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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Saturday, November 19, 1983

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { F H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 44.2
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 6-Down clue, there should probably be an "at" after "gander"; left as in the original.

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A
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C
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R
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E
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D
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A
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M
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P
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T
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N
O
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O
L
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N
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T
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A
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W
O
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D
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Y
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P
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C
K
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A
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P
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G
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R
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B
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R
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A
A
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N
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A
K
Y
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T
P
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A
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S
T
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L
I
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R
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M
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U
S
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R
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S
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T
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A
U
R
A
N
T
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S
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A
T
O
L
L
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B
A
L
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M
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C
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A
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P
P
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L
A
Y
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M
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A
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S
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O
V
O
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D
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M
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S
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P
R
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R
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P
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D
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C
R
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E
P
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D
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G
W
O
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B
U
M
S
T
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D
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T
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R
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,429
Across
1
Section of land : ACRE
5
Agatha Christie was one : DAME
9
Word before bog : PEAT
13
Brown-bagger's time : NOON
14
Wang Lung's wife : OLAN
15
Headdress : TIARA
16
Walter Lantz creation : WOODYWOODPECKER
19
City in Pa. : ALTOONA
20
Armor of a sort : PLATING
21
Jewish title of respect : RAB
22
Skelton or Grange : RED
23
Bern's river : AAR
24
Glaswegian's turndown : NAE
25
___ Pete (cheap wine) : SNEAKY
27
Rels. of villages : TPS
28
Sec. of State's aide : ASST
29
Low-caste Hindu : TELI
30
Romulus did him in : REMUS
32
Sardi's and Lindy's : RESTAURANTS
36
String of coral isles : ATOLL
37
___ of Gilead : BALM
39
Creator of Dogpatch : CAPP
42
___ out (spend) : LAY
43
Callas and Ouspenskaya : MARIAS
45
Ab ___ (from the start) : OVO
46
Rep. rival : DEM
47
To be, in Barcelona : SER
48
Prefix with cook or heat : PRE
49
Turbulent ocean phenomenon : RIPTIDE
51
Enter stealthily : CREEPIN
53
Arthur Lake role : DAGWOODBUMSTEAD
55
Small cases : ETUIS
56
She sings "O patria mia" : AIDA
57
Danish architect Jacobsen : ARNE
58
Parking mishap : DENT
59
Before long : SOON
60
Autocrat : TSAR
Down
1
Sadat namesakes : ANWARS
2
Radiator additive : COOLANT
3
A soft drink : ROOTBEER
4
Conductor Akira ___ : ENDO
5
Singer Morton ___ : DOWNEY
6
Get ___ of (take a gander) : ALOAD
7
Double this for a honey eater : MAO
8
Bookbinder's sheet : ENDPAPER
9
Ancient inhabitant of Scotland : PICT
10
U.S. painter: 1844–1916 : EAKINS
11
Punta ___ : ARENAS
12
Toxophilite's prop : TARGET
15
Kind of gas : TEAR
17
Richard III supporter : YORKIST
18
Red Cross supply : PLASMA
26
"With ___ and a bound ... ": Coleridge : ALEAP
27
Yours ___ : TRULY
28
"Swinging on ___," 1944 song : ASTAR
31
Strips : UNBARES
33
Fine sword : TOLEDO
34
Shaded walks : ALAMEDAS
35
Certain mules : SLIPPERS
38
Tennyson poem : MARIANA
39
Ribbed or twilled : CORDED
40
Fly : AVIATE
41
"Cops and robbers" weapon : POPGUN
43
Mythical denizen of the deep : MERMAN
44
A ham, sometimes : SENDER
46
Creator, in Cuzco : DIOS
47
Old Italian coin : SCUDO
50
Ridicule : TWIT
52
Raison d'___ : ETAT
54
Life story, for short : BIO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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