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Eileen Lexau
Eileen Lexau

New York Times, Friday, December 7, 1990

14-Down : Source of firm information

Author:
Eileen Lexau
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 30.7
Eileen Lexau has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,004
Across
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Certain Wednesday : ASH
4
Puppeteer Tony : SARG
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Mystery writer's award : EDGAR
13
Siegmund-Sieglinde number : DUET
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Shawm's descendant : OBOE
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Jeweler's glass : LOUPE
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Very large fish : OPAH
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Old cars : REOS
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Shoelace end : AGLET
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Sergeant's command : ORDERARMS
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Diacritical mark : TILDE
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Bacon order : RASHER
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Subway fare : TOKEN
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"And ___ grow on" : ONETO
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Cunning : ARTFUL
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To the left, at sea : APORT
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"This ___ Affair," Stanwyck-Taylor film : ISMY
37
Take on : HIRE
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Acuff and Rogers : ROYS
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Flycatcher : PEWEE
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Actress Lanchester : ELSA
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"Protectress" painter : KLEE
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Land of "Kathleen Mavourneen" : ERIN
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Defame : SMEAR
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Druid stone : SARSEN
46
Region in Egypt and Sudan : NUBIA
48
Gog's partner : MAGOG
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Sonata sections : RONDOS
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Eva or Magda : GABOR
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Disburser's activity : PAYINGOUT
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Roughly : ABOUT
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Coll. course : ECON
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Russian-born French designer : ERTE
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Angry : WROTH
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British cop's informant : NARK
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Sally of space fame : RIDE
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Full of gossip : DISHY
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Wall St. items : STKS
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Heart : COR
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" ... of a stone, a leaf, ___": Wolfe : ADOOR
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Above, to an editor : SUPRA
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Tails' companion : HEADS
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"And what is ___ as ... " : SORARE
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But, in Berlin : ABER
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Minimal space, to Mrs. Crupp : ROOMTOSWINGACAT
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Plaster of paris : GESSO
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Good-news beetle? : ELATER
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Aesop's selfish withholder : DOGINTHEMANGER
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Dupe : GULL
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Emulated David Frye : APED
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Plexus : RETE
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Source of firm information : THEHORSESMOUTH
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Let : RENT
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Bandleader Sammy : KAYE
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Shea section : TIER
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Do a clerical job : FILE
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She-bear, to Seneca : URSA
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He brought Bunker to TV : LEAR
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Refuges : ARKS
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Theda contemporary : POLA
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Hearing in court : OYER
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Computer list : MENU
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___ Dehuai of China : PENG
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London college since 1623 : SION
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Practical : EARTHY
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Edges : BRINKS
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Begins the bidding : OPENS
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Ancient architectural style : DORIC
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Surpass : OUTDO
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Mosshorn : STEER
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Soho expletive : GAWD
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Refuge, in Rouen : ABRI
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Sounds of disapproval : BOOS
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England's House of ___ : YORK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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