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Frances Hansen
Frances Hansen

New York Times, Friday, December 16, 1988

Author:
Frances Hansen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.2
Frances Hansen has 81 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 40 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,283
Across
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Word of woe : ALAS
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Local Communist group : CELL
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Lascivious eyer : OGLER
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It equals one joule per second : WATT
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Hunt's Ben Adhem : ABOU
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Composed : WROTE
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Pound or Stone : EZRA
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Vinegary : SOUR
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The man without a country : NOLAN
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Leaving no will behind? (malapropism) : DYINGINTERSTATE
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Gainsay : DENY
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Not at home : OUT
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Barrio resident : LATINO
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Kitchen garbage dump : DISPOSAL
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Of a race: Comb. form : ETHNO
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Poilu's weapon : ARME
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Dernier ___ : CRI
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Choir offering? (malapropism) : GREGARIOUSCHANT
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Forever, poetically : EER
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Andy's partner : AMOS
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Eagle's penthouse suite : AERIE
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Jogged the memory : REMINDED
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London dry-goods dealer : DRAPER
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"Why ___ Love You?" : DOI
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Garden starter : SEED
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Chutzpah? (malapropism) : UNMEDICATEDGALL
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This may be tossed : SALAD
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Tel ___ : AVIV
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Writer Wiesel : ELIE
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Malice : SPITE
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Embassy spy : MOLE
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Carpenter's tool : ADZE
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Gave a glowing review : RAVED
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Washstand adjunct : EWER
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Bellow : ROAR
Down
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Wonderstruck : AWED
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Like a certain Susan : LAZY
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Abruzzi bell town : ATRI
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Upright : STANDING
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Monte Carlo attraction : CASINO
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Lustrous black : EBONY
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Lummox : LOUT
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Fishhook bait : LURE
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Comes clean : OWNSUP
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Capri has a blue one : GROTTO
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She gets what she wants : LOLA
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State, in Tours : ETAT
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Descartes : RENE
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Birthplace of Columbus : GENOA
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Frank Gilroy's subject : ROSES
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French painter Fernand ___ : LEGER
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Up ___ (cornered) : ATREE
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Unit of heat : THERM
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Dickens's dramatized Edwin : DROOD
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Hawaiian baking pits : IMUS
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Steep slope : SCARP
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Palmer, to his "army" : ARNIE
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Metric quart : LITER
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"Darling, Je Vous ___ Beaucoup" : AIME
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Spokes : RADII
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Gave a hoot : CARED
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Tiaras, crowns and halos : HEADGEAR
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Form a thought : IDEATE
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Indicated assent : NODDED
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Kipling's ill-fated Danny : DEEVER
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Meadow crossing : STILE
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U.N. member : USSR
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Calif. wine valley : NAPA
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Year in Macbeth's reign : MLIV
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Arrived : CAME
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Swear solemnly : AVOW
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Ray of "God's Little Acre" : ALDO
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Actress-singer Minnelli : LIZA
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Salacious look : LEER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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