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Thomas W. Schier
Thomas W. Schier

New York Times, Friday, November 13, 1992

36-Across : "The Guns of Navarone" novelist

Author:
Thomas W. Schier
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 19.5
Thomas W. Schier has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,711
Across
1
Argot : SLANG
6
Cries of surprise : OHS
9
Footnote abbr. : IBID
13
Cuomo or Lanza : MARIO
14
Touch upon : ABUT
15
Pianist Peter : NERO
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___ the good : ALLTO
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Confess completely : COMECLEAN
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Enjoy a meal : CLEANONESPLATE
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Topeka is its cap. : KAN
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Pub drink : ALE
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It goes up walls : IVY
24
Actress Rehan : ADA
25
West ender : ERN
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"___ Woman," Reddy hit : IAM
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Misfortune prophesier : CASSANDRA
34
Very, in music : ASSAI
36
"The Guns of Navarone" novelist : ALISTAIRMACLEAN
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Three-card ___ : MONTE
39
Twerp : PIPSQUEAK
40
Throw : PEG
41
Auths.' papers : MSS
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Color : HUE
43
Half of CIV : LII
45
Mars and Jupiter : DEI
46
Kettle and Barker : MAS
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Unbranded animal, in Australia : CLEANSKIN
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Carousal : SPREE
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Its cap. is St. John's : NEWF
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Lane's companion : KENT
58
General Powell : COLIN
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Meddlesome : NOSY
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Least experienced: Abbr. : YST
61
Dressy jackets : ETONS
Down
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Trace : SMACK
2
Moore's "___ Rookh" : LALLA
3
Songwriter Harold : ARLEN
4
Actress Talbot : NITA
5
Join socially : GOONADATE
6
Contrafagotto : OBOE
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Buzzes : HUMS
8
Become involved : STEPIN
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Kind of graft : INLAY
10
Tired vegetable? : BEET
11
Dies ___ : IRAE
12
Promoter King : DON
14
Rosacea : ACNE
18
Livy's 155 : CLV
20
F. Church's home on the Hudson : OLANA
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Kind of prof : ASST
25
"To ___ human ... " : ERRIS
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Airport staircase : RAMP
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"As ___ It," Getty autobiography : ISEE
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Nice report card : AAAA
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Weasel's cousin : MINK
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Recreational site : CAMP
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Emollient ingredient : ALOE
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Emulate Houston : SING
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Pickpockets : DIPS
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Comply tacitly : ACQUIESCE
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Turn about : SLUE
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Very pale : ASHEN
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Burlesque name : MINSKY
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Like cabbage : LEAFY
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Golfer Baker-Finch : IAN
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"___ Be Cruel," Presley hit : DONT
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Phil Donohue's spouse : MARLO
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___ the hole (hidden asset) : ACEIN
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British carbines : STENS
49
Femme fatale of yore : CLEO
50
Hoad and Ayres : LEWS
51
Haw. music makers : UKES
52
Can quantity : PINT
53
Small defect : SPOT
54
Cable-TV ntwk. : CNN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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