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Peter G. Snow
Peter G. Snow

OXYMORONS

New York Times, Sunday, August 11, 1985

5-Down : British term for foes' vessels

Author:
Peter G. Snow
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 531 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 133, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 29.7
Peter G. Snow has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,060
Across
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Dramatist Hart : MOSS
5
Fudd or Gantry : ELMER
10
Crop : MAW
13
Patrimony : ESTATE
19
Island in the Taiwan Strait : AMOY
20
Roulette relative : BOULE
21
"Chances ___": Mathis hit : ARE
22
Placed at intervals : SPACED
23
Thunder in the library? : SOUNDOFSILENCE
26
Just missed a birdie : PARRED
27
Winter wear : TOPCOATS
28
Urged (on) : EGGED
29
Highway : ARTERY
30
Elects : OPTS
31
Like some seals : EARED
32
Soprano Petina : IRRA
33
Runs off : ELOPES
36
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
37
Activity in an attic : STORING
41
Motorized bike : MOPED
42
Juliet's phrase for parting : SWEETSORROW
45
Litigation appellation : DOE
46
Don of the P.G.A. : BIES
47
Confidence game : SCAM
48
Victory symbols : VEES
49
Heap : PILE
50
White-tailed eagle : ERN
51
Bird and Hagman : LARRYS
53
Color or novelist : SAND
54
Conspiracies : PLOTS
55
Closed anew : RESEALED
57
Photo finish : MATTE
59
Beard type : GOATEE
60
Use a joint rudely : ELBOW
61
Laissez follower : FAIRE
62
Conduits : MAINS
63
Diacritical mark : MACRON
65
Layer of skin : DERMA
66
Apparatus on some ships : CAPSTANS
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Transgression : ERROR
70
Stew : FRET
71
Zoroastrian : PARSEE
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Wine container : VAT
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Deuce topper : TREY
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Alum : GRAD
76
Calendar abbr. : TUES
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Sugar source : CANE
78
Blab to the cops : RAT
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What days do in fall : GROWSHORTER
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Gopak or hopak : DANCE
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Cached grain : ENSILED
86
Of a region : AREAL
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Enjoyed a siesta : RESTED
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Aloha, in Milano : CIAO
89
Lend ___ (hearken) : ANEAR
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Afflicts : AILS
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Resources : ASSETS
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"The Saga of King Olaf" composer : ELGAR
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Hems in : ENCLOSES
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Design : CREATE
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Role for a B.Ed. candidate : STUDENTTEACHER
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Cajoling one : COAXER
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Half sole : TAP
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Explosives ingredient : NITER
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Some kind of nut : KOLA
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Late bloomers : ASTERS
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Forage plant : ERS
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Gary Cooper role : DEEDS
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Oriental legumes : SOYS
Down
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Sow chow : MAST
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"Typee" sequel : OMOO
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Rubaboo or skink : SOUP
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Elisions : SYNCOPES
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British term for foes' vessels : EBOATS
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Hits a fly : LOFTS
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Dishevel : MUSS
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Double this for a Hebrew song : ELI
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Free : RELEASE
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Beets, for short : MANGELS
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Like a rainbow : ARCED
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Henbit is one : WEED
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Cordage grasses : ESPARTOS
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Weaverbird : SPARROW
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Dental calculus : TARTAR
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Ten square chains : ACRE
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Golfer, before driving : TEER
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MacDonald's co-star : EDDY
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Stupefied : DOPED
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Everglades denizen : EGRET
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Sulla, to Marius : ENEMY
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" ... the sky ___": Matt. 16:2 : ISRED
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Live coal : EMBER
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River to the Bay of Biscay : LOIRE
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Things ostensibly, but not actually, hidden : OPENSECRETS
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Genie or Clio : AWARD
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Retardate with an area of brilliance : IDIOTSAVANT
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Actor Nick from Omaha : NOLTE
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Foolish ones : GEESE
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Ship's propeller : SCREW
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Shaped like some leaves : OVATE
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Poet Sully-Prudhomme : RENE
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Arty party : SALON
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Factory : PLANT
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Kind of grind : LABOR
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Brisk : SMART
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Latigo, e.g. : STRAP
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Composure : POISE
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Crazylegs Hirsch of football : ELROY
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Goal : AIM
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Yawns : GAPES
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Nourishes : FEEDS
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Electronic device : MASER
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Concern of Spender or Spenser : METRE
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Island in the Firth of Clyde : ARRAN
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Dogfall, in wrestling : DRAW
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Heartless : CRUEL
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John ___ Garner : NANCE
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Mount : STEED
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___ Baggins, a Tolkien hobbit : FRODO
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Perfume base : ATTAR
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Lubricators : GREASERS
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Choristers' garb : CASSOCKS
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Sparkle : GLITTER
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Certain phobias : HANGUPS
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One of Pan's companions : OREAD
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Type of collision : REAREND
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Donald Duck's cousin : DELLA
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Tool for Hillary : ICEAXE
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Kitchen utensils : RICERS
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Hitching post : ALTAR
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Chipped in one's chip : ANTED
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Medieval silken fabric : ACCA
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Signs loved by angels : SROS
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Source : SEAT
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Boiardo's patron : ESTE
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Major follower : ETTE
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Chick chaser : SHOO
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Hard to hold : EELY
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Mmes. in Madrid : SRAS
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Berliner's refusal : NIE

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8 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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