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Vaughn Keith
Vaughn Keith

New York Times, Saturday, December 3, 1988

26-Down : Pakistani dollar

Author:
Vaughn Keith
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 91, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 7 (2 triple stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Vaughn Keith has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,270
Across
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Churchmen : ECCLESIASTICALS
16
Marie ___ (Ouida) : LOUISEDELARAMEE
17
Surpluses : OVERPRODUCTIONS
18
Westphalian river : EDER
19
Opposite of pos. : NEG
20
Feel another's absence : MISS
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Adherents : ISTS
23
"A daimen-icker in a thrave/'S a ___ request": Burns : SMA
25
Make : CREATE
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Bluto's bane : SPINACH
33
"Au clair de la ___ ... " : LUNE
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Soup ingredient : LENTIL
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"___ walks in beauty ... ": Byron : SHE
38
Senecan political satire : APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
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Poivre's partner : SEL
42
Poe's "rare and radiant maiden" : LENORE
43
What a toper does to his whistle : WETS
44
Soccer shots : HEADERS
46
Bloodsucking fly : TSETSE
48
Headland : RAS
49
HQ of Siberian Cossacks, once : OMSK
51
Sate : CLOY
54
Swedish name for Turku : ABO
55
Philosophies : ISMS
59
An Emmy winner for "Love Among the Ruins": 1975 : LAURENCEOLIVIER
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R.F.K. was one : ATTORNEYGENERAL
65
Flares at sea : DISTRESSSIGNALS
Down
1
Popular rock group, for short : ELO
2
Harbor : COVE
3
Prompted an actor : CUED
4
Neapolitan money : LIRE
5
___ de corps : ESPRIT
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Indian weight : SER
7
"___ Care," 1905 song : IDONT
8
Roman house or mosquito genus : AEDES
9
Nudibranch : SLUG
10
One-third of a simple game : TAC
11
Subway in N.Y.C. : IRT
12
Amazon crocodilian : CAIMAN
13
Frenchman's "Help!" : AMOI
14
Telescope part : LENS
15
Mtg. : SESS
22
Clouseau portrayer : SELLERS
23
Compact pianos : SPINETS
24
___ Pappas, former pitcher : MILT
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The ___, British punk group : CLASH
26
Pakistani dollar : RUPEE
27
___ Gay : ENOLA
28
Former nuclear agcy. : AEC
29
Ukrainian river : STYR
30
Opposite of liability : ASSET
31
Vouchers : CHITS
32
Nobelist in Literature: 1946 : HESSE
35
Long periods of time : EONS
36
Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
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Olive, to Ovid : OLEA
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Part of i.o.u. : OWE
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Plant disease : DRYROT
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Hiemal recreation : SKIING
49
Heeds : OBEYS
50
Certain synthesizers : MOOGS
51
Dressed : CLAD
52
Former Latvian dollars : LATI
53
Six events in an inning : OUTS
54
Richthofen and Rickenbacker : ACES
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Explorer Hedin : SVEN
57
Remarkable variable star : MIRA
58
Leopard or harp follower : SEAL
60
Goof : ERR
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Compass pt. : NNE
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Kauai gift : LEI
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Literary monogram : RLS

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

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