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Mary S. Snyder
Mary S. Snyder

New York Times, Wednesday, January 13, 1988

39-Across : Fruit for Peter Kieffer?

Author:
Mary S. Snyder
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 27.5
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,945
Across
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Philippine volcano : APO
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Bridge ploy : RUFF
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Car named for a tycoon : EDSEL
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Soft drink : COLA
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Cousin of etc. : ETAL
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Dame, e.g. : TITLE
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Choice fruit for Silvers? : TOPBANANA
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Mother of Isaac : SARAH
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Have ___ (be compassionate) : AHEART
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Use a stool : SIT
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Facts : DATA
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Get even : TIE
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Pleased subscriber : RENEWER
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Command to a horse : GIDDAP
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Grant's ___ : TOMB
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Expiate : ATONE
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Advert : REFER
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Id ___ (that is) : EST
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Throat problem : FROG
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Fruit for Peter Kieffer? : PEARS
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French painter: 1771-1835 : GROS
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"___ the season ... " : TIS
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Frosted, as cake : GLACE
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Uncle Milty : BERLE
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A son of Isaac : ESAU
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Accusation against Joan of Arc : HERESY
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Mummifies : EMBALMS
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Pet's scrap : ORT
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Highlander : GAEL
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Dupe : SAP
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Prejudiced : BIASED
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Molding edge : ARRIS
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Suitable fruit for Scrooge? : CRABAPPLE
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Mends : DARNS
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Level a flat : RASE
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Fillet : ORLE
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Eye problems : STYES
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Eastern title : EMIR
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O.K. : YES
Down
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Official records : ACTA
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Winnie the ___ : POOH
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Pitcher for Plato : OLPE
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Leased : RENTED
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Western lizard : UTA
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Rooters : FANS
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Talent : FLAIR
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French connections : ETS
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Crown : DIADEM
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Fruit for Darryl? : STRAWBERRY
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Send to cloud nine : ELATE
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Composer Franz : LEHAR
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Deducting : ABATING
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Taken for ___ : ARIDE
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Heads, to Henri : TETES
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Neither's companion : NOR
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Fruit for a fool? : GOOSEBERRY
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City park, e.g. : AREA
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Fruit for a very nice person? : PEACH
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Fore's opposite : AFT
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Prefix with cycle : TRI
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___-for-all : FREE
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Daily riser : SOL
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Contemporary of e.e.c. : TSE
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Fruit for a Horner? : PLUMS
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Goering's gang : GESTAPO
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N.T. book : GAL
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Communist leader from Georgia : BERIA
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Like ocean water : SALINE
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Highwayman : ROBBER
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Mild oaths : EGADS
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Corday's victim : MARAT
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Holy, to Héloïse : SACRE
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Hyde Park vehicle : PRAM
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Nimble : SPRY
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She, in Cherbourg : ELLE
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Rivers in Wales and Scotland : DEES
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Draft org. : SSS
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"___ Lay Dying": Faulkner : ASI

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