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Mary M. Murdoch
Mary M. Murdoch

New York Times, Saturday, May 16, 1987

24-Down : Running wild

Author:
Mary M. Murdoch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.7
Mary M. Murdoch has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,703
Across
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Parrots : APERS
6
Old weapon : MACE
10
Persian sprite : PERI
14
Where Galileo taught : PADUA
15
Wang Lung's wife : OLAN
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Charmian's coworker : IRAS
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Image smashing : ICONOCLASTICISM
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Sphere preceder : ATMO
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Norwegian river : OTRA
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Farm baskets : SKEPS
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Lot : FATE
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Ankara dollar : LIRA
27
Suburb of Liège : ANS
30
Friend of Odysseus : MENTOR
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Petits ___ : POIS
36
Rate : TEMPO
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Singer Sumac : YMA
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"___ Sanctorum" : ACTA
40
Line from a laureate : BREAKBREAKBREAK
44
State : AVER
45
Wide shoe size : EEE
46
" ... ___/Told by an idiot ... " : ATALE
47
Assay : TEST
48
Hunting dog : BASSET
51
Eur. kingdom : NOR
52
Provoked : IRED
54
Music halls : ODEA
56
Major Joppolo's post : ADANO
59
Cay : ISLE
61
"Duncan ___," Burns poem : GRAY
65
State of disconnection : FRAGMENTARINESS
68
Soprano Grist : RERI
69
Actor Richard : EGAN
70
Hire : LEASE
71
Becomes encumbered : OWES
72
"The Longest Day" craft : LSTS
73
Famed Canadian physician : OSLER
Down
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Upolu port : APIA
2
Warsaw ___ : PACT
3
Biblical land : EDOM
4
___ the mill : RUNOF
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Holy man, in Lisbon : SAO
6
Kind of rock : MOLTEN
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Pteroid : ALAR
8
Famed big band : CASALOMA
9
Tolkien creature : ENT
10
Find fault with : PICKAPART
11
Coloratura Mills : ERIE
12
Abrade : RASP
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Doctrines : ISMS
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Pigeon's place : COTE
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A neighbor of Leb. : ISR
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Running wild : AMOK
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Asian republic : IRAK
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Up, in baseball : ATBAT
28
Crust : NERVE
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Pochards : SMEES
31
Chinook salmon : TYEES
33
Rock star : OCEAN
34
Writer Calvino : ITALO
35
Falconer's trainee : SAKER
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" ... ___ such sweet sorrow" : PARTINGIS
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Bambino's Gallic cousin : BEBE
42
Palmists' forte : READINGS
43
Caged hawk's tantrum : BATE
49
Gannets : SOLANS
50
River to the Fulda : EDER
53
Gypsy boy : ROM
55
Author Repplier : AGNES
56
Certain hair style : AFRO
57
A Barrymore : DREW
58
Swiss river : AARE
60
R.b.i., e.g. : STAT
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Actual : REAL
63
S African fox : ASSE
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Nord river : YSER
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Vinegar ___ (worm) : EEL
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U.N. arm : ILO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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