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Troxell
Troxell

New York Times, Thursday, November 22, 1984

47-Down : Borrower's sine qua non

Author:
Troxell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 25.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Troxell has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,798
Across
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"___ into his gates with thanksgiving": Psa. 100:4 : ENTER
6
Beauty's companion : BEAST
11
___ Souls College, Oxford : ALL
14
Trunk : TORSO
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Scarcer : RARER
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Between Cancer and Virgo : LEO
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Entree : ROASTTURKEY
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___ atque vale : AVE
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Sea eagle : ERN
21
Prefix with dent or pod : TRI
22
Iowa State is here : AMES
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Vegetable dish : SWEETPOTATOES
29
Trespass : INVADE
31
Heavy : OBESE
32
Word with miss or beer : NEAR
33
Hyson and souchong : TEAS
34
Like some blankets : WET
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Condiment : CRANBERRYRELISH
42
Nov. 22, 1984, is one : HOL
43
Robert ___ : ELEE
44
Con : ANTI
45
Optical maser : LASER
46
Moves smoothly : GLIDES
48
Vegetable dish : CREAMEDONIONS
52
First or fore follower : HAND
53
Turkish title : AGA
54
King Hezekiah's mother : ABI
57
Total : ADD
58
Desserts : PUMPKINPIES
63
"O sole ___" : MIO
64
Grenoble's river : ISERE
65
Shaw's friend ___ Terry : ELLEN
66
Comic-strip word : POW
67
Played for a stake : GAMED
68
___ antico (Grecian marble) : ROSSO
Down
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Raison d'___ : ETRE
2
Jordan's queen : NOOR
3
Johannesburg's province : TRANSVAAL
4
Feminine suffix : ESS
5
Decayed : ROTTED
6
Noise abroad : BRUIT
7
Lug of a jug : EAR
8
What landed on Ararat : ARK
9
Episcopacy : SEE
10
Assay : TRY
11
Cottonwood : ALAMO
12
Reception : LEVEE
13
Type of soil : LOESS
18
Sugarplum or lemon : TREE
22
Feasted : ATE
24
Alert : WARN
25
Meadow on a ranch : POTRERO
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Heed : OBEY
27
Hurry : TEAR
28
S African fox : ASSE
29
Kind of worm : INCH
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Roman emperor: A.D. 54–68 : NERO
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Ecologically sound energy collectors : WINDSAILS
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Punta del ___, Uruguay : ESTE
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Not that : THIS
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Look happy : BEAM
39
Other : ELSE
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Thin one : REED
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Reclined : LAIN
45
"A Shropshire ___" : LAD
46
Caron role : GIGI
47
Borrower's sine qua non : LOANER
48
Ring king : CHAMP
49
A field for hams : RADIO
50
Furnish with an income : ENDOW
51
Defenseless : NAKED
55
Bonnet occupants : BEES
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"There ___ virtue like necessity": Shak. : ISNO
58
Poke contents : PIG
59
Dos Passos trilogy : USA
60
Hebrew letter : MEM
61
Grand ___, Nova Scotia : PRE
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Middle Eastern org. : PLO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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