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Michael Dubin
Michael Dubin

New York Times, Thursday, February 20, 1964

18-Across : Asian river.

Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 22.8
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,317
Across
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Acted jointly. : COOPERATED
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Certain headgear. : WIGS
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Clearly presented. : ARTICULATE
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Notion: Fr. : IDEE
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Family name. : PATRONYMIC
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Asian river. : LENA
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American painter. : SLOAN
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Have distinction. : STANDOUT
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Egyptian. : COPT
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Sufficient: Poet. : ENOW
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Hereafter. : ANYMORE
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Vehicle drawn by three horses. : TROIKA
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Year in Clovis I's time. : DVI
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Ages. : YEARS
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Fable's ending. : MORAL
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Darlings. : PETS
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Where Innsbruck is. : TIROL
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Jeanne ___. : DARC
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Officer: Abbr. : TREAS
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Purposeful. : TELIC
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Part of D. V. : DEO
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Twine. : STRING
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Animal corral. : DEERPEN
51
Perjurer. : LIAR
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Contest between two foes. : DUEL
54
Character in "The Rivals." : MALAPROP
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Stop. : DEBAR
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Lined up. : AROW
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Harmonize. : COORDINATE
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River into the Colorado. : GILA
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Supplicates. : IMPORTUNES
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Carelessly. : IDLY
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Evaluation. : ASSESSMENT
Down
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Crests. : CAPS
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Spoken. : ORAL
3
Eight, in Italy. : OTTO
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Theft. : PIRACY
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Management of finances. : ECONOMY
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Conduct. : RUN
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Oriental name. : ALY
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Headgear. : TAMS
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Eaglestone. : ETITE
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Pour. : DECANT
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Forest. : WILDWOOD
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Idea: Prefix. : IDEO
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Knee: Lat. : GENU
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Ottoman. : SEAT
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Average. : NORM
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Dylan, for one. : POET
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Characteristic. : TRAIT
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Ward off. : AVERT
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Saltpeter. : NITER
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Made faux pas. : ERRED
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Turkish decree. : IRADE
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Danish girl's name. : KAREN
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Small dog of tropical America. : ALCO
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Affidavit makers: Abbr. : DPTS
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Did a shoe repair job. : SOLED
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Leave port. : SAILAWAY
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Stead. : LIEU
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Cut. : SNIP
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Recognitions by name on films, TV programs, etc. : CREDITS
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Cuban patriot of Spanish-American war. : GARCIA
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Full assembly. : PLENUM
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Home units. : ROOMS
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Wise men. : MAGI
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Sterile. : ARID
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Take it easy. : LOLL
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Light explosive sounds. : POPS
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Ruin: Poet. : BANE
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Solar disk. : ATEN
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Sleep. : REST
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Fish dish. : ROE
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Ph.D.'s : DRS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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