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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Monday, December 18, 1978

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 26.0
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,632
Across
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W.W. I French two-seater plane : SPAD
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Word with stick or dash : SLAP
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Landing site in '44 : STLO
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"Toilers of the Sea" novelist : HUGO
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Peels : PARES
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Mind : HEED
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Neutral color : ECRU
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Clumsy : INEPT
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Sarah ___ Jewett : ORNE
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Albatross et al. : SEABIRDS
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Olfactible items : AROMAS
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Clark's newspaper associate : LOIS
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___ Act of 1715 : RIOT
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Concur : ASSENT
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Persist : CONTINUE
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Farmland sights : SILOS
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Firefighting equipment : HOSE
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Dozes : NAPS
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Duke, e.g. : PEER
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Kind of transit : RAPID
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Essence : GIST
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Word followed by handed : EVEN
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Part of South Yemen : ADEN
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Be in accord : AGREE
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Court employee : REPORTER
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Foundation gifts : GRANTS
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Ragged : TORN
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Celt : GAEL
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___ Western in "Tom Jones" : SOPHIA
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Principle of royal supremacy : REGALISM
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Part of Basque game name : ALAI
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Kind of peach : CLING
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Sommer : ELKE
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Bonn version of nyet : NEIN
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Atelier piece : EASEL
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Bakery sales : RYES
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Vietnamese coin : DONG
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Deal out : METE
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Tropical ailment : YAWS
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Females : SHES
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Eureka red : PUCE
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Taj Mahal site : AGRA
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Bettor's finale : DOUBLEORNOTHING
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Angel or demon : SPIRIT
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Catches : LANDS
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Son of Zeus and Hera : ARES
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Willie ___, 1942–48 featherweight champ : PEP
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Target range : SHOOTINGGALLERY
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Kind of loan or paper : TERM
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Horne : LENA
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Keats metier : ODES
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Maculate : STAINED
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Electrified particles : IONS
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Expression of contempt : ROT
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Heifetz's need : ROSIN
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Ottoman Empire coin : ASPER
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Strainer : SIEVE
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Land of Nod : SLEEP
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Machine for notching girders : COPER
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County in Scotland : NAIRN
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Unexpected defeat : UPSET
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Kefauver : ESTES
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Rams QB : HADEN
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Hectic routine : RATRACE
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Region : AREA
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Louis XV, e.g. : ROI
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Flock of geese : GAGGLE
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French writer of nightmarish plays : GENET
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Kind of box or bar : SAND
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Grocery-list item : OLEO
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"Sweet is pleasure after ___": Dryden : PAIN
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What bread dough should do : RISE
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Novelist Ehrenburg : ILYA
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Turn aside : SKEW
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Botch : MESS
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On the ___ (in flight) : LAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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