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Massi
Massi

New York Times, Wednesday, December 23, 1981

Author:
Massi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 28.9
Massi has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,733
Across
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Semite : ARAB
5
Cabbage dish : SLAW
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"The Ballad of Reading ___": Wilde : GAOL
13
Site of the Palazzo Doria : GENOA
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Domesticate : TAME
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Ailment sometimes caused by a mosquito : AGUE
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___ fours : ONALL
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Wicked : EVIL
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Sheet of matted fiber : BATT
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Aerie occupant : GOLDENEAGLE
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Doc for pets : VET
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Seed covering : ARIL
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Expulsions : OUSTERS
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Village founded by Father Flanagan : BOYSTOWN
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Letter before omega : PSI
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Cornhuskers' home: Abbr. : UNEB
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Muddy : ROIL
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Provide with funds : ENDOW
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Magi's magical guide : STAR
40
Medicates : DOSES
42
Marquis de ___ : SADE
43
Israeli dances : HORAS
45
A wife of Jacob : LEAH
46
Rainer role : OLAN
47
Call for help : SOS
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Visionary : IDEALIST
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Perceived by sight, touch, etc. : SENSATE
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Sell : VEND
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Year in Nero's reign : LXI
57
Body-builder's routine : PUMPINGIRON
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Delineate : ETCH
64
Gallup ___ : POLL
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Defunct treaty org. : SEATO
66
God of love : EROS
67
Type face: Abbr. : ITAL
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Musical groups : TRIOS
69
This may make dates : PALM
70
Sandy tract in England : DENE
71
Reed of a loom : SLEY
Down
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Waiting for Santa : AGOG
2
Place where many elbows are sore : RENO
3
Thorough study: Abbr. : ANAL
4
Having chutzpah : BOLDASBRASS
5
Abrasive : STEELWOOL
6
Molten rock : LAVA
7
Mexican friend : AMIGO
8
Gush forth, as tears : WELLUP
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Rap : GAB
10
Desert plant : AGAVE
11
___ space : OUTER
12
Citizens of Ventspils : LETTS
14
On guard : ALERT
21
Norwegian wind god : NIORD
22
Being : ESSE
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Toy troops : TINSOLDIERS
27
Vice President : BUSH
28
Aware of : ONTO
29
Time span : YEAR
30
Japanese-Americans : NISEI
34
Mining city in Colorado : LEADVILLE
36
Artist who wrote "Hidden Faces" : DALI
37
Harem rooms : ODAS
38
Left : WENT
41
Gloss : SHEEN
44
Emulsifier : SOAP
48
Like Boob McNutt : STUPID
50
Feeling of dread : ANGST
51
What "Macbeth doth murder" : SLEEP
52
Special edition : EXTRA
53
Actor Williamson : NICOL
54
Chew up the set : EMOTE
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Marshall ___ : PLAN
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Support on a stairway : RAIL
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Pawnee's ally : OTOE
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Prying : NOSY
63
Initials applying to Elizabeth II : HSM

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

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