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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, December 17, 1979

18-Across : Weill's "___ Opera"

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.8
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,996
Across
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Unproductive : ARID
5
Fleshy fruit : PAPAW
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Spoken : ORAL
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Borge, for one : DANE
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Poignant : ACUTE
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Return ship for Columbus: 1492–93 : NINA
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Book of the Bible : AMOS
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Weill's "___ Opera" : THREEPENNY
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Shark or hellbender : MANEATER
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Equivocates : DODGES
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Went astray : ERRED
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Belt : SLUG
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Disturb : PESTER
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Malicious : SPITEFUL
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Intertwines : LACES
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Hard woods : TEAKS
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___ and all : ONE
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Assyrian god of war : ASUR
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Vestige : TRACE
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Cougar : PUMA
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The "Hindy" was one : ZEP
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Mountain ridge : ARETE
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Ecological stages : SERES
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Losers : ALSORANS
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Leprechaun : SPRITE
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Foxx : REDD
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Destroyed : SLAIN
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Brackish : SALINE
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Stiffened : STARCHED
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Baseball player's double : TWOBASEHIT
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Stow : LADE
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Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!" : LEVI
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Papal vestment : ORALE
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Aims : ENDS
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Some works of Keats : ODES
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Accused : NAMED
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Pierre is its cap. : SDAK
Down
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Actor West : ADAM
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Siamese king : RAMA
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Three sheets to the wind : INONESCUPS
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Runaway : DESERTER
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Gabble : PATTER
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Felt sympathetic : ACHED
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Murmuring sound : PURR
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Corroded : ATE
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Adjective for rapid, rank growth : WEEDLIKE
10
Tense : ONEDGE
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Best man's concern : RING
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Boleyn : ANNE
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Sets down : LAYS
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Sulks : POUTS
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Greek god of war : ARES
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Flight reservation : SPACE
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Marketplace : PLAZA
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Artist's stand : EASEL
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Installs in office : SEATS
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Not yet solved or considered : UNMET
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Charter : LEASE
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Vogue : TREND
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Exploits : TRADESON
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Athenian statesman : PERICLES
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Field of conflict : ARENA
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Bandy words : SPAR
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African antelopes : ORIBIS
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Scheduled : SLATED
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Steps over a fence : STILE
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French city : STLO
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Inspired with reverential fear : AWED
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Nothing, to Nastase : LOVE
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Make-believe : SHAM
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Icelandic literature : EDDA
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Secretary : DESK
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___ of Good Feeling : ERA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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