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Bernard Meren
Bernard Meren

New York Times, Saturday, January 28, 1989

Author:
Bernard Meren
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F G J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.7
Bernard Meren has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,326
Across
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Certain stock certificate : SCRIP
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Nicaraguan people : RAMAS
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Better half? : SPOUSE
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Gape : DEHISCE
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Became miserly : STINTED
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Certain college member : ELECTOR
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Sassy : PERT
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Pour : RAIN
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Actress ___ Torén: 1926-57 : MARTA
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Goneril's father : LEAR
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Insect: Comb. form : ENTOM
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Hurries : HIES
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Moslem deity : ALLAH
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Cronus was one : TITAN
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Seminary degree : DRE
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Inventor Nikola and family : TESLAS
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Agents of retribution : NEMESES
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Merchants : TRADESMEN
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Egg beater : CHOPPER
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Revered : ADORED
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Haggard novel : SHE
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Deane or Marner : SILAS
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Derby winner: 1984 : SWALE
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R.p.m. indicator : TACH
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Poet ___ Alighieri : DANTE
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Ruy or Gil : BLAS
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Aquatic animal : OTTER
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Type of type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Choir members : ALTI
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Kind of hand : ITALIAN
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TV's in Tynemouth : TELLIES
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Deerlike : CERVINE
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Shells, to Pierre : ECALES
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Homophone for 51 Down : REESE
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Facing a glacier : STOSS
Down
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Helices : SPIRALS
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Marian Anderson, e.g. : CONTRALTO
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Groove : RUT
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Grenoble's river : ISERE
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One who goes strictly by the book : PEDANT
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Bro. or dau. : REL
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Attention getter : AHEM
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Minor Prophet : MICAH
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Opposed to sidesaddle : ASTRIDE
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Diving ducks : SCOTERS
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Historian Henry ___ Commager : STEELE
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Signifies : DENOTES
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Wipe out : ERASE
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Chair part : SPLAT
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Nomadic : ITINERANT
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"___ mia!" : MAMMA
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Parts of lamps : HARPS
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Food, sleep, etc. : NEEDS
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Palatable : SAPID
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Increases momentum : SNOWBALLS
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High-grade wool : DELAINE
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Small talk : CHATTER
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Unit equaling 10,000 square meters : HECTARE
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Auto races : RALLIES
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Gladdens : ELATES
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Arnaz's namesakes : DESIS
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Impassive : STOIC
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Cochin and Indore, once : STATES
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Hatchet handle : HELVE
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Choose : ELECT
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He wrote "The Old Town" : RIIS
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Donkey, in Dijon : ANE
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Indochinese people : LAO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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