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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Wednesday, January 6, 1988

44-Down : "___ per aspera" (Kan. motto)

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 31.0
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,938
Across
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Kind of case : STAIR
6
News item, for short : OBIT
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Metric units: Abbr. : CMS
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Sacher ___ (a pastry) : TORTE
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Kind of jerk : SODA
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Flow: Comb. form : RHEO
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Choose : ELECT
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Egyptian solar deity : ATEN
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Gallery items : OILS
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University at St. Louis : WASHINGTON
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Melville work : OMOO
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Rod's partner : REEL
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Author of "A Doll's House" : IBSEN
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Typewriter part : SPACER
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Kovacs or Ford : ERNIE
31
Vestibule : HALL
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Actress Miles : VERA
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Dame Edith ___ : EVANS
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States sans proof : ALLEGES
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Iron-horse feeder : FIREMAN
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Breathe hard : HEAVE
43
Sculptor Lorado : TAFT
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Ornamental fabric : LAME
46
Over : ENDED
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"As I ... have power ___!": E. Brontë : INTHEE
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City ESE of Dallas : TYLER
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Celebes ox : ANOA
54
Region : AREA
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Type of jacket : EISENHOWER
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Gaunt : LEAN
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Pismires : ANTS
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Kind of acid or resin : AMINO
64
Cowboy's pal : PARD
65
Something to dish : DIRT
66
City in NE France : NANCY
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Aves. : STS
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Remain : STAY
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Shoe inserts : TREES
Down
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Fuss : STEW
2
Indian weight unit : TOLA
3
A son of Hera : ARES
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Restless desire : ITCH
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Withdraw : RETIRE
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Okla. Indian : OSAGE
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Concern selling soda or beer : BOTTLER
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Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
9
Astringent vegetable compound : TANNIN
10
Carillon : CHIME
11
Casaba : MELON
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Mediocre : SOSO
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Salt River dam : ROOSEVELT
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Pluck : NERVE
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Beverage in Wiesbaden : BIER
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Pahlavi, e.g. : SHAH
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Blanch : PALE
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___ breve : ALLA
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Writer Amory : CLEVELAND
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Riff's partner : RAFF
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Ferrara family name : ESTE
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Oriental nurse : AMAH
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Appellation : NAME
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Snick-or-___ : SNEE
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Part of a chromosome : GENE
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Suffix with rend or vend : ITION
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"___ per aspera" (Kan. motto) : ADASTRA
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Fears : DREADS
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Birthplace of 28 Down : NAHANT
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Entertain : TREAT
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Time periods : YEARS
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Abounding in birds' homes : NESTY
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European range : ALPS
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Monogram feature: Abbr. : INIT
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General Bradley : OMAR
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Médoc, for one : WINE
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Differ follower : ENCE
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Singers Acuff and Clark : ROYS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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