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Jeffrey A. Mercer
Jeffrey A. Mercer

New York Times, Tuesday, October 1, 1985

Author:
Jeffrey A. Mercer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.1
Jeffrey A. Mercer has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,111
Across
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"You're a better man ___ ... ": Kipling : THANI
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Express weariness : SIGH
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Disimpassioned : CALM
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Gossip's fodder : RUMOR
15
On the Mediterranean : ASEA
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Was contrite : RUED
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"But war's ___ ... ": Cowper : AGAME
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Mozart's Vienna : WIEN
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Kirghiz range : ALAI
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Ben Kingsley role : MOHANDASKGANDHI
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Venus, to Virgil : DEA
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Mineo and Bando : SALS
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Track circuits : LAPS
28
Part of a ballroom dance : CHA
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Ceremonial act : RITUAL
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Word with bred or will : ILL
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A captain and a king : AHABS
38
Tuned drum : BONGO
39
E. M. Forster novel : APASSAGETOINDIA
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Vitalize afresh : RENEW
43
Makes a move : STIRS
44
Claus aide : ELF
45
Blows z's : SNORES
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Vichy is one : SPA
48
"___ bien!" : TRES
49
Equation word : PLUS
51
Double this for an insect : TSE
53
Paul Scott novel, with "The" : JEWELINTHECROWN
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Zagros Mountains site : IRAN
62
Poi source : TARO
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Do-___ effort : ORDIE
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Fluff : LINT
65
Sister of Ares : ERIS
66
Disturbs : ROILS
67
Positions a golf ball : TEES
68
Family branch : SEPT
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Aquatic eagles : ERNES
Down
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Streetcar in London : TRAM
2
A sci-fi writer's award : HUGO
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Oriental nurse : AMAH
4
Desert rovers : NOMADS
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Reynolds Broadway role : IRENE
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"I never ___ Moor": Dickinson : SAWA
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Goddess of fertility : ISIS
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Some carnies : GEEKS
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La Guardia structure : HANGAR
10
Presidential hopeful in 1984 : CRANSTON
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"___ Lang Syne" : AULD
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Jacob's first wife : LEAH
13
Year of Columbus's fourth voyage : MDII
21
Gorbachev's villa : DACHA
22
Excuses at court : ALIBIS
25
Perjurers : LIARS
26
Horn or stock predecessor : ALPEN
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City in Tex. or Ill. : PLANO
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Witches : HAGS
30
Incites : ABETS
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Prefix with line or mine : UNDER
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Nimble : AGILE
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Lazes : LOAFS
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Too : ASWELL
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Yugoslav tobacco-shipping town : STIP
40
"How sharper than a ___ tooth ... ": Shak. : SERPENTS
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Emulate Demosthenes : ORATE
46
Trains : SUITES
48
French Revolution aftermath : TERROR
50
Delusion's partner : SNARE
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Shutout spoiler : SCORE
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Leave a lover : JILT
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River or canal : ERIE
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Anagram for anew : WANE
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Stumble : TRIP
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Army : HOST
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Thor's sire : ODIN
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Sly trick : WILE
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Loch ___ : NESS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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