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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Monday, November 28, 1983

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 14.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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E
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T
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C
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H
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D
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R
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G
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R
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S
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E
L
L
A
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S
L
A
T
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S
W
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D
F
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H
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P
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S
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N
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P
P
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E
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E
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S
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S
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M
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L
T
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M
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A
C
K
E
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R
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E
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L
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T
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L
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P
E
R
K
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E
T
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E
N
D
S
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T
E
A
R
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B
A
H
T
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P
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U
R
N
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G
A
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S
A
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D
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S
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M
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A
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S
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B
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O
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Y
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S
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A
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C
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V
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W
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H
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A
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A
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R
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L
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T
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O
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,438
Across
1
One way to draw : ETCH
5
Venison source : DEER
9
Elbe feeder : EGER
13
Seafood : SOLE
14
Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
15
Party's choice : SLATE
16
Seafood : SWORDFISH
18
Italian dish : PASTA
19
Those in a race : ENTRIES
20
Seafood : SNAPPER
22
Before, poetically : ERE
23
Hesitant sounds : ERS
24
Seafood : SMELTS
28
Seafood : MACKEREL
33
Pieces of gossip : TALES
34
Regain one's spirits, with "up" : PERK
35
Greek letter : ETA
36
Some can't make them meet : ENDS
37
Salty drops : TEARS
38
Thai monetary unit : BAHT
39
Pandowdy : PIE
40
Samovars : URNS
41
Menu word for "embellished" : GARNI
42
Seafood : SARDINES
45
Seafood : SALMON
46
Pub order : ALE
47
Day of rest: Abbr. : SAB
48
Seafood : OYSTERS
52
Interweaves : ENLACES
57
Sound : VALID
58
Seafood : WHITEFISH
60
Full of pep : ALIVE
61
Superb : AONE
62
City NNW of Carson City : RENO
63
Mandolin's cousin : LUTE
64
Aviary sound : TWEE
65
Butter's rival : OLEO
Down
1
To be, to Virgil : ESSE
2
Shut-Eye, in a Field poem : TOWN
3
Blob, as of cream : CLOT
4
German title : HERR
5
Postpones : DEFERS
6
Beethoven's "Für ___" : ELISE
7
They loop the Loop : ELS
8
Cheers : RAHS
9
Pass, as time : ELAPSE
10
Catch one's breath : GASP
11
Small: Suffix : ETTE
12
Bring up : REAR
15
Fire starter : SPARK
17
Consumes less : DIETS
21
Narrow stretches of land : NECKS
24
___ out (leaves for a short time) : STEPS
25
Craze : MANIA
26
Church governor : ELDER
27
French pronoun : LES
28
Money : MEANS
29
Air-terminal signs: Abbr. : ARRS
30
Fortify again : REARM
31
Race: Comb. form : ETHNO
32
Nero's tongue : LATIN
34
Marquette's title : PERE
37
Piano worker : TUNER
38
French dance : BAL
41
House part : GABLE
43
A case (see 32 Down) : DATIVE
44
___ France : ILEDE
45
Wes, the miler : SANTEE
47
Cod catcher : SEINE
48
Track : OVAL
49
River to Korea Bay : YALU
50
Thin opening : SLIT
51
Ruthian wallop : SWAT
53
A hairdo : AFRO
54
Pale blue hue : CIEL
55
A.-S. domestic slave : ESNE
56
Scat's cousin : SHOO
59
Mel Allen's "___ about that!" : HOW

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