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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Thursday, November 17, 1983

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 31.1
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,427
Across
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Afternoon TV fare : SOAPS
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Purse item : COMB
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Joker : CARD
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Gallic goodbye : ADIEU
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"Yes ___?" : ORNO
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Love, to Livia : AMOR
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Focal point, to Victoria : CENTREOFGRAVITY
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Krazy feline : KAT
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Glacial ridge : ESKER
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Cyaxares' subjects : MEDES
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Famous almost-last words : ETTU
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Intend : AIM
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Medium for a Churchill message : RADIOPROGRAMME
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Beat : PULSE
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Ex-star on ice : ORR
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An 1898 discovery : NEON
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"I ___ Camera" : AMA
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Tabloid editor's delight : SCANDAL
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Inst. at Troy, N.Y. : RPI
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Stoma : PORE
43
Covered up : HID
44
Tended to squeaks : OILED
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Tactics for Tommy Atkins : ARMYMANOEUVRES
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Selene's sister : EOS
51
Journey for a Boer : TREK
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"Lassù in ___," Verdi duet : CIELO
55
Commonplace : USUAL
57
Dr. Jekyll's hangout : LAB
60
Professional lorry drivers et al. : ORGANISEDLABOUR
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Paper-mill intake : RAGS
64
One of Pan's foes : SMEE
65
Marcel's menu : CARTE
66
Interlock : MESH
67
Night music at camp : TAPS
68
Kipling poem : ENDOR
Down
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Dior dress style : SACK
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Music halls : ODEA
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"___ She Sweet?" : AINT
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Favorite : PET
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Guarantees : SURETIES
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Contrive : COOKUP
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Yellow ide : ORFE
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Dept. head : MNGR
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N.Y.C. division : BOR
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Flintstone, e.g. : CAVEMAN
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Surrounded by : AMID
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Waikiki sound : ROTE
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W.C.T.U. allies : DRYS
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This, to Pablo : ESTO
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Moslem prince : AMIR
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Koch and Wynn : EDS
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Indian carpet : AGRA
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Scuttlebutt : RUMOR
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Smoke ___ : ALARM
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Sonata movement : RONDO
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Fort ___, Calif. : ORD
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European blackbird : MERLE
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Broods; dawdles : MOPES
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Wheat Belt city : ENID
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Hemingway nickname : PAPA
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Cartoonist Addams : CHAS
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City in Judah: Josh. 15:32 : AIN
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Cavalier poet : LOVELACE
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Cilium : EYELASH
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Irritate : IRK
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"Racing with the ___," V. Monroe hit : MOON
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Chopin opera : ETUDES
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Soviet river : URAL
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Crocus bulb, e.g. : CORM
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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Roe, e.g. : EGGS
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N.Y. training inst. : USMA
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Ooze : SEEP
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Lady's man : LORD
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Franklin or Maxwell : AUTO
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Title for a fox : BRER
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Novel ending : IST
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Taboo : BAN

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

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