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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, October 27, 1986

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { C J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 18.2
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,502
Across
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Move briskly : TROT
5
Rhyme scheme : ABBA
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Absolute : UTTER
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Lose a lap : RISE
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Fish-eating bird : LOON
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Prize money : PURSE
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Actor Dixon : IVAN
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Tedious : LONG
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Rhine pumice rock : TRASS
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Rotate : TAKETURNS
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Like some needs : UNMET
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Jubilant : ELATED
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Gobs : TARS
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Woven fabric : MESH
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Successively : INTURN
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Be meddlesome : SNOOP
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___ de force : TOUR
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Concept, to Colette : IDEE
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City W of St. Louis : LADUE
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Hockey's Bobby : ORR
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Walks wearily : PLODS
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" ... prepared ___ for my steps": Psalm 57 : ANET
44
Early 1900's art cult : DADA
45
Tears apart : RENDS
46
Conditional release : PAROLE
48
Otherwise : ELSE
50
The ___, in E England : FENS
52
Postulate : ASSERT
57
"___ luego!" : HASTA
60
Ponders : TURNSOVER
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Describing a hopeless situation : ALLUP
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Leave out : OMIT
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Church part : NAVE
66
Actor Roger from London : MOORE
67
Descartes : RENE
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Together, musically : ADUE
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Disburse : SPEND
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Bring about : MAKE
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Device on a loom : REED
Down
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No longer fresh : TRITE
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Emulator : RIVAL
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Important Japanese port : OSAKA
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Doctrine : TENET
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Refer indirectly to : ALLUDE
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Ill-mannered person : BOOR
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City on the Rhine : BONN
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Feeling of dread : ANGST
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Cause disorder : UPTURN
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Subway-entrance device : TURNSTILE
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British streetcar : TRAM
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Being: Lat. : ESSE
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Be at ease : REST
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City near Phoenix : TEMPE
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Broadcast : AIR
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Greek portico : STOA
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Throng : HORDE
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___ Thani, Thai province : UDON
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Actor Foxx : REDD
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Loch of monster fame : NESS
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Blow : SLAP
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Zola novel : NANA
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River to the Baltic : ODER
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Not in due order of succession : OUTOFTURN
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Soviet river : URAL
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Fourth Estate : PRESS
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Retreat : DEN
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Vaulted : LEAPED
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S. C. river : SANTEE
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Blizzard : STORM
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Detecting apparatus : SONAR
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Dodge : EVADE
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Theatrical entertainment : REVUE
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Cornered : TREED
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Amateur radio operators : HAMS
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Poorly proportioned : ALOP
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Liquor flavoring : SLOE
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Swedish seaport : UMEA
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Curling site : RINK

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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