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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Friday, December 23, 1988

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 63.8
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,290
Across
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More's the pity! : ALAS
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Praline component : PECAN
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___ morgana : FATA
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Bombay bigwig : RANA
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Bouquet : AROMA
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Monumental : EPIC
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Almost simultaneously : INTHESAMEBREATH
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Circle measure : DIAMETER
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Magistrate in ancient Rome : EDILE
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Lawyer's thing : RES
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Laughed like a groupie : TITTERED
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First name of a Wharton man : ETHAN
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Palette color : OCHER
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Hellkites : FIENDS
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Needlefish : GAR
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Bedstaff : SLAT
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La's lead-in : TRA
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He arouses a woman's fury : SCORNER
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O'Neill monogram : EGO
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Egyptian king : SETI
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Egg: Comb. form : OVI
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Ending with nor' or sou' : WESTER
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___ throat : STREP
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Actress Spacek : SISSY
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Coal miners : COLLIERS
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___ Paul Kruger, Transvaal leader : OOM
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Zones : AREAS
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" ... lay like ___ taking his rest": Wolfe : AWARRIOR
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How a cookie crumbles, with "the" : WAYTHEWINDBLOWS
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Novel or sermon ending : ETTE
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Clean or spotless, in Caen : NETTE
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___ Seton, "My Theodosia" author : ANYA
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Woodland creature : DEER
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One of the 12 tribes of Israel : ASHER
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Grating sound : RASP
Down
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Nickname of a famous Greek : ARI
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Catch a carp : LAND
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Oppositionist : ANTI
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Resembling part of Africa : SAHARAN
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Bullfighters' maneuvers : PASES
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Tackle a problem : COMETOGRIPSWITH
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"An ___ Tragedy": Dreiser : AMERICAN
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Collar : NAB
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Tributaries : FEEDERS
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Hardy's "___ of Blue Eyes" : APAIR
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Kind of page or role : TITLE
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Felt pity for : ACHED
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Corrects a text : EMENDS
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Network in one's body : RETE
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___ over (forsook) : THREW
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Newts : EFTS
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Item kicked by some motorists : TIRE
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The cops, to hoods : HEAT
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Orchestrate : SCORE
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TV's "___ Make a Deal" : LETS
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Mellows : AGES
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Loyalist of '76 : TORY
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Intimidates, in a way : OVERAWES
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Soak in again : RESORB
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"It ___ than you think" : ISLATER
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Resembling : SIMILAR
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Rinehart book : TISH
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Aped a crow : CAWED
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Take the podium : ORATE
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Philippine invasion point: 1944 : LEYTE
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Judge's demand : ORDER
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Stud stake : ANTE
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O'Neill's daughter : OONA
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B.&O., C.&O., etc. : RWYS
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Alfonso XIII's queen : ENA
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Blockhead : SAP

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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