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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, March 18, 1982

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 24.1
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,818
Across
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Service org. : AAF
4
Indian corn : MAIZE
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Some of this is punk : ROCK
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Neutral color : ECRU
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Flâneur : IDLER
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Second Israeli ambassador to U.S. : EBAN
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Lyricist Asaf's advice in a 1915 song : SMILESMILESMILE
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Mayhew's "It's a Sin to ___": 1936 : TELLALIE
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Duke, for one : TITLE
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Harte : BRET
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Trading center : MART
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A Ford who was born a King : GERALD
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Hari : MATA
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Rudiments : ABC
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Fish sauce : ALEC
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Carved shoe : SABOT
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"Bei ___ Bist Du Schön" : MIR
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Please with savory cuisine : TICKLETHEPALATE
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John McGraw's "boy" : OTT
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"Let's Make ___" (TV show) : ADEAL
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Thousand Islands, e.g. : AITS
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Model T contemporary : REO
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Lode or mood : VEIN
43
Beribboned hat : BONNET
45
West of Wis. : MINN
46
"The ___ shall scorn pedantic laws": Scott : BARD
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City known for its tapestries : ARRAS
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Spar nearest the bow : FOREMAST
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Lewis-Young advice in a 1928 song : LAUGHCLOWNLAUGH
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Taxman's claim : LIEN
58
Nest found on a crag : AERIE
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Anatomical network : RETE
60
Alan or Robert : ALDA
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Stir : POKEY
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Former Estonian coins: Abbr. : KRS
Down
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Zenith : ACME
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Seed cover : ARIL
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Army's Doc Blanchard was one : FULLBACK
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Deceived : MISLED
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Own up : ADMIT
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Nastase of tennis : ILIE
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Oriental cymbal : ZEL
8
Homophone for heir : ERE
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Send, as money : REMIT
10
Item in a daily : OBIT
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Phone : CALL
12
Joint : KNEE
13
Sum, es, ___ : EST
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Campbell or Sande : EARL
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Layers : STRATA
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Normand of early films : MABEL
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At the summit : ATOP
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Jacksonville's Bowl : GATOR
25
Type size : ELITE
26
Opposed to verso : RECTO
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Noted U.S. naval historian : MAHAN
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With strength : AMAIN
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"Yes, please" in Bonn : BITTE
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Cockscomb : CREST
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Seidel's relative : STEIN
35
Extravagant : LAVISH
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London hero : EDEN
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Kind of decision : LANDMARK
43
Google of old comics : BARNEY
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City on the Oka : OREL
45
Carta : MAGNA
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He fell at the Alamo : BOWIE
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Nazimova : ALLA
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" ... I'll ___ and brawl": Petruchio : RAIL
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Felt remorse : RUED
50
Spot encountered on a road : FORK
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Mischa or Leopold : AUER
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Ranks above cpl. : SGTS
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A brew in Calais : THE
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Surpass : CAP
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August 1 baby, e.g. : LEO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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