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Barbara Lunder Gillis
Barbara Lunder Gillis

New York Times, Monday, March 14, 1983

Author:
Barbara Lunder Gillis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.4
Barbara Lunder Gillis has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,179
Across
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Mix up, G.I. style : SNAFU
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Merganser : SMEW
10
Source of a narcotic : COCA
14
Navajo abode : HOGAN
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Wife of Zeus : HERA
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Original person : ADAM
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"And thereby hangs ___" : ATALE
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Descended : ALIT
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Horne from Brooklyn : LENA
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Emmy-winning TV program : HILLSTREETBLUES
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Capitulate : CEDE
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Guanacos or alpacas : LLAMAS
25
Haphazard : RANDOM
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Chekhov's "The ___ Gull" : SEA
30
Hautboy : OBOE
31
Pain in the neck : PILL
34
Altman product : MOVIE
39
Swanson vehicle : SUNSETBOULEVARD
42
Mug : STEIN
43
River in Spain : EBRO
44
Siviet mountain range : ALAI
45
Anger : VEX
47
Taciturn : SILENT
49
___ Trail : OREGON
53
H.D. offering : POEM
55
Carey's girl : SALLYINOURALLEY
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Grain sorghum : MILO
62
Sets : GELS
63
Lasso : RIATA
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Where Iraq is : ASIA
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Assemble : MEET
66
Give funds : ENDOW
67
Refuge : NEST
68
Appends : ADDS
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Troubled times for many : TEENS
Down
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Persian ruler : SHAH
2
Response to the Little Red Hen : NOTI
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"___ in Calico," 1946 song : AGAL
4
Miller's "After the ___" : FALL
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Int. acronym : UNESCO
6
Pottery fragment : SHARD
7
Brawl : MELEE
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Lake or canal : ERIE
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Appendage on a turkey's chin : WATTLE
10
Lily : CALLA
11
Greek theater : ODEUM
12
Capital of Crete : CANEA
13
Collect : AMASS
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Entice : TEMPT
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Censure : BLAME
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Betsy or Diana : ROSS
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Join : ABUT
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Nothing : NONE
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Arnaz : DESI
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Malign : SLUR
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Wild goat : IBEX
33
Tennis term : LOB
35
Elliptical : OVAL
36
Glen : VALE
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Bani-Sadr's land : IRAN
38
Redact : EDIT
40
Diplomat : ENVOY
41
Also-ran : LOSER
46
Puzzle : ENIGMA
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Inn in Turkey : IMARET
49
Ottoman Empire founder : OSMAN
50
Lift : RAISE
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New York island : ELLIS
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Exult : GLOAT
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Propelled a raft : POLED
54
Evicts : OUSTS
56
Lack : NEED
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Queue : LINE
58
Fill with cargo : LADE
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Jacket or collar : ETON
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Swerves : YAWS

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