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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Monday, November 29, 1982

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.4
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,074
Across
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Kind of truck : DUMP
5
Hit : SMOTE
10
Bark cloth : TAPA
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Part of an Ed.D. exam : ORAL
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Itinerant : NOMAD
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Approval : AMEN
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Like equestrienne Godiva : NAKEDASAJAYBIRD
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Toggery merchant : CLOTHIER
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Heart essential : AORTA
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Blessed : HOLY
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K–P connection : LMNO
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Proceeds steadily with difficulty : PLOWS
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Thai export : TEAK
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Literary monogram : GBS
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Endure : WEAR
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Home entertainment : MOVIE
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"___ a poor wayfaring ... " : IAM
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Like Savalas : ASBALDASANEAGLE
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From ___ Z : ATO
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Waiter's request : ORDER
40
SANE target : NUKE
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Pro : FOR
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Air : AURA
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Not easily duped : CAGEY
45
Sharpness : EDGE
46
S O S, e.g. : CALL
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Key group : CADRE
50
Furniture slots : MORTISES
54
Like a new father : PROUDASAPEACOCK
57
On the summit : ATOP
58
Beat : PULSE
59
City SE of Torino : ASTI
60
Wowed : SENT
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Made of wood : TREEN
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High time : NOON
Down
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Therefore: Fr. : DONC
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Soviet river : URAL
3
Tasty shark : MAKO
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Excess : PLETHORA
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René's escargots : SNAILS
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Saunter : MOSEY
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First name in Persian poetry : OMAR
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___ Mahal : TAJ
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Psychologist LeShan : EDA
10
Ban : TABOO
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Riyadh bigwig : AMIR
12
Spritely : PERT
13
Welk's "A-one ___-two ... " : ANDA
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Junk's Arabian cousin : DHOW
19
Type of know-how : YANKEE
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Actor Burton : LEVAR
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Open sea : MAIN
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Spaghetti sauce : PESTO
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___ of love : LABOR
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Where an owl and a cat went : TOSEA
28
Lively dance of yore : GIGUE
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Obstinate : BALKY
30
River duck : SMEE
31
Wren's relative : WAAF
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A parent of Pedro : MADRE
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Like some questions : LOADED
36
Hospital item : DRUG
37
Queen Elizabeth is one : ANGLICAN
43
Lurch : CAREEN
44
Can. province : ALTA
45
Break out : ERUPT
46
Thicket : COPSE
47
They're busy in Apr. : CPAS
48
Comic-actor Johnson : ARTE
49
"The Banks o' ___": Burns : DOON
50
Buck, for one : MALE
51
Middling : SOSO
52
Outside: Prefix : ECTO
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Fleece : SKIN
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Likely : APT
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Big ___, Calif. : SUR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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