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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, February 28, 1991

47-Across : Ire, colloquially

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { G J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 28.3
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,087
Across
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Companion of rave : RANT
5
He wrote "My People" : EBAN
9
One of the Hoggs : IMA
12
Don Ho's hello : ALOHA
14
Tired, in León : LASO
15
Of an age : ERAL
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Sea or way follower : FARER
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Ratite birds : EMUS
18
Core of an egg : YOLK
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Situation about to cause disaster : TIMEBOMB
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A Jackson : TWENTY
23
Water wheel : NORIA
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Pierce-Arrow contemporary : REO
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Hindu incantation : MANTRA
28
Trolley payment : CARFARE
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Rob't ___ of the C.S.A. : ELEE
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___ contendere : NOLO
36
Memorable Merman : ETHEL
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Fibber : LIAR
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Lopez of songdom : TRINI
40
Take notice : HEED
41
Bound is bound to this : EARTH
43
Solar disk : ATEN
44
House overhang : EAVE
45
Endeavored : ESSAYED
47
Ire, colloquially : DANDER
49
Actress Lupino : IDA
50
Bread unit : SLICE
52
Genetic duplicates : CLONES
55
"___ is, is right": Pope : WHATEVER
59
Deck out : ROBE
60
Brainchild : IDEA
62
City in NE Italy : UDINE
63
State as a fact : AVER
64
Former spouses : EXES
65
Spy of a sort : PLANT
66
Turkish title of respect : BEY
67
Moreno or Coolidge : RITA
68
Gr. resistance force : ELAS
Down
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Finn's conveyance : RAFT
2
U.S.S.R. range : ALAI
3
Brew fancier in "Cheers" : NORM
4
Olivier film: 1960 : THEENTERTAINER
5
Oleoresin : ELEMI
6
"La ___," Valens hit : BAMBA
7
Inst. at Tempe : ASU
8
Cosa ___ : NOSTRA
9
Something to pump : IRON
10
Grain for Vassar : MALT
11
Tosspot : ALKY
13
Pergola : ARBOR
15
A Ken Follett best seller : EYEOFTHENEEDLE
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Praying female figure : ORANT
22
Existed : WERE
25
Brouhaha : MELEE
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A k a : ALIAS
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Comes closer : NEARS
28
Dunce cap : CONE
29
In the lead : AHEAD
30
Superman portrayer : REEVE
31
Pliny the ___ : ELDER
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Toward the mouth : ORAD
35
Kindled : LIT
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Forster's "A Passage to___" : INDIA
42
Jekyll's alter ego : HYDE
46
Less difficult : EASIER
48
Become troublesome : ACTUP
50
Like success's smell : SWEET
51
Sacred city of Lamaism : LHASA
52
Shore-dinner item : CRAB
53
World mover : LOVE
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Follow orders : OBEY
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Perfume container : VIAL
57
Sicilian city : ENNA
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Steeps, as flax : RETS
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Half of MXXIl : DXI

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2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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