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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Wednesday, October 2, 1985

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 16.7
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,112
Across
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Tree at Malibu? : BEECH
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Thug : HOOD
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Midwestern campus site : AMES
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Pond growth : ALGAE
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Reputation : NAME
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Carson sub : JOANRIVERS
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Horror-film role : IGOR
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Forever ___ day : ANDA
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Curlicue, in writing : TAG
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Well mannered : POLITE
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Compliments for Fido : PATS
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Mining troughs : SLUICES
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Noted clarinetist : PETEFOUNTAIN
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Nautical "Halt!" : AVAST
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Former energy org. : AEC
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Rowan : ASH
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Latin leader : REX
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Oblique : SLANTED
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Bishop's jurisdiction : SEE
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Fla. bird : ANI
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Azimuth : ARC
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Almost always : OFTEN
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Popular comic : FOSTERBROOKS
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Foreign products : IMPORTS
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Sen. Cranston : ALAN
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Paucity : DEARTH
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Compass pt. : SSE
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Dull : DRAB
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Film director Fritz : LANG
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Filmdom's Dagwood : ARTHURLAKE
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Advantage : EDGE
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View from Abu Simbel : NILE
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Like a King novel : EERIE
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Pause in the action : REST
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"Stage ___," Ginger Rogers film : DOOR
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Anthony and Clarissa : EDENS
Down
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Low, in León : BAJA
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N. C. college : ELON
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"My word!" : EGAD
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Party snacks : CANAPES
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"And I Love ___," Beatles song : HER
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Ariz. border lake : HAVASU
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A first name in fashion : OLEG
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Boat "power" : OAR
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Remove from office : DISPLACE
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Compound used in explosives : ANILIN
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Enchantment : MAGIC
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Chew the scenery : EMOTE
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Ancient Chinese : SERES
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"Tell ___ the Marines!" : ITTO
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Yes, to Pierre : OUI
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P.M. periods : AFTS
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Dele's antithesis : STET
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Yugoslav coin : PARA
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Like Steven? : EVEN
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Judd Hirsch series on TV : TAXI
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John ___ Garner : NANCE
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Concerning : ASTO
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Try to find : SEEK
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Female lobsters : HENS
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End of a poker game : LASTHAND
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These may be fine : ARTS
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Picasso's "___ Maar Seated" : DORA
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Held lovingly : FONDLED
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Forgive's companion : FORGET
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Rover's scrap : ORT
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Bacon serving : RASHER
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Like the sky over Paris, at times : BLEU
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Goof-off : IDLER
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Union general : MEADE
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Hunger pains : PANGS
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Town on the Vire : STLO
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Hard to come by : RARE
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Related : AKIN
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Symbols of industry : BEES
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Any Venetian canal : RIO
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Pawnee's cousin : REE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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