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Kay Sullivan
Kay Sullivan

New York Times, Tuesday, November 3, 1981

38-Across : ___ fide

Author:
Kay Sullivan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 9.6
Kay Sullivan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,683
Across
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Brazilian rubber source : PARA
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Abounding : RIFE
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Middle-of-the-___ policy : ROAD
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Obtained from oil : OLEIC
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Enough, in poesy : ENOW
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All: Comb. form : OMNI
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"Arf!" maker : SANDY
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___ of tears : VALE
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Musical ending : CODA
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Very conservative : HIDEBOUND
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Norwegian toast : SKOAL
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Thin sword : EPEE
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"Dolce ___ niente" : FAR
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Type of Southern sauce : CREOLE
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Kind of devotion : FILIAL
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Candidate : RUNNER
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Tales with morals : PARABLES
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Art study subj. : ANAT
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Subside : ABATE
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___ fide : BONA
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He's good under a hood : MECHANIC
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G-men, e.g. : AGENTS
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Mounts : STEEDS
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Western exhibits : RODEOS
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Bus. day : FRI
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O'Neill's "Desire Under the ___" : ELMS
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Opposite of intaglio : CAMEO
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Like some votes : CROSSOVER
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King or Alda : ALAN
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Turkey carved by reviewers : FLOP
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Kind of tower : IVORY
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French copper : FLIC
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Relieve : EASE
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Rhythmical beat : PULSE
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Old slave : ESNE
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___-in-the-wool : DYED
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Two great N.Y. centers of culture : METS
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Fashionable; elegant : POSH
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Split : REND
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Officer's assistant : AIDE
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Musical : REVUE
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Senseless : INANE
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Pen for sheep : FOLD
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Occupant of above : EWE
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Unyielding, as the Old Guard : ROCKRIBBED
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Melville work : OMOO
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" ... bone ___ hank of hair" : ANDA
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Kind of tone : DIAL
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Goddess of nature : CYBELE
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Modus ___ : OPERANDI
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Hall, in Pisa : SALA
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What some bear and others can't bear : FIREARMS
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Stuff : CRAM
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Ancient Scandinavian poems : RUNES
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Pass into law : ENACT
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Like some politicians : ONTHEFENCE
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Word with chance : FAT
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"I'm ___ Because I Love You" : ALONE
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Slow, in music : LENTO
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Body viewed from CA : PAC
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Back talk : SASS
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Encore! : BIS
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Of or for planes, blimps, etc. : AERO
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Hearsay : GOSSIP
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Unevenly shaped : EROSE
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Moved with long, swinging strides : LOPED
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Certain society : CAFE
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"___ Well That Ends Well" : ALLS
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Might's partner : MAIN
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Kind of pipe or pigeon : CLAY
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Egg cell : OVUM
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Field mouse : VOLE
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Once, once : ERST
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These cross the bar : RYES
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The ___ (U.S. banking system) : FED

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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