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Olga Kowals
Olga Kowals

Girth Control

New York Times, Sunday, December 11, 1977

Author:
Olga Kowals
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 538 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 116, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 24.2
Olga Kowals has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,347
Across
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Buttons up : FASTENS
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___ Bell, Brontë pen name : ELLIS
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Own up : ADMIT
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Name : APPOINT
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Horse-opera command : REACH
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Bison : AUROCHS
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Result of a conspirator's diet? : THATLEANANDHUNGRYLOOK
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Emphasis on yes or no : SIREE
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He has creed, will travel : MISSIONER
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Ceremonial Roman chariot : TENSA
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Poet's vehicle : ODE
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Loch in Scotland : ETIVE
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Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
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Caucasian : OSSET
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Angel ace : TANANA
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Suffix with Johnson or journal : ESE
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Prefix with pod or stere : DECA
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He wrote "I Like It Here" : AMIS
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Auto race : RALLY
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___ the hills : OLDAS
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Numbers man : CPA
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Plaid or ship : TARTAN
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Subside : SETTLE
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J.F.K. commanded one : PTBOAT
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Hindmost : AREAR
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Uses a compactor : CRUSHES
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Behind schedule : LATE
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Mitch Miller plays it : OBOE
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Sluggish, in Sicilia : INERTE
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"___ homo" : ECCE
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Eat a calorie-free diet? : PUTWORDSINONESMOUTH
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"___ Like It Hot" : SOME
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Madhouse : BEDLAM
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Timberlane of fiction : CASS
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Ballerina's knee bend : PLIE
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Dilettante : AMATEUR
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Kemper, in K.C. : ARENA
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Trolley noise : CLANGS
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These have keys : PIANOS
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Nicklaus collection : PRIZES
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Astronaut's "Perfect!" : AOK
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City that may make you tired : AKRON
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No-no in some diets : SPICE
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Dismiss : DROP
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Stringed instrument : VIOL
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Marquand's "___ Daughter" : BFS
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Fleming : RHONDA
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Billiards shot : MASSE
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Royal circlet : TIARA
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Climber in S.A. : LIANE
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Felt shoe : PAC
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Japan's greatest port : OSAKA
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Extreme : UTTERMOST
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Idolize : ADORE
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Exercise at a discotheque? : THROWONESWEIGHTAROUND
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___ shoulders above : HEADAND
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Scary : EERIE
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Tallinn is its capital : ESTONIA
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Rebellion leader: 1786–87 : SHAYS
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Upbeat : ARSIS
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Make a new requisition : REORDER
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Diet reneger : FATSO
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Orchard pest : APHID
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Middle-age bulge : SPARETIRE
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Lug : TOTE
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"Wonderful Town" role : EILEEN
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Helm letters : NNE
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What rash dieters lose : STAMINA
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Take off : ERASE
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Optician's product : LENS
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Start of a speech : LADIES
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Kravchenko's "___ Freedom" : ICHOSE
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Sidetrack : SHUNT
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Ear: Comb. form : AUR
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Breakfast fare : DRYTOAST
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Burrowing animals : MOLES
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Sacred pictures : ICONS
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"___ were the days" : THOSE
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Conceded : AGREED
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Card game for three : SKAT
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Snowy : NIVAL
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Quilter's necessity : NEEDLE
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Poconos pool : TARN
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Dog star : ASTA
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Argus's specialty : EYES
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Biggin : CAP
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Alma-___, U.S.S.R. city : ATA
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Botch : MAR
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Baton Rouge inst. : LSU
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Norwegian composer : OLSEN
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Work in concert : COACT
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Tract of land : PATCH
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To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
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Nicely lined up : AROW
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Hammett dieter? : THINMAN
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"___ clock scholar" : TENO
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Cordon ___ (chef) : BLEU
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Heart of the matter : CORE
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Foxx : REDD
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Dock : BOB
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Receipt : RECU
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Top authority : TSAR
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Bad ___, German spa : EMS
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Chicken, in Calabria : POLLO
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Eskimo boat : UMIAK
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Kind of age : TEEN
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Done in : SLAIN
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"Today ___ man" : IAMA
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Glacial ridges : OSAR
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Humane org. : SPCA
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Mix a salad : TOSS
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J. B. Rhine specialty : ESP
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Lorna Doone's lover : RIDD
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Man of weighty cantos : EZRAPOUND
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Avant-gardist : NEO
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Uraeus symbol : ASP
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Bestowed : GAVEAWAY
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Emulate kanonen : SKI
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Civil : POLITE
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Rancho worker : PEON
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Needing a diet : ROTUND
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Linen or whiskey : IRISH
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Yak : CHATTER
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Matthew Vassar, e.g. : BREWER
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Tourists : FARERS
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" ... so very ___ God": Paget : NEARTO
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Miller : MOTH
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Lenten symbol : ASHES
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Isaac's mother : SARAH
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Czech industrialist : SKODA
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Bemused : ATSEA
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Theater seats : LOGES
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Golfer with an "army" : ARNIE
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Juniper : CEDAR
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Year in reign of Ethelred II : MIII
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Revolver of a sort : DOOR
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Sides of cricket wickets : ONS
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Ibsen character : ASE

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8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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