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June A. Boggs
June A. Boggs

New York Times, Friday, November 3, 1989

Author:
June A. Boggs
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 32.9
June A. Boggs has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,605
Across
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Caiman, for short : CROC
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Whiteman and Williams : PAULS
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Wain : CART
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Certain pony : POLO
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___ Janis, memorable actress : ELSIE
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Pinion-shaped : ALAR
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Sorry one : RUER
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Like speech in New England? : RLESS
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Bring down the house : RAZE
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A midlife age, to Nerva : LII
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Like "The Pit and the Pendulum" : EERY
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Inveighed against : RAILEDAT
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___ Jerry (rum drink) : TOMAND
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Four? : INFAVOROF
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"Popeye" creator : SEGAR
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Vital statistic : AGE
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Board-approved acct. : CPA
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Big bird : EMU
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Canines, e.g. : TEETH
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Eight? : HADDINNER
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Members of 50 Across : ALLIES
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Fanaticism : ZEALOTRY
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Brussels-based org. : NATO
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Tennis call : LET
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Tone of voice : EDGE
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Mites : ACARI
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Narcissistic : VAIN
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Turn : VEER
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Sweep : RANGE
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Tannish : ECRU
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Mil. group : ARTY
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Lock : TRESS
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Caesura : REST
Down
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Red Cross course: Abbr. : CPR
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Force out : ROUT
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Oil: Comb. form : OLEO
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Floral envelope : COROLLA
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Faithless, in León : PERFIDO
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"___ Do Is Dream of You" : ALLI
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Computer operator : USER
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Ruching fabric : LISSE
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Sonnet part : SESTET
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"___ Back to Old ... " : CARRYME
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Kirghizian range : ALAI
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Raspberry : RAZZ
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Linden or quandong : TREE
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Chicken ___ (deep-fried dish) : KIEV
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Floyd and Norman : PROS
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Ranchero's need : RIATA
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Azrael, e.g. : ANGEL
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"___ a Song Coming On" : IFEEL
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Cunning : ARCH
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Hitchcock film: 1969 : TOPAZ
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Eminence grise : AGENT
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Nomenclator : NAMER
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London lane : DRURY
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Move backward, as a quarterback : FADE
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Stannum works : TINNERY
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Caput, to an M.D. : HEAD
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Wastes time : DALLIES
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"___ Three Lives": Philbrick : ILED
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"It's ___ until the fat lady sings" : NOTOVER
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Washington portraitist : STUART
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Peterson of jazz : OSCAR
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River in the U.S.S.R. : NEVA
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Baltic Sea feeder : ODER
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"___ a Kick ... " : IGET
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Sound : SANE
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Tracts on the Sahara : ERGS
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Newfoundland cape : RACE
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Sylvan sights : FIRS
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Macadamia or Brazil : NUT

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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