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John R. Prosser
John R. Prosser

New York Times, Tuesday, November 18, 1980

25-Down : How asses behave

Author:
John R. Prosser
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 21.6
John R. Prosser has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,333
Across
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Where Mazzilli menaces moundsmen : SHEA
5
Maundy money : ALMS
9
Trod the boards : ACTED
14
Onus : LOAD
15
Tabby's utterance : MEOW
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Samuel ___, U.S. artist : MORSE
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Sidekick : ASSOCIATE
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Aplomb : POISE
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Parlay, e.g. : BET
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Conforms : AGREES
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Bandleader Lewis : TED
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Suppress : SITON
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Site of the Henley Regatta : THAMES
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Limits : STINTS
31
Large scale : SCUTE
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At this time : TODAY
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Monopoly-board street : STATESAVE
37
Foretoken : OMEN
38
Jeopardize : STAKE
39
Sunday drive : SPIN
40
Ancestry : PARENTAGE
42
Recorded : TAPED
43
Sergio ___, movie director : LEONE
44
Basketball players : CAGERS
45
Over and above : BEYOND
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Unit of light energy : LUMEN
48
Holbrook or Linden : HAL
49
Chattels : ESTATE
51
"Never say ___" : DIE
54
Bouquet, as of wines : AROMA
57
Full house, e.g. : POKERHAND
59
Elbow-bender : TOPER
60
Mellows : AGES
61
Bluebeard, e.g. : OGRE
62
Type of preview : SNEAK
63
Acerb : TART
64
Juvenile : TEEN
Down
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Flat, thick piece : SLAB
2
Knee breeches : HOSE
3
Park Avenue resident, e.g. : EASTSIDER
4
Fuss and feathers : ADO
5
Mexican friends : AMIGOS
6
Ascertain : LEARN
7
Minute particle : MOTE
8
Sugary pastry : SWEETCAKE
9
Electrical unit, for short : AMP
10
Murmur fondly : COO
11
Banal : TRITE
12
Snaky forms : ESSES
13
Quitclaim : DEED
18
Slyly malicious : CATTY
22
"On the Beach" author : SHUTE
25
How asses behave : INANELY
27
Noshed : ATE
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"___ from Málaga," book by MacInnes : MESSAGE
29
Shut up shop : STOP
30
TV show about police: 1973–74 : TOMA
31
Where Tandy is dandy and Hume at home : STAGE
33
Opposes change : STANDSPAT
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One of an octopod's octad : APPENDAGE
35
Four, in Frankfurt : VIER
36
At loose ___ : ENDS
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Sculptured mountain in Georgia : STONE
41
Prefix with Catholic or Confucian : NEO
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More pusillanimous : TAMER
44
Most dainty : CUTEST
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"Hide the ___," Creasey novel : BARON
46
Wing to a J.P. : ELOPE
47
Abdul-Jabbar is one : LAKER
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Tin, top, felt and straw followers : HATS
50
Judicial robe : TOGA
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With regard to : INRE
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Jack London's "Martin ___" : EDEN
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"Give ___ kiss ... ": Herrick : MEA
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"Boner's ___," comic strip : ARK
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On a winning streak : HOT

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

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