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Ann Jenkins
Ann Jenkins

New York Times, Wednesday, April 30, 1975

41-Down : Adhesives

Author:
Ann Jenkins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { G J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 80.7
Ann Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,391
Across
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Batista's successor : CASTRO
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Michigan college city : ALMA
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Chicago time: Abbr. : CST
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Pre-game offering : ANTHEM
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Regan's father : LEAR
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Devoured : ATE
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Place for a ladle : TUREEN
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Sousa employe : BANDSMAN
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Certain aspirants : OFFICESEEKERS
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Non-Indian's face : PALE
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Speed : HIE
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Ms. Midler : BETTE
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___ lang syne : AULD
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Plaster backings : LATHS
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Kind of leader : LOSS
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More exorbitant : STEEPER
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Eger River, to Czechs : OHRE
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Violent onrush : TORRENT
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Dallies : LOITERS
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Prefix for bellum or date : ANTE
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Slobbered : DROOLED
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Canvass : POLL
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British painter : ORPEN
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Athletic org. : NCAA
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Of the calla-lily family : AROID
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Contented sound: Var. : PUR
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Horseshoe cleat : CALK
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Monsoon, for one : SEASONALSTORM
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Gossipy ones : TATTLERS
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Upstate N.Y. lake : ONEIDA
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Old English letter : EDH
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Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
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Patronized a certain broker : PAWNED
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Direction: Abbr. : SSE
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"___ who?" : SAYS
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Shoe part : INSOLE
Down
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Felix or Dinah : CAT
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Babylonian god : ANU
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Tot's carriage : STROLLER
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Group of essays on the Constitution : THEFEDERALIST
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Shoal : REEF
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All: Prefix : OMNI
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Even if : ALBEIT
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Certain tenants : LEASEHOLDERS
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Lion feature : MANE
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Egyptian measure : ARDEB
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___ naught (failed) : CAMETO
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Sets out : STARTS
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Present and imperfect : TENSES
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Emaciated deckhands, so to speak : SKELETONCREWS
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Group hiring a fishing boat : CHARTERPARTY
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Gone by : PAST
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Self: Prefix : AUTO
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Slow, in music : LENTO
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" ... all shaven and ___" : SHORN
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Writers' org. : PEN
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___ Grande : RIO
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The high road, in Spain, with 37 Down : ELCAMINO
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See 36 Down : REAL
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Aberdeen's state: Abbr. : SDAK
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Adhesives : PASTES
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Mountain nymphs : OREADS
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Abominate : LOATHE
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Vibrates : PULSES
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Distributes : DOLES
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Baby, in Spain : NENA
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African antelope : TOPI
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Son of Judah : ONAN
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Dolores ___ Rio : DEL
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Drink : ADE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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