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Mike Leifer
Mike Leifer

New York Times, Wednesday, January 23, 1974

Author:
Mike Leifer
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 49.0
Mike Leifer has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,929
Across
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Made a bridge call : PASSED
7
Disagrees : DISSENTS
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Very high : ALPINE
16
Savings-book entry : INTEREST
17
Item in a dish set : TEACUP
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Nautical freeloader : STOWAWAY
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___ party : HEN
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21st Amendment : REPEAL
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Miffed : SORE
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Self-punishment : PENANCE
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Title for a woman : MRS
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Passenger : FARE
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Skillful : DEFT
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Hebrew month : BUL
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Eavesdrop : OVERHEAR
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Stair part : RISER
34
Sapphire, e.g. : GEM
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Like a John Doe defendant : UNNAMED
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Diving bird : AUK
39
Restore, as a ship : REFIT
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Stuff's partner : NONSENSE
43
Dah's partner : DIT
44
Run quickly : SCUD
45
Pale : ASHY
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Metal mold : PIG
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Disbeliever : ATHEIST
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Source of coke : COAL
50
Sad, in Paris : TRISTE
51
"___ du lieber!" : ACH
54
Word on a theater curtain : ASBESTOS
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Guarantee : INSURE
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Kind of pronoun : RELATIVE
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Stableman: Var. : OSTLER
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Ushered in : PREFACED
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Required : NEEDED
Down
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War or cow : PATH
2
Toward shelter : ALEE
3
Spic-and ___ : SPAN
4
"___ transit ... " : SIC
5
Harden: Var. : ENURE
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Income-tax deduction : DEPENDENT
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Deprived of a right : DISENFRANCHISED
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Unimpaired : INTACT
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Mink item : STOLE
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Do mending : SEW
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Dutch theologian : ERASMUS
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Saints' city : NEWORLEANS
13
Emperors : TSARS
14
Eyelid trouble : STYE
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Song of praise : PAEAN
23
Word with diem or cent : PER
25
Air-travel snarler : FOG
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Affirm : AVER
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Capable of being restored : REMEDIABLE
29
Invites : BIDS
31
Eight, in Marseilles : HUIT
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Interpretation : RENDITION
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"Fools ___ in ... " : RUSH
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Grimaces : MOUES
38
Solution : KEY
40
Attire in Eden : FIGLEAF
42
Use up : EAT
44
Tried hard : STROVE
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Tough problem : POSER
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"Toys in the ___" : ATTIC
48
___ of duty : SENSE
49
Complain : CARP
51
New Year song word : AULD
52
Canadian Indian : CREE
53
Do sheep-dog work : HERD
55
Depot: Abbr. : STA
57
Anne or Marie: Abbr. : STE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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