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R. S. Jones
R. S. Jones

New York Times, Friday, January 16, 1987

8-Down : Arrow poison

Author:
R. S. Jones
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { B F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 27.8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
R. S. Jones has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,583
Across
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Cottonwood : ALAMO
6
Produced and deposited, as an egg : LAID
10
Flatfish : SOLE
14
Khartoum is its capital : SUDAN
15
Mrs. Stengel : EDNA
16
Verve : ELAN
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River to the Columbia : SNAKE
18
Affirm : AVER
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Sell : VEND
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Subdued : TAMED
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"___, and pursue it": Psalm 34:14 : SEEKPEACE
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Doll type : PAPER
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Merited : EARNED
26
Cheap whisky : REDEYE
29
Classify : SORT
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A Met score : ARIA
32
Flush : EVEN
34
Burst of activity : SPASM
39
Symbol of flatness : PANCAKE
41
Outfit for a neonate : LAYETTE
43
Awry : ASKEW
44
Terrier : SKYE
46
Comic King : ALAN
47
"Vissi d'___," Puccini air : ARTE
49
Narrate : RECITE
51
Stern man in a shell : STROKE
55
School for Pierre : ECOLE
57
Calumet : PEACEPIPE
59
Tryon's "The ___" : OTHER
63
River in N. Ireland : ERNE
64
Wodan, to a Viking : ODIN
65
Soft, to Solti : PIANO
66
Locale : AREA
67
Schism : RENT
68
Irish patriot : EMMET
69
Sharp : KEEN
70
Curlicues, in writing : TAGS
71
Poet Lizette ___ : REESE
Down
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V.I.P.'s helper : ASST
2
Hawaiian foreman : LUNA
3
Furniture style : ADAM
4
Thackeray name : MAKEPEACE
5
"___ at a Time," TV sitcom : ONEDAY
6
Realty document : LEASE
7
Opposed : ADVERSE
8
Arrow poison : INEE
9
"Now is come a ___ day": Shelley : DARKER
10
Cut : SEVER
11
City on the Allegheny : OLEAN
12
Kind of corporal : LANCE
13
Over : ENDED
22
Fall guy : PATSY
24
Coup d'oeil's cousin : PEEK
26
___ Nui (Easter Island) : RAPA
27
Time periods : ERAS
28
Beanie : DINK
30
"It's ___ Love," Beatles song : ONLY
33
Tattersall garment : VEST
35
Halcyon period : PEACETIME
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"Volsunga Saga" monarch : ATLI
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R.b.i. is one : STAT
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Word on a wall : MENE
40
Vigilant : AWAKE
42
Space preceder : AERO
45
Custody : KEEPING
48
On-dit : REPORT
50
Runaway : ELOPER
51
Verbalize : SPEAK
52
Pomme de ___ : TERRE
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Rajah's spouse : RANEE
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Singer Billy ___ : OCEAN
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Small change : CENTS
58
Conceit : IDEA
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Harness part : HAME
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Chemical suffixes : ENES
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Sound of the surf : ROTE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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