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Rogers
Rogers

New York Times, Thursday, February 3, 1983

40-Across : Stain

Author:
Rogers
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Rogers has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,140
Across
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Demean : ABASE
6
Impresario Joseph : PAPP
10
Kind of beer : BOCK
14
Robot : GOLEM
15
Pitcher : EWER
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Frequent follower of "Once" : UPON
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Out on ___ : ALIMB
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Parthenon feature : COLONNADE
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Whys and wherefores : RATIONALE
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Nonblood relative : INLAW
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Highlands group : CLAN
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Gelid : ICY
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Take-off : PARODY
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Sandbag : CONK
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___ Enterprise : USS
33
Victor Hugo's wife : ADELE
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Plate on a diamond : HOME
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One not in favor : ANTI
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Subjugation of other nations : COLONIALIZATION
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Israeli statesman : EBAN
40
Stain : BLOT
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Professeur's workplace : ECOLE
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Mardi Gras V.I.P. : REX
43
Sharp : KEEN
44
Nonworkers : DRONES
45
Repair : FIX
46
Dupe : TOOL
47
Weather period : SPELL
50
He's irritated when mated : SORELOSER
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Blimp's rank : COLONELCY
57
Toughen : INURE
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To boot : ALSO
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Heaps : LOTS
60
Sooner's city : TULSA
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Sign of sorrow : TEAR
62
Dick and Jane's pet : SPOT
63
Glacial ridge : ESKER
Down
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Temple's first husband : AGAR
2
Gaucho's weapon : BOLA
3
Touched down : ALIT
4
Mark of a separation : SEMICOLON
5
Buck up : EMBOLDEN
6
Rich nut : PECAN
7
Unexcusedly missing, for short : AWOL
8
Retired Cosmo : PELE
9
JoAnne Carner is one : PRO
10
Easter visitor : BUNNY
11
Gemstone : OPAL
12
Finale for a sonata : CODA
13
Was infomed : KNEW
19
Shaving mishap : NICK
21
No dice, in the Senate : NAY
24
Nombre de una señora : INEZ
25
The father-to-be, stereotypically : PACER
26
Cheap brick-makings : ADOBE
27
Let up : RELAX
28
Canal city : COLON
29
Fail to mention : OMIT
30
Anschluss : UNION
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Made off with : STOLE
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Trig ratios : SINES
34
Bodily sound : HALE
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"Oedipus ___": Sophocles : ATCOLONUS
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Mountain goat : IBEX
38
Earth-impacting meteorite : AEROLITE
43
Furnace of a sort : KILN
44
Anonymous John : DOE
45
Right to speak : FLOOR
46
Rendezvous : TRYST
47
Fitzgerald's forte : SCAT
48
Karol Wojtyla, for one : POLE
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Lioness of literature : ELSA
50
Spill soup : SLOP
51
VIII, to Cicero : OCTO
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Be pouty : SULK
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Gaelic : ERSE
54
Erect : REAR
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Trains to look up to : ELS

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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