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Brenda Pomerance
Brenda Pomerance

New York Times, Tuesday, December 3, 1991

31-Across : Burn ___ in one's pocket

Author:
Brenda Pomerance
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 32.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Brenda Pomerance has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,365
Across
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Fire; can : SACK
5
Let fall : DROP
9
Type of test : FINAL
14
Chills and fever : AGUE
15
Architect Saarinen : EERO
16
Licorice flavoring : ANISE
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Chest bone : RIB
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Clothing : DUDS
22
Indian and Pacific : OCEANS
23
Indefinite person : ANYBODY
25
Fat : SUET
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Roll-call response : HERE
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Fascinated : RAPT
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B.S. or Ph.D. : DEG
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Burn ___ in one's pocket : AHOLE
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Sedan : AUTO
34
Mexican moola : PESO
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Heed : OBEY
39
Homophone for scene : SEEN
40
Felicitous : HAPPY
41
Ring victories : KOS
42
Compete in the ring : SPAR
43
Yearn : PINE
44
Pokey : STIR
45
Sounds from firearms : REPORTS
48
Charm : ENAMOR
51
Turns right : GEES
52
Triumphant cry : AHA
53
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Good for something : UTILE
57
Rural area : DALE
58
Prince Charles's game : POLO
59
Did a shoemaker's job : SOLED
60
Eye sore : STYE
61
Under sail : ASEA
Down
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Israeli native : SABRA
2
One more time : AGAIN
3
Snug spots : CUBBYHOLES
4
Important : KEY
5
Bare : DENUDE
6
Singer Helen : REDDY
7
Planets : ORBS
8
Hawaiian dish : POI
9
Tap : FAUCET
10
Atlas feature : INSET
11
Asiatic palm : NIPA
12
"It's ___ to Tell a Lie" : ASIN
13
Certain diodes, for short : LEDS
18
Crèche figure : ADORER
19
It's often clipped : COUPON
24
Secure a rope, in climbing : BELAY
25
Fabric for fancy sheets : SATIN
27
More impolite : RUDER
28
Oater bad guys : DESPERADOS
29
Fringe benefit, at a co. : ESOP
30
Sanguinary : GORY
31
Bad way to run : AMOK
32
Bindlestiff : HOBO
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Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
34
Serkin played it : PIANO
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Have high objectives : ASPIRE
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Letters just before omega : CHIPSI
42
High : STONED
43
Little Leaguer : PEEWEE
44
What a dentist can prettify : SMILE
45
In a ruddy way : REDLY
46
Gunwale pin : THOLE
47
"Rain" setting : SAMOA
48
Former French coins : ECUS
49
Defense-treaty gp. : NATO
50
Indigo : ANIL
51
Midge : GNAT
54
Promo pieces : ADS
55
Watering hole : SPA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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