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Frederick Duda
Frederick Duda

New York Times, Saturday, October 18, 1986

Author:
Frederick Duda
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.9
Frederick Duda has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,493
Across
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Wild goose : BRANT
6
___ Selassie : HAILE
11
Fashion : TAILOR
12
Like a shrike : OSCINE
14
Start of the title of a Broadway musical : SUNDAYINTHEPARK
17
Word with hat or time : OLD
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Rests : REPOSES
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Country singer Bandy : MOE
20
___-Mare, Rumanian town : BAIA
22
Errs : SLIPS
23
Buffalo Bill : CODY
24
Pop song lead-in : INTRO
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Compass dir. : ESE
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Veers : SLUES
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"With ___" (ending for 14 Across) : GEORGE
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Some newlyweds : ELOPERS
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Parisian's lily : LIS
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Tai Buddhist : LAO
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Jeremiads : LAMENTS
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Water sound : RIPPLE
44
College bldgs. : DORMS
45
"Bel ___," 1978 Burnford novel : RIA
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A 1961 Oscar winner : LOREN
48
An elder, in Essen : ALTE
49
Score : TALLY
51
Soil : DIRT
52
Legendary father of Irish kings : MIL
53
Dispirited : CHILLED
55
Low : MOO
56
Creator of 14 and 28 Across : STEPHENSONDHEIM
59
"___ Goes By," 1931 song : ASTIME
60
Speaks : UTTERS
61
Blasé : SATED
62
He wrote "Jerusalem Delivered" : TASSO
Down
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Pancho Villa, to Díaz : BANDITO
2
Free (of) : RID
3
Opposite of apterous : ALAR
4
He wrote "The Loom of Years" : NOYES
5
Homer's next of kin : TRIPLE
6
Heat wave : HOTSPELL
7
Sackcloth's partner : ASHES
8
Frozen desserts : ICES
9
Embouchure : LIP
10
Captivate, in Cheshire : ENAMOUR
11
New Orleans university : TULANE
13
Rots : ERODES
14
Ferber novel : SOBIG
15
Clamor : NOISE
16
Harmonizes : KEYS
21
RR abbr. : ARR
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___ Elum, city in Wash. : CLE
25
Stares at a pinup : OGLES
27
Coddle : SPOIL
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Article, in Arnsberg : EIN
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Row : OAR
33
Filtered : STRAINED
35
Nabokov novel : LOLITA
36
Ingenuous : ARTLESS
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Mrs., in Metz : MME
38
Famed name in opera : SILLS
40
Pea or bean follower : POD
41
Old card game : PRIMERO
42
Playwright Jones et al. : LEROIS
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Insect: Comb. form : ENTOM
44
Sires' mates : DAMS
46
Kind of effort : ALLOUT
49
Subject : THEME
50
Gossip, Yiddish style : YENTA
53
Voucher : CHIT
54
Insecticides : DDTS
57
School org. : PTA
58
"For ___ a jolly ... " : HES

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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