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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Thursday, December 23, 1982

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { G J Q }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.0
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,098
Across
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Kind of coffee : IRISH
6
With 15 Across, Eliot hero : ADAM
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Henri's head : TETE
14
Loud musical passage : FORTE
15
See 6 Across : BEDE
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Herbie Bookbinder's creator : WOUK
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Baker's motto? : FLOURPOWER
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Being, in Barcelona : ENTE
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Eastern coin : YEN
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Flock of quail : BEVY
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Macaque : RHESUS
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Diminutive ending : ETTE
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Wild disturbance : RIOT
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What Justice holds : SCALES
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Abel was one : SHEPHERD
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Dance for card players? : POLKA
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Platform : DAIS
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Flightless bird : EMEU
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Latin pronoun : ILLE
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Basie : COUNT
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Part of U.S.A. : AMER
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N. H. county : COOS
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Aware : ONTO
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Alla ___ : BREVE
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Insect feelers : ANTENNAE
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Plate figure : BATTER
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"Why don't we?" : LETS
46
Enthusiasts : FANS
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Small sofa : SETTEE
50
Something to pass : TEST
51
Vast expanse : SEA
54
Cross, in Córdoba : CRUZ
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Clever like Redd? : SLYASAFOXX
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Last of the Stuarts : ANNE
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Military "good night" : TAPS
60
Cheryl Tiegs, e.g. : MODEL
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Poetic negative : NEER
62
Printing term : STET
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Buzz Aldrin's field : SPACE
Down
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Uncertain : IFFY
2
Dirty Harry, to Eastwood : ROLE
3
Kind of mask or curtain : IRON
4
Actor Gilliam : STU
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Health-store purchase : HERBTEA
6
Overhead : ABOVE
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Like morning grass : DEWY
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Humorist famous for juicy stories? : ADE
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Most joyful : MERRIEST
10
Lovebirds? : TWEETHEARTS
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Years and years and years : EONS
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Garment for Pavlova : TUTU
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___ out (supplements) : EKES
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"No ___ allowed" : PETS
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Fifties social event : HOP
24
Sommer's reliever? : ELKESELTZER
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Horned beast, for short : RHINO
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Star in Virgo : SPICA
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Aspinwall, today : COLON
28
Portion out : ALLOT
29
Fry quickly : SAUTE
30
Certain hill dweller : EMMET
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Female sandpiper : REEVE
32
German engraver : DURER
34
León ladies : DONAS
37
Asks for a recount : CONTESTS
41
Small aggressors : BANTAMS
43
Born : NEE
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Kind of clef : BASS
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Pleasure for Lucullus : FEAST
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Look over : SCAN
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Sea flier : ERNE
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Adjust an upright : TUNE
50
Classification : TYPE
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Parlor treat : SODA
52
Corp. figure : EXEC
53
Wheel shaft : AXLE
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Atlas abbr. : LAT
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Dandy : FOP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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