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Vaughn Keith
Vaughn Keith

New York Times, Saturday, December 20, 1986

Author:
Vaughn Keith
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 99, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 6 (2 triple stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 29.7
Vaughn Keith has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,556
Across
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Subdued; silenced : SETTLEDONESHASH
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Continental eponym : AMERIGOVESPUCCI
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Place for grease monkeys : GASOLINESTATION
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Unctuous : OILY
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Waldorf-Astoria decorator : SERT
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Bureau: Abbr. : DPT
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Vernacular : SLANG
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London suburb : EALING
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Craving : YEN
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Sluggishness : INERTIA
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School, as of whales : POD
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Pianists Anton and Artur : RUBINSTEINS
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Card game : FARO
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Legendary Western city : DODGE
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Hebdomad : WEEK
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Jingoes : CHAUVINISTS
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___ Plaines : DES
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Clandestinely : SUBROSA
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Total : SUM
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Abecedarian : SIMPLE
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Exodus mountain : SINAI
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Youth org. : BSA
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Top-notch : AONE
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Opposite of sud : NORD
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"Come On-a My House" girl : ROSEMARYCLOONEY
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Part of the body : ALIMENTARYCANAL
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Military foible : DEFENSELESSNESS
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Certain palms : SAGOS
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Blue-green color : EMAIL
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Kind of coil or current : TESLA
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Address on the Hudson : TROYNY
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Diamond ___ : LIL
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Protection : EGIS
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Receiver, in law : DONEE
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___ barrel (at a disadvantage) : OVERA
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Chicks : NESTLINGS
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Id ___ : EST
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Resort : SPA
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Quonset : HUT
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What red indicates in litmus tests : ACID
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Old English bard : SCOP
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Soupçon : HINT
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Bav.'s locale : GER
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Map parts : INSETS
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Malines : NET
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Accreted : GREW
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Adamites' practice : NUDISM
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At deuce : TIED
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Arrow poison : INEE
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Charges : ASKS
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Cpls. demoted one grade : PFCS
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Honolulu's isle : OAHU
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Monotonous : DRAB
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The Little Corporal : BONAPARTE
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Dec. 13, in Roma : IDI
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Cather's "One of ___" : OURS
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"___ che sapete," Mozart aria : VOI
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Swine genus : SUS
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Of an ancient Aegean culture : MINOAN
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Liege : LOYAL
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Contents of a stylo : ENCRE
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Narrator of a Chaucer tale : NONNE
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Surfaces : AREAS
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Pastoral poems : IDYLS
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Thin nail : BRAD
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Only : SOLE
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Book by poet Ciardi : ASIF
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Cities in Minn. and Nev. : ELYS
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Scottish uncle : EME
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Eliot's "The Hollow ___" : MEN
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Liège suburb : ANS
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Military-training inst. : OCS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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