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Hallie Parsons
Hallie Parsons
Gerald Parsons
Gerald Parsons

New York Times, Thursday, December 27, 1979

Author:
Hallie & Gerald Parsons
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 47, Avg Word Len: 4.94, Missing: { B F J M Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 245 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 29.5 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 11,006
Across
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Vivacious or audacious : PERT
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Technique practiced by trouters : CAST
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Lucian's forte : SATIRE
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Uses a blender : PUREES
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Stop sign : OCTAGON
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Cuban province : ORIENTE
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Average : PAR
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Changed : ALTERED
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"___ when!" : SAY
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Goddess of discord : ERIS
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People who sound inviting : LETTS
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Locus : SITE
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Parts of violins : NECKS
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Tourist's concern: Abbr. : RTE
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Whimpered : PULED
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Proficiency : SKILL
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Wrathful : ANGERED
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John Ciardi is one : POET
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Letter opener : DEAR
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Harmony : RAPPORT
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Lock : TRESS
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Embankment : LEVEE
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Type of jet engine : ION
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Gate part : LATCH
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Declare : AVER
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Small shoot : SPRIG
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Trouter's artificial fly : LURE
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Member of Cong. : SEN
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"The ___," by Sholem Asch : APOSTLE
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Word with pot or party : TEA
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Bickered : HAGGLED
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Did pirouettes : ROTATED
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Fall fallers : LEAVES
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Merited : EARNED
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Surveyor's nail : SPAD
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Kind of drop or gas : TEAR
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Saint whose original name was Sucat : PATRICK
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Between zeta and theta : ETA
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Russian-dominated gulf : RIGA
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One way to fish : TROLL
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Tans, in a way : CURES
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Nonproductive : ARID
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Call, in poker : SEE
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Stretchable : TENSILE
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Causes jitters : SCARES
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Enlist : ENTER
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Bode : PORTEND
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Said : STATED
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Kind of door or house : OPEN
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Gave the once-over : EYED
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Singer James : ETTA
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Ship's master : SKIPPER
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Bizarre, as a work of art : SURREAL
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Incline : SLOPE
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Bailey or White : PEARL
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Zodiac sign : LEO
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Obtain : GET
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Three-legged supports : TRIPODS
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Bare : REVEAL
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Evens the score : AVENGES
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Rocky pinnacles : TORS
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Speech impediment : STUTTER
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Diatribe : SCREED
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Back or whip follower : LASH
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British import : NITRE
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Where your occiput is : HEAD
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Jehu's delight : SPEED
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Survey with self-satisfaction : GLOAT
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Edison's middle name : ALVA
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Parisian's basic verb : ETRE
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Hiatus : GAP
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Anthology : ANA

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