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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Wednesday, March 17, 1993

42-Down : Like many a Dale Murphy catch

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 34.3
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,835
Across
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Do a slalom : SKI
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Fish spear : GIG
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Part of R.S.V.P. : SIL
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Recipe amt. : TSP
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Anderson's "High ___" : TOR
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Genetic letters : RNA
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Before, to Poe : ERE
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Willis O'Brien's Kong, e.g. : APE
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Heisman winner Kelley, e.g. : ELI
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Of egg stone : OOLITIC
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Actress McClanahan : RUE
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Kashmir fleece : PASHM
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Cork instrument : IRISHHARP
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Man: Comb. form : HOMINI
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Thefts : HEISTS
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"Darby's Rangers" star : GARNER
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Buffalo puckster : SABRE
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S.A. rodent : AGOUTI
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N.Y. and Bost. : HBRS
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"___ bin ein Berliner" : ICH
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Hardy character : TESS
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Form of Soviet wrestling : SAMBO
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Woody's son : ARLO
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Dundalk-to-Dublin dir. : ESE
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"___ be in England ... " : OHTO
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More plucky : GAMIER
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"Picnic" playwright and family : INGES
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Concord : UNISON
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Eyeball part : CORNEA
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A Patrick Henry delivery : SPEECH
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O'Hara's peepers? : IRISHEYES
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Alley button : RESET
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Dye vessel : VAT
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Italy's Saint ___ : ALESSIO
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Salt : TAR
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Dublin ending : ITE
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Writer Anaïs ___ : NIN
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Double: Prefix : TWI
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Dec. 24, e.g. : EVE
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Aspin or Brown : LES
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Elec. flows : DCS
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" ... a trip to the old ___": Farrell : SOD
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Tiny : WEE
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Move for O'Connor or Kelly : STEP
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Soda nut : KOLA
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Abie's colleen? : IRISHROSE
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Washer or eyelet : GROMMET
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Mythical princess : INO
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"A ___ Calico," 1946 song : GALIN
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Egyptian king : SETI
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Barry Fitzgerald had one : IRISHBROGUE
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Lascivious men : LECHERS
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O'Hara home and Erin village : TARAS
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Hose's gush : SPURT
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Chick sounds : PEEPS
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Some seaweeds : IRISHMOSSES
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Baseball's Wagner : HONUS
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Hasten : HIE
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O'Casey studied it : IRISHGAELIC
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Sullivan Stadium take : GATE
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"Rock of ___" : AGES
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Monastery: Abbr. : ABB
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Lamb dish : IRISHSTEW
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Singer Laine : CLEO
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Turk Murphy blew one : HORN
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Dined : ATE
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Priest's vestment : AMICE
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Like many a Dale Murphy catch : ONEHAND
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Kind of barometer : ANEROID
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Electees : INS
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TV's "___ Wars" : CIVIL
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Emulate Bryan : ORATE
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Baptism, e.g. : RITES
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Attention-getters : PSSTS
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Urges : YENS
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Roof border : EAVE
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In Erin it's ever green? : TREE
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___ Jima : IWO

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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