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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Monday, January 25, 1993

21-Across : Skin preparation

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,784
Across
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"___! poor Yorick" : ALAS
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"Mayor" author : KOCH
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"Columbo" star : FALK
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Final : LAST
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Lily plant : ALOE
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Composer Erik ___ : SATIE
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"___ take arms ... " : ORTO
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Relate : TELL
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Smooth feathers : PREEN
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Open to view : OVERT
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Skin preparation : LINIMENT
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Old MacDonald's mate? : FARMWIFE
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New England univ. : UNH
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Of works by Horace : ODIC
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Brags : BOASTS
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Kitchen V.I.P. : CHEF
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Hill dwellers : ANTS
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Sleep disturbance : SNORE
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N.Z. timber trees : RATAS
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Kane, e.g.: Abbr. : CIT
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Singer Fisher : EDDIE
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Bizarre : OUTRE
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N.Y.C.'s Mad. and Lex. : AVES
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Dingbats : SAPS
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Awkward : CLUMSY
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Director Kazan : ELIA
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"Some ___ meat ... ": Burns : HAE
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Old MacDonald's spread : FARMLAND
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Sleeplessness : INSOMNIA
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Wiser : SAGER
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Locale, in law : VENUE
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___ out (prolong) : DRAW
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Derby winner ___ Ridge: 1972 : RIVA
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Wrongly : AMISS
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Madame Bovary : EMMA
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Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
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Promissory ___ : NOTE
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Nile snakes : ASPS
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Towel word : HERS
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Distant : ALOOF
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Insect stage : LARVA
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Fall bloomer : ASTER
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Hurricane, e.g. : STORM
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"Krazy ___" : KAT
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Corrida cry : OLE
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Old MacDonald's kibbutzim? : COLLECTIVEFARMS
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Sun: Comb. form : HELI
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Old MacDonald's workers : FARMHANDS
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To ___ (precisely) : ATEE
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Legal claim : LIEN
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Clark ___ of comics : KENT
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Like a porcupine : SPINOSE
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"___ Women," Loren film : TWO
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Core; kernel : NUB
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Actress Lupino : IDA
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Estate: Sp. : FINCA
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Word with pop or jerk : SODA
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Stumble : TRIP
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Views : SEES
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Gator's kin : CROC
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Thieves' take : HAUL
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"___, Brute!" : ETTU
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Old MacDonald's residence : FARMHOUSE
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Stone pillar : STELA
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East Indian herbs : SESAMES
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Falstaff's title : SIR
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Coin or longing : YEN
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Prenoon hrs. : AMS
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Noble fir, e.g. : LARCH
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Nimble : AGILE
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"___ on Sunday," 1960 film : NEVER
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Wee drinks : DRAMS
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___ the Terrible : IVAN
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Verne hero : NEMO
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Fretful state : SNIT
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Plan : IDEA
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Elec. unit : AMP
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Existed : WAS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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