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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Thursday, November 1, 1984

10-Down : Sleep like ___

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 22.7
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,777
Across
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Sea of the U.S.S.R. : ARAL
5
Barter : SWAP
9
Darkroom fixture : BASIN
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Hand-me-down, sometimes : TALE
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Summon to court : CITE
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Sans companions : ALONE
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Forty-niners' quests : ORES
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Biblical city : ANER
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Former Italian coin : SOLDO
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Bird extinct since c. 1914 : PASSENGERPIGEON
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Breakfast : EAT
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Unctuous fluid : OIL
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Radiation converter : LASER
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Aviator-author : GANN
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Throb : ACHE
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Wee demon : IMP
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D.C. agents : TMEN
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Lamb products : ESSAYS
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Kookaburra : LAUGHINGJACKASS
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Decks in finery : ARRAYS
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Slithery : EELY
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___ Howard of the Three Stooges : MOE
45
Thrown : CAST
46
Queen of Hearts' specialty : TART
48
Inclines : LEANS
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Above, to bards : OER
51
Clay, now : ALI
52
Swift traveler in the skies : PEREGRINEFALCON
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Bubbling : ABOIL
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Dregs : SILT
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Effortlessness : EASE
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Harris's "I'm O.K., ___ O.K." : YOURE
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If not : ELSE
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Language of 55 Down : ERSE
67
Vent contempt : SNEER
68
Shrivel : SEAR
69
Closefisted : NEAR
Down
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At the acme : ATOP
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Avis preceder : RARA
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Kin of kvasses : ALES
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Tenant : LESSEE
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Measly : SCANT
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Ell : WING
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To ___ (on target) : ATEE
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Outdoor stairway : PERRON
9
Mint plant : BASIL
10
Sleep like ___ : ALOG
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Having no sharer : SOLE
12
Prefix with China : INDO
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Tube-lighting input : NEON
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Practical : EARTHY
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Shaped like a loblolly's cone : PINEAL
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Shrub akin to the olive tree : LILAC
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Tigris port : AMARA
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Cowpoke's pokers : SPURS
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Five-star off. : GEN
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Indignation : ANGER
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Quiz : ASK
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African fox : CAAMA
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Tea type : HYSON
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Sussex has three : ESSES
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"___ Roberts" : MISTER
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Homeric female monster : SCYLLA
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Thug's rod : GAT
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Concorde, e.g. : JET
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Stems : ARISES
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Diva Farrell : EILEEN
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Peeping Tom, e.g. : OGLER
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Following : AFTER
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Remits : PAYS
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Black, in poesy : EBON
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Rake : ROUE
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Deirdre's fair land : EIRE
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Green tone : NILE
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Schiaparelli : ELSA
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Part of T.L.C. : CARE
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Peak near the Aegean : OSSA
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___-do-well : NEER

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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