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Fraas
Fraas

New York Times, Saturday, November 21, 1981

Author:
Fraas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 42.3
Fraas has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
C
2
I
3
T
4
E
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L
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A
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I
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N
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B
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O
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O
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S
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T
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H
A
U
L
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O
N
C
E
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A
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R
T
A
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E
M
B
A
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R
G
O
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S
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S
H
A
R
P
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A
B
U
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R
E
A
C
T
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S
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S
T
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R
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T
I
L
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T
S
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A
L
I
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S
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O
N
O
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S
C
A
R
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S
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U
P
E
R
C
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A
R
G
O
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R
I
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P
E
N
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O
U
T
S
E
T
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C
E
N
A
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B
C
D
E
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A
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R
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I
O
S
O
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O
C
O
M
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E
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V
I
C
T
O
R
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H
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U
G
O
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P
E
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S
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T
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E
V
E
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S
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N
O
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R
E
D
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O
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S
I
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T
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E
R
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W
E
N
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A
T
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A
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R
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F
A
R
R
A
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G
O
E
S
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G
E
E
S
E
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E
K
E
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O
R
L
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E
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T
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R
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A
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,701
Across
1
Quote : CITE
5
An anagram for anil : LAIN
9
Promote : BOOST
14
Do a teamster's job : HAUL
15
Eleven, in Cuba : ONCE
16
Main artery : AORTA
17
Legal prohibitions on commerce : EMBARGOES
19
Stylish, informally : SHARP
20
___ Dhabi, Arab emirate : ABU
21
Responds : REACTS
23
Vega, for one : STAR
24
Cants : TILTS
26
Pasha and Baba : ALIS
28
Yoko : ONO
29
Cicatrix : SCAR
30
Ship's commercial officer : SUPERCARGO
33
Mature : RIPEN
35
Start : OUTSET
36
Triclinium meal : CENA
37
Alphabetic quartet : BCDE
38
Melodious : ARIOSO
41
"___, all ye faithful" : OCOME
43
Author of "Le Roi s'amuse" : VICTORHUGO
46
Annoyance : PEST
49
Daughter of the Curies : EVE
50
Small spring : SEEP
51
Actor Nick : NOLTE
52
Change the wallpaper : REDO
54
Relief for Mom and Pop : SITTER
57
Rune equivalent to "w" : WEN
58
Flower extract : ATTAR
60
Hodgepodges : FARRAGOES
62
Embden and Toulouse : GEESE
63
___ out (stretches) : EKES
64
Architectural fillet : ORLE
65
Consort of Arcas : ERATO
66
Plexus : RETE
67
Town on the Skunk River : AMES
Down
1
Swindles : CHEATS
2
Certain satirical verse : IAMBIC
3
Fistulous : TUBULAR
4
___-Mana-Mou, famous race horse : ELA
5
Booth : LOGE
6
Celebes ox : ANOA
7
Glacial mass : ICECAP
8
Settle snugly : NESTLE
9
Roulette bet : BAS
10
Cries of delight : OOHS
11
Rhetoricians : ORATORS
12
Houston Open winner in 1980 : STRANGE
13
Plant's main feeder : TAPROOT
18
Santa Fe and others: Abbr. : RRS
22
Hot Mediterranean wind : SIROCCO
25
Knitted fabric : TRICOT
27
Old Italian coin : SCUDO
30
Madrileños : SENORES
31
Spenser heroine : UNA
32
In time: Music : ATEMPO
34
Argentine money : PESOS
37
Marsh : BOG
38
Mean's cousin : AVERAGE
39
Rosie of W.W. II : RIVETER
40
Summer cooler : ICEDTEA
42
Small nematode : EELWORM
44
Young cow : HEIFER
45
Ventilating shaft : UPTAKE
47
Isaac Bickerstaff was one of his pen names : STEELE
48
Past and present : TENSES
51
Org. against gun control : NRA
53
Cockle : OAST
55
Tare's partner : TRET
56
Old tongue : ERSE
59
Culprit, in Catania : REO
61
Former Portuguese colony : GOA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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