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Lois Hillis
Lois Hillis

New York Times, Saturday, February 2, 1963

34-Down : Lawful claim.

Author:
Lois Hillis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 37.8
Lois Hillis has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,943
Across
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Get away from it all. : ESCAPE
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Not competent. : UNABLE
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Extirpates. : EXCISES
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Kenya metropolis. : NAIROBI
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To the point. : APROPOS
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Watery. : DILUTED
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Fabricator. : COINER
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___ Blas. : GIL
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Salt meat. : CURE
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Center of activity. : HUB
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Lies at anchor. : RIDES
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___ Perpetua: Idaho's motto. : ESTO
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Athletic group: Abbr. : NBA
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Type of weapon. : AIRGUN
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Off the cuff. : ADLIB
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Herbivorous dinosaurs. : SAUROPODS
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Noblewoman. : PEERESS
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Having authority. : INPOWER
40
Certain soldiers. : ORDERLIES
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Laboratory items. : ETNAS
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Cheated: Slang. : GYPPED
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But: Lat. : SED
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Team of horses. : SPAN
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Come to the ___. : AIDOF
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Batter's concern. : RBI
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Big fuss. : TODO
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Catchall abbreviation. : ETC
56
Stops. : PAUSES
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Fashionable. : ALAMODE
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Military title. : MARSHAL
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Lazy one. : RELAXER
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Religious recluse. : EREMITE
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Rancheria dwellers. : SENORS
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Parts of some garments. : STRAPS
Down
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Elucidator. : EXPOUNDER
2
Made doodles. : SCRIBBLED
3
Shoot of a plant. : CION
4
Old Turkish coin. : ASPER
5
City on the Illinois river. : PEORIA
6
Double curve. : ESS
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Open; frank. : UNDISGUISED
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Tooth's partner. : NAIL
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Be indisposed. : AIL
10
Robert, king of Scotland. : BRUCE
11
African water lily. : LOTUS
12
President of Germany, 1919–25. : EBERT
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Apiece. : EACH
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Idea: Prefix. : IDEO
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City in Germany. : GERA
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Spendthrifts. : DISSIPATERS
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Yorkshire river. : AIRE
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Coffee server. : URN
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Opposite of "yep." : NOPE
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Highest peak in the Philippines. : APO
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Ice afloat. : BERG
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Lobsterman's gear. : POTS
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Lawful claim. : OWNERSHIP
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Sponges of a sort. : DEADBEATS
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Certain students: Abbr. : SRS
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Guileful. : SLY
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Imposing. : EPIC
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"Till death us ___." : DOPART
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Castor or Pollux. : STAR
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Vaulter's gear. : POLES
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Allan ___. : ADALE
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Dissenting one. : NOMAN
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Word used with sea and way. : FARER
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Cocos, for one. : ISLE
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River into the Fulda. : EDER
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West Point. : USMA
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Prefix in chemistry. : OXO
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French possessive. : MES

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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