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Margaret W. Huskey
Margaret W. Huskey

New York Times, Thursday, February 20, 1992

Author:
Margaret W. Huskey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 32.9
Margaret W. Huskey has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,444
Across
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Mary's follower : LAMB
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Eternity, in Hebrew : OLAM
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Brain wave : IDEA
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Conversation filler : ISEE
14
Soapstone : TALC
15
Radiates : EMITS
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Channel off Sumatra : STRAITOFMALACCA
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Fencing position : TIERCE
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Declares sans proof : ALLEGES
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Of flight : AERO
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Baxter role : EVE
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Pigeons or horses : BARBS
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Weapon at sea: Abbr. : UAM
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One of David's song leaders : ASAPH
34
Sea east of the Caspian : ARAL
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Sale sign : ATCOST
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Venus, e.g. : DEA
38
Underwater-torpedo inventor : ROBERTWHITEHEAD
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Conductor ___-Pekka Salonen : ESA
42
Peregrines : ALIENS
43
Life of Riley : EASE
44
Restrain : DETER
46
Monogram of Prufrock's creator : TSE
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City in Provence : ARLES
48
Sea, to Sartre : MER
50
Pundit : SAGE
52
Thieves' foiler : ALIBABA
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Calm : SEDATE
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Poem recited by Frost at J.F.K.'s inauguration : THEGIFTOUTRIGHT
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Valentine symbol : HEART
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Ruin : UNDO
64
Sir, in Malaysia : TUAN
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"Jane ___" : EYRE
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Prophet : SEER
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Calif. Indian tribe : YANA
Down
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Tilt : LIST
2
___ spumante : ASTI
3
Pure and simple : MERE
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Like minor woes : BEARABLE
5
Aquatic mammal : OTTER
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Vientiane citizen : LAO
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N African grass : ALFA
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Caesar's 1950 : MCML
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Effigies : IMAGES
10
Casino cubes : DICE
11
Catchall abbrs. : ETCS
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Botanist Gray : ASA
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Hoist : ELEVATE
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Sherbet's cousins : ICES
18
Ginger ___ : ALE
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Defeat a schemer : OUTWIT
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Uncovered : BARED
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Went up : AROSE
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Capital of Morocco : RABAT
28
Flu symptoms : ACHES
29
Des ___, Iowa : MOINES
31
"Let's Make ___" : ADEAL
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"___ porridge hot ... " : PEASE
33
Pluto : HADES
35
It's east of N.A. : ATL
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Nov. 1 group : STS
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Cheese dish : RAREBIT
40
Mendel subject : HEREDITY
45
Refugee : EMIGRE
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Ripening agent : AGER
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U.K. air arm : RAF
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Philanthropist Brooke ___ : ASTOR
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Attention-getting cry : AHEY
53
Limerick writer : LEAR
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Heat quantities: Abbr. : BTUS
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Top-notch : AONE
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Water, in Spain : AGUA
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Holier ___ thou : THAN
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Lab heating device : ETNA
60
Common article : THE
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Ulan ___, Russian city : UDE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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