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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Tuesday, February 3, 1976

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.6
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,670
Across
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Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
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Loathed : HATED
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Get out! : SCAT
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Sounds of laughter : HAHA
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Obliterate : ERASE
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Matador's foe : TORO
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School subject: Abbr. : ECON
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Does a fall chore : RAKES
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Arabian title : EMIR
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Gas used in W. W. I : PHOSGENE
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Collect : GLEAN
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Ring decisions : TKOS
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Dialects : IDIOMS
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Pay the cost : DEFRAY
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Sight at J.F.K. : TAKEOFF
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Biting : ACRID
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Kind of girl : COVER
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Final: Abbr. : ULT
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Debatable : MOOT
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Long-winded ones : BORES
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___ gin : SLOE
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Shade tree : ELM
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Seed coatings : ARILS
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"___ Shrugged" : ATLAS
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Shelving for ornaments : ETAGERE
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Builds : ERECTS
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" ... he ___ different drummer" : HEARSA
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Town near Milan : LODI
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Belly-bumpers : SLEDS
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"A ___ the Bridge" : VIEWFROM
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Utah city : LEHI
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Friendship 7 passenger : GLENN
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Official records : ACTA
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Blue dye : ANIL
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Shearer : MOIRA
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Use a letter-opener : SLIT
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Stare : GAPE
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Fills up : SATES
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Road ___ : TEST
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Name of a herd dog : SHEP
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Apiece : EACH
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Emulate Jesse James : SHOOTFROMTHEHIP
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Old Hindu language : SANSKRIT
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Council of Trent subject : HERESY
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Islands off Galway : ARAN
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Hobson's choice : TAKEITORLEAVEIT
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Native: Suffix : ESE
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___ Moines : DES
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Fiery sea guardian : STELMO
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Gets nowhere the hard way : COMESFULLCIRCLE
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Pons offering : ARIA
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Like some postmen's trousers : TORN
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Incite : GOAD
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Theater ___ : GOER
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Garroway and Brubeck : DAVES
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Eisenhower et al. : IKES
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Agatha Christie e.g. : DAME
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French school : ECOLE
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Negotiate, as a loan : FLOAT
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Coconut fibers : COIRS
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Girl's nickname : TESS
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Uncle Remus relative : BRER
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Unswerving: Var. : STEDFAST
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Khan et al. : AGAS
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Lined up : AROW
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Roman magistrate : AEDILE
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Relatives of Helens : ELENAS
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Ore residue : SLAG
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Miss Horne : LENA
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Concerning : INRE
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"Miss ___ regrets ... " : OTIS
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N. T. book : MATT
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Baseball execs : GMS
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Mauna ___ : LOA

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

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