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Ernst Theimer
Ernst Theimer

New York Times, Saturday, October 13, 1990

44-Down : Gave the gate

Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.4
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,949
Across
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Cabbage salad : SLAW
5
German tennis star : GRAF
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Castro's realm : CUBA
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Every's partner : EACH
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One of the Nereids : ERATO
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Algerian port : ORAN
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Wanting : SHY
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"Ol' Man ___," 1938 song : MOSE
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Is in neutral : IDLES
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River islands : AITS
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To be, in Paris : ETRE
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Where cations gather : ANODE
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School Shelley attended : ETON
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Faldo is one : PRO
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Février follower : MARS
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More etiolated : PALER
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T-men : FEDS
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Black bird : ANI
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Alone : SOLO
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Hindu garment : SAREE
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Take five : REST
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Wings for an angelus : ALAE
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Sister-in-law of J. R. : APRIL
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Kayo blow : ONER
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Dodo associate : MOA
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OR-O OR-O : DOUBLEORNOTHING
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Opposed : ANTI
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Manumits : FREES
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Pizzaro victim : INCA
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Snafu : MESS
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Related : TOLD
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Equal : PEER
Down
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Salty septet : SEAS
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Cilium : LASH
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Sore : ACHY
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First word of a sentry's challenge : WHO
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Memorable governor of Conn. : GRASSO
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Roué : RAKE
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Impish Olympian : ATE
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In favor of : FOR
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More frigid : COLDER
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Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
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Low : BASE
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They aerate the soil : ANTS
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Emulate Pola Negri : EMOTE
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M. Zola : EMILE
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Circe or Lorelei : SIREN
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Appends : ADDS
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Kitchen follower : ETTE
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Mjolnir wielder : THOR
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Rockers in nurseries : MAMAS
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Vapid : INANE
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Kind of column : DORIC
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Lawbreaker : FELON
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Met fare : OPERA
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"As You Like It" forest : ARDEN
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Gave medicine to : DOSED
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Jet-engine holders : PODS
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Dismounted : ALIT
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Renown : FAME
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Fish-line leader : SNELL
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Sting : SMART
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Small antelopes : ORIBIS
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Gave the gate : CANNED
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TV backdrops : OLEOS
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Everyone's ancestor : ADAM
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Cornmeal bread : PONE
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Road grooves : RUTS
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City on the Oka : OREL
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Delve : MINE
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Head of a tale : ONCE
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Chinese gelatin : AGAR
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Newt : EFT
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Spanish gold : ORO
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Part of a cheer : HIP

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