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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Saturday, December 17, 1988

57-Down : Long Russian river

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 13.7
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,284
Across
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Ear-related : OTIC
5
Tatting loops : PICOTS
11
Hosp. printout : ECG
14
Home of the Baylor Bears : WACO
15
Where the Gallery of Apollo is : LOUVRE
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Jamie ___ Curtis of cinema : LEE
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Fan-shaped sponge : ELEPHANTEAR
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Low stat for Frank Viola : ERA
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More wrinkled : CREASIER
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Kind of trail : VAPOR
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Mlle., in Madrid : SRTA
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Chest: Comb. form : STETH
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Stamp on some pkgs. : PPD
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Auxiliary smoker on a steamship : DONKEYSTACK
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Search for truffles : ROOT
35
___ Strait, N Canadian channel : RAE
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Pigment from blue grapes : ENIN
37
"Yes ___?" (ultimatum words) : ORNO
38
Garner : AMASS
40
Allies' prize: July 1944 : STLO
41
Oil city on the Caspian : BAKU
42
Pollster Harris : LOU
43
Place for a parlor-game pin : TAIL
44
Large-caliber weapon : ELEPHANTGUN
49
Bando or Maglie : SAL
50
Barm : YEAST
51
Chemical endings : YNES
53
Outshine : EXCEL
55
No. 40 on the A.K.C. list : AIREDALE
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Madre's sister : TIA
60
Portable engines' foundation frames : DONKEYSLEDS
63
Kind of base or brake : AIR
64
May or Stritch : ELAINE
65
Med.-school subject : ANAT
66
Sauced up : LIT
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Pulled apart : RENDED
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Don Pedro and Yellowtail : DAMS
Down
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Have a marker out : OWE
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Steatite : TALC
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Wedding-cake artisan : ICER
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Scrapes by : COPES
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Formation: Comb. form : PLASTO
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Heraclitus was one : IONIAN
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Wily : CUTE
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Opposite of stateside : OVERSEAS
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La-la preceder : TRA
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Fills the bill : SERVES
11
Violent East Indian storms : ELEPHANTAS
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Kingfish : CERO
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Reverse, e.g. : GEAR
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___ as nails : HARD
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Perform a court duty : ATTEST
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Nautical chains : TYES
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Exploratory device : PROBE
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Of tiny openings in the skin : PORAL
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Two-wheeled conveyance : DONKEYCART
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Reuben-sandwich ingredient : KRAUT
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Eyelashes : CILIA
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Hillock : KNOLL
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Cosell topper : TOUPEE
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"___ the day!": Desdemona : ALAS
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Brent Musberger, for one : MONTANAN
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A German W.W. II chief of staff : HALDER
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Marine, to Marines : GYRENE
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Not seen : UNEYED
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Beatty and Sparks : NEDS
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Caesar, e.g. : SALAD
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Kin of etc. : ETAL
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Cicero's unlucky number : XIII
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"___ You Not," Paar book : IKID
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Long Russian river : LENA
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Cheese with a red jacket : EDAM
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Chic's Broadway partner : OLE
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Ave. crossers : STS

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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