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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Wednesday, December 6, 1989

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 16.5
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,638
Across
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London's Marble ___ : ARCH
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Rosary item : BEAD
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West and Murray : MAES
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___ della Francesca, famed Italian artist : PIERO
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Gasoline company, once : ESSO
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Sicilian city : ENNA
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Ripley's "Believe It ___" : ORNOT
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Recipe direction : STIR
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"___ in the Stars," 1949 musical : LOST
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"Three cheers for the ___" : REDWHITEANDBLUE
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Mister, in Pamplona : SENOR
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Muslim decrees : IRADES
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Arab garment : ABA
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Sound from Sandy : ARF
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___ in the hole : ACE
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Did a film over : REMADE
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Light anew : REKINDLE
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Kind of soda or sandwich : CLUB
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" ... but ___ country, right or wrong": Decatur : OUR
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Heifetz's teacher : AUER
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Contest : STRUGGLE
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Overturns : UPSETS
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Actress Charlotte ___ : RAE
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Actress Le Gallienne : EVA
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It's often stubbed : TOE
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Cat the margay takes after : OCELOT
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Soprano Doria : ELENA
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French tricolor : BLUEWHITEANDRED
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Ireland, to a Gael : EIRE
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Another name for Esau : EDOM
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"Goodnight" girl : IRENE
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No way to run : AMOK
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"Ecce Homo" painter : RENI
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Red dye : EOSIN
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Dame Myra ___, pianist : HESS
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Lip, in slanguage : SASS
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Presented, as the news: Abbr. : RPTD
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Leeds's river : AIRE
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Splinter : REND
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Boasts : CROWS
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Short-tempered person : HOTHEAD
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Get the ___ (defeat) : BESTOF
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Liquor component : ESTER
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Where Laos is : ASIA
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Small stone, easily thrown : DORNICK
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Toast for Moore? : MELBA
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"I'm ___ Cowhand" : ANOLD
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Result : ENSUE
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Gluts : SATES
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___ favor (please): Sp. : POR
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Concerning : INRE
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Three, to Hans : DREI
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Circle sections : ARCS
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Pants support : BELT
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Grain-producing Soviet oblast : AMUR
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Atmosphere, in compounds : AER
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___ Dhabi, Mideastern land : ABU
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Be contrite : RUE
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Snout: Comb. form : NAS
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Operatic twosome : DUET
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Apollo's mother : LETO
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Celtic language : ERSE
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Fronton cheer : OLE
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Wax : GROW
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Collects : GATHERS
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Eye layer : UVEA
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Wicker basket : PANNIER
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Fragrant resins : ELEMIS
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Form of sorcery : OBEAH
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Prevailing condition, to Keats : CLIME
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Kangaroos : EUROS
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Onions' kin : LEEKS
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British schoolboys' stiff collars : ETONS
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___ in the bucket : ADROP
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Notion : IDEA
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Take a siesta : REST
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Author Bagnold : ENID
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Thieves' spot : DEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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