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Norton Rhoades
Norton Rhoades

New York Times, Monday, January 19, 1976

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.65, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 13.5
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,655
Across
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Famous first name : EDGAR
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Middle name : ALLAN
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Last name : POE
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Bête ___ : NOIRE
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Snow, in Spain : NIEVE
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Sum: Abbr. : AMT
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Old auto : CRATE
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Half a word used by 40 Across : NEVER
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Illuminated : LIT
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Memory gap : AMNESIA
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Lissome : SVELTE
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Collections : SETS
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Monastic devotees : OBLATES
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Vetch : ERS
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Miss Dallas : STELLA
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"The ___-tale Heart" : TELL
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Burns : SCALDS
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Free or blank : VERSE
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Argentine plains : PAMPAS
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Famous Rue : MORGUE
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Famous bird : RAVEN
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Murder victim Marie and family : ROGETS
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U.S. Indian : ERIE
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Depressed : MOROSE
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Moscow satellite state: Abbr. : SSR
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Printers'-union units : CHAPELS
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"The ___ of Spring" : RITE
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Enjoys the surf : BATHES
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Put boundaries on : DELIMIT
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Robot play : RUR
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Sharply bitter : ACERB
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Lithe : AGILE
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Anger : IRE
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"___ really mean it?" : DOYOU
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Famed sources of tintinnabulation : BELLS
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Roadside sign : GAS
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Cartoonist William : STEIG
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Weather offering : SLEET
Down
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Put in a container : ENCASE
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Projecting window : DORMER
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N.F.L. team : GIANTS
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TV's Johnson et al. : ARTES
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Sandpipers : REES
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Famous girl, with 33 Down : ANNABEL
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Golf-ball position : LIE
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Bulgarian coin : LEV
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Parsis' sacred books : AVESTA
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Audacity : NERVE
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Smog cover : PALL
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Overlook : OMIT
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Feminine suffix : ETTE
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Jots : IOTAS
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Chemical compounds : ESTERS
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Graduate degree : LLD
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Capp et al. : ALS
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Look over : SCAN
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Work unit : ERG
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Southern campus : LSU
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See 6 Down : LEE
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Parts of ___ : SPEECH
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One man, one ___ : VOTE
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In advance: Prefix : PRE
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Swiss river : AAR
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Cicero's 1006 : MVI
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French church service : MESSE
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Output record: Abbr. : ROP
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Galena, e.g. : ORE
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Famous insect : GOLDBUG
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Army mule, for one : MASCOT
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Figure of speech : SIMILE
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"___ Nacht" : STILLE
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Try out again : RETEST
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"___ will roll!" : HEADS
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Star in Orion : RIGEL
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Jail, at sea : BRIG
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Nimbus : AURA
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"___ bien" : TRES
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Workshops : LABS
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"An ___ for an ... " : EYE
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French sovereign : ROI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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