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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Monday, February 20, 1978

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { B J K P Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 27.2
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,418
Across
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Plasterer's need : LATH
5
Cause to be one : UNIFY
10
This, to a señora : ESTA
14
Words of understanding : ISEE
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Bristlelike parts : SETAE
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Like ___ of bricks : ATON
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Volcano that erupted in 1169 : ETNA
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Willful : HEADSTRONG
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Kind of seat : SADDLE
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Apollo's mother : LETO
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Half a nautical reply : AYE
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Ares' Roman counterpart : MARS
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Dispatched : SENT
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Searching for food : FORAGING
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Got married again : REWED
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Bauxite and stibnite : ORES
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Not messy : NEAT
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Friend of the cause : DONOR
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Christian calendar period : LENT
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Jokester's question : GETIT
43
In good shape : HALE
44
Appointments : DATES
46
Change the décor : REDO
47
Behold, to Pilate : ECCE
48
Layer of skin : DERMA
50
Like a saw : SERRATED
52
On stage by herself : SOLA
54
First name of a memorable slave : DRED
55
Candlenut tree : AMA
58
Strews for drying : TEDS
60
Published : ISSUED
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Numbskull : DUNDERHEAD
67
MacDonald's "The Egg ___" : ANDI
68
Cousin of in re : ASTO
69
Wreck completely, as a car : TOTAL
70
Actress Diana : RIGG
71
Run into : MEET
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Alarming : SCARY
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Opposite of hivers : ETES
Down
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Golfers' concerns : LIES
2
Nick Charles's dog : ASTA
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Take care of : TEND
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V.I.P.'s at prep schools : HEADMASTERS
5
Groomsmen's job : USHERING
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Mary Lincoln, ___ Todd : NEE
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Boot peninsula: Abbr. : ITAL
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Covers a dice bet : FADES
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Word with year or day : YESTER
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Head part : EAR
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Covered walk : STOA
12
Martin or Orlando : TONY
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Supernatural being: Fr. : ANGE
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___ down (quieted) : TONED
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Barrel stave : LAG
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Scornful expression : SNEER
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"___ better than one" : TWOHEADSARE
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Shepherd's concern : FOLD
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Nymph of the hills : OREAD
30
French income : RENTE
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Access points : GATES
33
Pass a bill : ENACT
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"___ far niente" : DOLCE
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___ over (aided in distress) : TIDED
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Bamboolike grass : REED
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With intense heat : TORRIDLY
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Dealt a heavy blow : SMOTE
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Puts on the qui vive : ALERTS
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___ adjudicata : RES
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Kind of committee : ADHOC
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Early fruit fancier : ADAM
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Be in a brown study : MUSE
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Stake : ANTE
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___ trap (lure) : SETA
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Kind of rule : UNIT
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Advantage : EDGE
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Site of an archeological search : DIGS
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Decimal point : DOT
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Rhine feeder : AAR

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

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