In the ___ (up to date) : GROOVE
18
Kind of energy : KINETIC
19
Do a sleuthing job : SHADOW
20
Case cracked by Mr. Dupin : MURDERSINTHERUEMORGUE
23
Actual being : ESSE
24
Word with de mer : MAL
25
Hawk parrot : HIA
26
Silas and family : MARNERS
27
Maiden-name word : NEE
28
Bonnie, to Clyde : MOLL
29
Shrewmouse : ERD
30
Vetch seed : TARE
31
Besides : THEN
33
Word with silver or table : WARE
35
Cloth remnant : FENT
36
Sinatra's "Tony ___" : ROME
40
Pasty : ASHEN
42
Perches : SITS
43
Welsh resort : BALA
44
Canary's kin : SERIN
45
Excite : STIMULATE
47
Waterfall : SAULT
48
Large antelope : ELAND
49
" ... and bells on her ___" : TOES
50
Come-on at bridge : ECHO
51
Pyle : ERNIE
52
Anitra's forte : DANCE
53
Blockhead : OAF
54
Venice's saint : MARK
55
Diamond standard : CARAT
56
Finked : RATTED
57
Isaac's mother: Var. : SARAI
58
Drink : ALE
59
Like old Jokes : TRITE
61
Actor James : COBURN
64
Everest's locale : NEPAL
66
English river : OUSE
67
Add up : TOT
70
Before, in France : AVANT
71
Write a p.s. : ADDON
72
Salt tree : ATLE
73
Dewey's way : THRU
74
Word for a girl : MISSY
75
Confederate : UNITE
76
Filmdom : THESCREEN
78
Door sign : ENTER
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Chateaubriand novel : RENE
80
Kind of college : COED
81
Delibes opera : LAKME
82
Old English court : LEET
83
Miss Raisa : ROSA
84
Asian grass : MUNJ
85
Branches : RAMI
86
Indian weights : SERS
87
Part of Mme. Butterfly's name : SAN
88
"Once ___ a ... " : UPON
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Thrash : LAM
93
Subject of Newton's law : INERTIA
97
Wrath : IRE
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Sports tyro : DUB
99
Seaweed : ALGA
100
Burst in rudely : COMEONLIKEGANGBUSTERS
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Isolate : ENISLE
106
Ardent fan : DEVOTEE
107
Stock holdings : SHARES
108
Greek letter : DELTA
109
Harangued : ORATED
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Epigrammatic : TERSE
Down
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Small vessel : CRUSE
2
Necktie-party candidate : HORSETHIEF
3
Teased : RODE
4
"___ had it!" : IVE
5
Billy Sunday offering : SERMON
6
Ornament : PIN
7
Stamen parts : ANTHERS
8
Take on again : REHIRE
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Advantage : STEAD
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Norse goddess : EIR
11
Old shield : ECU
12
Where she sells sea shells : SHORE
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Small lake : TARN
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On ___ (tense) : EDGE
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Frown: Var. : LOUR
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Sheep : EWES
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Agents : GMEN
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Do in, in a way : KILLWITHKINDNESS
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Fashionable : SMART
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___ volatile : SAL
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Issue : EMANATE
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Reading for a gourmand : MENU
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Traffic cop's advice : TELLITTOTHEJUDGE
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Partners of haws : HEMS
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Polynesian god : ATEO
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Environmentalist's concern : FAUNA
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Describe : RELATE
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Praying figure : ORANT
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Kind of pie or meat : MINCE
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Over : ENDED
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Concerning : ASTO
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Portico : STOA
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Pelvic bones : SACRA
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Go at a fast clip : BARREL
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Dignified : SEDATE
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Discover : LEARN
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Ship pilot's concern : SEALANE
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Savonarola, e.g. : MARTYR
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U. S. writer : CAPOTE
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Reacts to yeast : RISES
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"___ and evening star ... " : SUNSET
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Like some paper : RULED
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Caravan member : CAMEL
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Sheeplike : OVINE
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Thrash : BASTE
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Suburb of Minneapolis : EDINA
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Hemingway story : THEKILLERS
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Utah town : OREM
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Adjust : TUNE
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Of the dawn : AURORAL
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Solar deity : ATON
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Mine car : TRAM
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Closely-knit group : CLAN
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Narrowly triangular : CUNEATE
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French ruler : REINE
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Fonteyn : MARGOT
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Hardy : ROBUST
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Robe for a femina : STOLA
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Southern bean : SIEVA
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London oasis : PUB
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Concur : AGREE
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Kind of production : MASS
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Finished off a cake : ICED
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"___ of your business" : NONE
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Ludwig : EMIL
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Part of R and R : REST
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Perfume: var. : ATAR
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Swearing-in words : IDO
102
Prefix for plop : KER
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Man's nickname : NED
104
Novel about Ayesha : SHE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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