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Caroline G. Fitzgerald
Caroline G. Fitzgerald

Paine Declaration: 1776

New York Times, Sunday, June 30, 1985

76-Down : Lyric Muse

Author:
Caroline G. Fitzgerald
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 545 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 110, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19, Grid flow: 27.3
Caroline G. Fitzgerald has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,018
Across
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Flag woman of 1777 : ROSS
5
Cheekbone : MALAR
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Garret : ATTIC
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Kind of rain or test : ACID
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Utter or vigil follower : ANCE
20
Wazhazhe : OSAGE
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Bluster : SWASH
22
Japanese beverage : SAKE
23
Start of a quotation : HEAVENKNOWSHOWTO
26
Emulate Mount St. Helens : SPEW
27
Freshen, with "up" : PERK
28
Guide; teacher : GURU
29
Irony entree : LIVER
31
" ... our flag was still ___" : THERE
33
Quotation: Part II : PUTAPROPERPRICE
39
Baltic port : RIGA
40
Dismantle : STRIP
41
___ Marie Saint : EVA
42
Norman Lear forte : SITCOM
43
Quotation: Part III : UPONITS
45
Forepole : SPILING
48
Provoke : IRE
49
Typewriter part : SPACER
50
Dir. from Springfield to Boston : ENE
51
Loop loopers : ELS
53
Kind of shark : LOAN
54
Strength of a chemical solution : TITER
55
Quotation: Part IV : GOODSANDITWOULD
60
It is so : YES
61
Countess's spouse : EARL
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Suffix with expert : ISE
63
Certain fashionable creations : DIORS
64
Quotation: Part V : BESTRANGEINDEED
68
Integrity; valor : ARETE
69
Sport : FUN
70
Two Va. signers: 7/4/76 : LEES
71
Romaine lettuce : COS
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Quotation: Part VI : IFSOCELESTIALAN
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Core : HEART
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A lot : SLEW
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Indian weight : SER
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Cartogram : MAP
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Social reformer Margaret ___ : FULLER
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Famed cargo of Boston : TEA
85
Reno's ___ chance : GAMESOF
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Quotation: Part VII : ARTICLE
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Resume : REOPEN
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Pitcher McGraw : TUG
94
Texan's grassy plain : LLANO
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Ruminate : MUSE
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Quotation: Part VIII : ASFREEDOMSHOULD
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Kind of lace : FILET
101
Red, white or blue : COLOR
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"___ Ideas," 1951 song : IGET
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Famed wedding site : CANA
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Swift, spirited steed : ARAB
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End of the quotation : NOTBEHIGHLYRATED
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Decoy : LURE
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___-les-Bains, French spa : EVIAN
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Murrow's "___ Now" : SEEIT
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Fast-food order : TOGO
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Villainous look : LEER
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Patron saint of France : DENYS
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Inspirit : ELATE
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Descartes word : ERGO
Down
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Cheer : RAH
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"___ if by land, and ... " : ONE
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Blame bearers : SCAPEGOATS
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Division : SEVERANCE
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Cistercian, e.g. : MONK
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Solicit : ASK
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Leaf monkey : LANGUR
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Guinea pigs' kin : AGOUTIS
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Packaged again : REWRAPPED
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Light silvery gray : ASH
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" ... ___ if by sea" : TWO
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Aggie : TAW
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Net fiber : ISTLE
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Seraphim and cherubim, e.g. : CHOIRS
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State : ASSERT
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Erratic : CAPRICIOUS
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Harry's successor : IKE
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Droplet on a petal : DEW
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Homophone for air : ERE
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Have dinner : SUP
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Blacksburg sch. : VPI
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Like Friday : TRUSTY
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Flower child : HIPPIE
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Kin of qts. : PTS
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Manumit : RELEASE
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Egg: Comb. form : OVI
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Diamond-___ window : PANED
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Atoll component : CORAL
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Rectify : EMEND
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Riv. boat : STR
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Suffix with cash : IER
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Badges of office : INSIGNIAS
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Telephone pioneer: 1857–1927 : GLIDDEN
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Unkempt abodes : STIES
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Master : LORD
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Table type : GATELEG
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Revolutionary patriot-inventor : ORR
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Norwegian kings : OLAFS
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Colonial historian: 1823–93 : NEILL
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Bale : WOE
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Kefauver : ESTES
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Oft-furrowed feature : BROW
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Common Mkt. : EEC
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Some spices : NUTMEGS
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Teachers' org. : NEA
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" ... deep-drenched in ___ ... ": Shak. : ASEAOFCARE
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Arithmetician's gadget : CALCULATOR
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Threatener's phrase : ORELSE
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Stickball locale : STREET
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City or river near Moscow : ISTRA
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Absquatulates : FLEES
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Lyric Muse : ERATO
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Offer a defence : APOLOGISE
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Shack : HUT
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Reject : ELIMINATE
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To's partner : FRO
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Fall flower, for short : MUM
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Type of horn : FLUEGEL
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" ... ___ to the Republic ... " : AND
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One conducting an investigation : PROBER
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Conger : EEL
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Like Broadway at night : NEONED
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Rose of Sharon : ALTHEA
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Trail herd : DROVE
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Initials for a royal personage : HIH
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Considerably : FAR
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Cell: Comb. form : CYTE
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" ... liberty and justice for ___" : ALL
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Sorrow : RUE
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Stannum : TIN
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Botany is one : BAY
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Printers' measures : ENS
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Illuminated : LIT
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Heckler's missile : EGG
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"Diga Diga ___," 1928 song : DOO

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17 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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