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Jeff Herrington
Jeff Herrington

New York Times, Monday, December 14, 1992

Author:
Jeff Herrington
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Grid flow: 7.8
Jeff Herrington has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,742
Across
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Algonquian tribesmen : CREES
6
Spanish house : CASA
10
Puritanical person : PRIG
14
Cosmetic solution : RINSE
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Arab sultanate : OMAN
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Consort of Zeus : HERA
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Of yore : OLDEN
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Fla. tribesmen : SEMINOLES
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Tiny : WEE
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Headliner : STAR
23
Lacking sense : INANE
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Plant used in lotions : ALOE
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Refrigerators' predecessors : ICEBOXES
29
Rider Paul : REVERE
31
Check : CURB
32
Okla. tribesmen : OTOE
33
Sing joyously : CAROL
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Quantity of heat: Abbr. : BTU
37
Seaman : TAR
38
Taipei natives : CHINESE
40
Livy's lang. : LAT
41
Monorails' kin : ELS
42
Protection : AEGIS
43
Slugger Ruth : BABE
44
Breakfast food : BRAN
45
Manual calculator : ABACUS
47
Ruler : OVERLORD
51
Skein : HANK
52
Variety show : REVUE
53
Type style: Abbr. : ITAL
55
Friar's title : FRA
58
Homer type : GRANDSLAM
61
Dakota tribesman : SIOUX
63
Actress Bancroft : ANNE
64
Yearn : PINE
65
Stood : AROSE
66
Headland : NESS
67
Org. : ASSN
68
Some officers on a ship : MATES
Down
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Plains tribesman : CROW
2
Vex : RILE
3
Strives : ENDEAVORS
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Opposite of WNW : ESE
5
Photoelectric cell : SENSOR
6
___ Nostra : COSA
7
Moki, Nozi and Zuni : AMERICANINDIANS
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Hill or Browne : SAM
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Black bird : ANI
10
Sound: Comb. form : PHONO
11
Loosen : RELAX
12
Actress Dunne : IRENE
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Freon and xenon : GASES
19
Eat sparingly : NIBBLE
22
Pipe joint : TEE
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Iacocca or Majors : LEE
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Remedies : CURES
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A son of Aphrodite : EROS
29
Mechanical repetition : ROTE
30
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
33
Blessed-event item : CIGAR
34
Mont. tribesman : BLACKFOOT
35
Forbidden : TABU
36
Colo. tribesmen : UTES
38
Wired : CABLED
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Idol : HERO
43
Bar : BAN
45
Eureka! : AHA
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Aromatic ointment : BALSAM
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___ donor : ORGAN
48
Author of "The Mysterious Island" : VERNE
49
Charles ___ Hughes : EVANS
50
Magic signs : RUNES
54
Govt. agents : TMEN
56
Stratagem : RUSE
57
Timberland tools : AXES
59
Sort of resort : SPA
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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A tax shelter, for short : IRA

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