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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, December 26, 1985

68-Across : Pan capable of flying

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 24.7
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,197
Across
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Had the misery : ACHED
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Launching site : RAMP
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Ointment : BALM
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Western classic of 1953 : SHANE
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Exploiter : USER
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Space : AREA
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Sunup greeting : TOPOFTHEMORNING
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Painter, e.g. : APPLIER
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Develop a liking for : TAKETO
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Bulldogs' home : YALE
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Umpire in the Hall of Fame : KLEM
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Northern canals : SOO
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City near Jerusalem : LOD
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Of a classification of people : ETHNICAL
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Hussein, for one : ARAB
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Knock over a joint : HEIST
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" ... ___ in Kalamazoo" : AGAL
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"Hold the ___!" (diner call) : MAYO
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Portray : ACT
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Philippine Moslem : MORO
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Further : ALSO
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Nettled : IRKED
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Regal display : POMP
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Indulged in raillery : BANTERED
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Change color : DYE
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Inlet : RIA
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"Oz" star Bert : LAHR
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Kind of shark : LOAN
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Sainted Archbishop of Canterbury: 1093–1109 : ANSELM
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Sorties : SALLIES
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Key phrase : DAWNSEARLYLIGHT
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___ the finish : INAT
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Scat : SHOO
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Pigment for Joseph Turner : OCHRE
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Wine: Comb. form : OENO
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"Quién ___?" : SABE
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Pan capable of flying : PETER
Down
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Dog star : ASTA
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Karate blow : CHOP
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Start of a Streisand hit : HAPPYDAYS
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Famous B-29's first name : ENOLA
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Narrow passage : DEFILE
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German industrial region : RUHR
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Mrs. Gynt : ASE
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Lamed follower : MEM
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Guard : PROTECT
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Deposit : BANK
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Jefferson's sign : ARIES
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Slowly, to Ormandy : LENTO
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Mr. ___ of cartoons : MAGOO
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Wheel projections : TEETH
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An incarnation of Vishnu : RAMA
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Playing marble : KNICKER
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Founder of antiseptic surgery : LISTER
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Dalai ___ : LAMA
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Buccal : ORAL
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Vital center : HEARTH
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Light source : LAMP
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Goldberg's McNutt : BOOB
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"___, sweet ladies ... ": Ophelia : GOODNIGHT
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Coxey's ___ at D.C.: 1894 : ARMY
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Run easily : LOPE
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Like Junior's room : INAMESS
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Breakdown result : DELAY
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" ... ___ blue": Browning : ALLS
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Small amount : DOLLOP
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Marconi's interest : RADIO
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Vapid : INANE
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Nile dam : ASWAN
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Gobel's wife : ALICE
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Within: Comb. form : ENTO
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Prunelle flavoring : SLOE
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Honor, to Franz : EHRE
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Suffix with fib or road : STER
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Winner's cry : AHA
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Rifle : ROB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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