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John Greenman
John Greenman

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New York Times, Sunday, October 1, 1989

115-Across : Mystery writer Hammond ___

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 146, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 493 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 121, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 27.8
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,572
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"___ cold and starve a fever" : FEEDA
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Perfume bottle : VIAL
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Kitchen utensil : RICER
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C.S.A. troops : REBS
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More mature : OLDER
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Con : ANTI
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Rub with rubber : ERASE
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Brainchild : IDEA
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PRECISE changes in letter sequence : PIERCESRECIPESPIECERS
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Roosevelt or Teasdale : SARA
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Churchillian sign : VEE
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Zola novel : NANA
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Markers placed on highways : CONES
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Refusals : NOES
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Murphy of movies : EDDIE
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Flying saucer : UFO
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Pig's digs : STY
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Pond denizens : FROGS
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Author of "The Mysterious Stranger" : TWAIN
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Listing : ATILT
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ALTERED altered thrice : REDEALTRELATEDTREADLE
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In the thick of : AMID
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Windy City airport : OHARE
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Pindar's products : ODES
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Prejudice : BIAS
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Hither's partner : YON
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Auspices : EGIS
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Norse deities : AESIR
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First name in rock 'n' roll annals : ELVIS
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Director Flaherty's "Man of ___" : ARAN
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Tuckered out : ALLIN
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Actor Everett ___: 1909-65 : SLOANE
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PARSING into two verbs and a noun : SPARINGRASPINGPARINGS
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Originates : ARISES
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"___ Irish Rose" : ABIES
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A grandson of Jacob : AROD
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Fla. exports : LIMES
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Bridges : SPANS
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Barr. or sol. : ATTY
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___ vous plaît : SIL
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Hymn sign-off : AMEN
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Social reformer: 1849-1914 : RIIS
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Basketry twig : OSIER
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Yea or nay : VOTE
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DIVERSE rearrangements : DERIVESDEVISERREVISED
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Unconscious states : COMAS
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Singer James et al. : ETTAS
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Bouquet : AROMA
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Helmsman's panicked plea : SOS
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West role : LIL
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Holding : ASSET
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Raw silk's hue : ECRU
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"Romola" writer : ELIOT
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Island SW of Alaska : ATTU
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Galena, e.g. : ORE
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Biography : LIFE
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RELAPSE into three other forms : PLEASERLEAPERSREPEALS
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"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
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Kind of bore or wave : TIDAL
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Sapient : WISE
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Mystery writer Hammond ___ : INNES
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Pastures : LEAS
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Rimes : HOARS
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"Zounds!" : EGAD
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Discombobulated : ATSEA
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Popinjays : FOPS
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Essayist's nom de plume : ELIA
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W. German river : EDER
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Off one's rocker : DERANGED
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Pendulum's path : ARC
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Bud vessels : VASES
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As to : INRE
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Chowed down : ATE
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Driver's permit: Abbr. : LIC
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Spruce up a room : REPAINT
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Cara or Castle : IRENE
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Havanan's house : CASA
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Psychic power's inits. : ESP
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Defendants: Law : REI
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Carty of baseball : RICO
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Anthony and Clarissa : EDENS
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Rakish cap : BERET
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Procacious : SASSY
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Anne Baxter role : EVE
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Kind of ink : INDIA
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School for Simone : ECOLE
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Explorer Johnson : OSA
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Jug : EWER
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Valley : DALE
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Verbalize : UTTER
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Douglas and Oregon : FIRS
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Fracas : FRAY
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San ___, Italy : REMO
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Tyr's father : ODIN
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Refrain syllables : TRAS
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Arithmetic assignment : ADDING
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Scandal-sheet format : TABLOID
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"___ Run," 1976 fantasy film : LOGANS
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Tangible object : THING
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Red dye : EOSIN
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Low couch or sofa : DIVAN
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Memorable English psychiatrist-author : LAING
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Curves : ESSES
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N.Y. Indians : ERIES
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Mont Blanc's range : ALPES
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Original Olympics site : ELIS
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Crazy Legs Hirsch : ELROY
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"___ and Old Lace" : ARSENIC
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"Pleasure's ___ ... ": Byron : ASIN
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"No Exit" author : SARTRE
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Caesar, e.g. : SALAD
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Time preceder : PRIME
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Marksman, e.g. : AIMER
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White water : RAPIDS
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Degrade : ABASE
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He wrote "Marius the Epicurean" : PATER
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Twine fiber : SISAL
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Affectations : AIRS
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Middling : SOSO
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Inventory listing : ITEM
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Mother of Pollux : LEDA
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Ancient people of Gaul : REMI
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Bone: Comb. form : OSTE
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Pew or perch : SEAT
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Noxious : VIRULENT
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Electrical units : VOLTS
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Flame keepers of old Rome : VESTALS
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"___ to You," Dexter-Paris tune of 1946 : ITSUP
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River near Nice : VAR
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Flower element : SEPAL
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Hardy, to Laurel : OLLIE
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City S of Florence : SIENA
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"And every woe ___ can claim": Byron : ATEAR
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Slipped up : ERRED
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Bee chaser : CEE
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Fillies' fodder : OATS
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"M*A*S*H" TV star : ALDA
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Thessalian peak : OSSA
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Fleming and Carmichael : IANS
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Be on the lam : FLEE
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Pronoun for the Andrea Doria : ESSA
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Numerical ending : ETH
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Brazil's ___ Branco : RIO
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Ovine female : EWE
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Equip a ship : RIG
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Actress Zadora : PIA

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