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Greene
Greene

New York Times, Thursday, February 10, 1983

55-Down : Suffix for an inchoative verb

Author:
Greene
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2 Grid has mirror symmetry.
Greene has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,147
Across
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Home of almost 4 million Americans : ALABAMA
8
Drub : BELABOR
15
Sulphurlike : SELENIC
16
Pornography : EROTICA
17
Adage for a librarian : SILENCEISGOLDEN
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Partake of : USE
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Not flippant : EARNEST
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Hammarskjöld : DAG
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Wrinkle : RUGA
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Historical period : AGE
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A source of tar : PINE
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Upright : ERECT
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Part of the U.S.A.F. : TAC
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Rose of Picardy : FLEUR
30
Get away : ESCAPE
32
Plague : HARASS
34
"___ sum?" (Cato's "Where am I?") : UBI
35
Thus : SIC
36
Nice homes : MAISONS
40
Members of a religious sect : SHAKERS
44
Near the center : INNER
45
Add up : TOT
47
Make merry : REVEL
48
Single-pip cards : ACES
49
S.A. herb : ANU
50
Mexican Indian : TECA
51
N.Y.S.E. abbr. : SHR
52
Recidivate : RELAPSE
56
Fled : RAN
57
Maxim for Mrs. Dionne : MOTHERKNOWSBEST
60
Daughter of Minos : ARIADNE
61
Certain bigots : RACISTS
62
Polishing tool : SANDER
63
Wheat varieties : SPELTS
Down
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Give confidence to : ASSURE
2
Time to play : LEISURE
3
Declares without proof : ALLEGES
4
Neighborly gathering : BEE
5
Daughter of James II : ANNE
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Isinglass : MICA
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Needle-shaped : ACERATE
8
Supplicate : BESEECH
9
Energy units : ERGS
10
Sack : LOOT
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Expanse west of Eur. : ATL
12
Hens : BIDDIES
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God of the sea before Poseidon : OCEANUS
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Forest warden : RANGER
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Actress Swenson : INGA
23
Inculpates : ACCUSES
25
Skirt slit : PLACKET
27
Little drum : TABOR
29
Augustinian, e.g. : FRIAR
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Ring victory : PIN
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Drab color : ASH
36
Unwholesome atmosphere : MIASMA
37
"___ Aweigh" : ANCHORS
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Tendency toward torpor : INERTIA
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Stealthy pursuer : STALKER
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Lethargic states : STUPORS
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Hillary's conquest : EVEREST
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Changes the form of : RECASTS
43
Points of view : SLANTS
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___ even keel : ONAN
52
Foxx from St. Louis : REDD
53
Flesh-eating eagle : ERNE
54
Barter : SWAP
55
Suffix for an inchoative verb : ESCE
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Chinese dynasty : HAN
59
Puppeteer Baird : BIL

Answer summary:
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