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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Wednesday, March 25, 1987

22-Down : Laughing

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 232 (avg 1.27)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 27.1
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,651
Across
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Booted : SHOD
5
Census figs. : STATS
10
But, to Juan : PERO
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TV starter : TELE
15
Deloul or hageen : CAMEL
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___ hygiene : ORAL
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Seed covering : ARIL
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Scene in "Quo Vadis?" : ARENA
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Clothes chaser : LINE
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New Orleans mecca : BOURBONSTREET
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Kind of heat : GAS
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Medical suffix : OSIS
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Staffs : CANES
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Title of respect : SIR
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Start of a Dickens title : ATALE
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Mine product : ORE
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Jorge or José : SAN
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Catches : SNARES
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Atlanta mecca : PEACHTREESTREET
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A Brokaw rival : RATHER
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Friendly touch : PAT
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Item in Ali's rec. : TKO
44
Pale : ASHEN
45
Old Siamese coin : ATT
46
Suckling's forte : POESY
48
Business-letter abbr. : ENCL
50
Houston or Browne : SAM
51
Windy City mecca : LASALLESTREET
57
Be solicitous : CARE
58
Spooky : EERIE
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Placed : LAID
61
Prefix with body : ANTI
62
Quick : AGILE
63
Early domestic : ESNE
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Take five : REST
65
Harmony part : TENOR
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One of the ages : TEEN
Down
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RR stop : STA
2
Jacob's ladder, e.g. : HERB
3
Vaudeville entr'acte : OLIO
4
Reason for Ham's lam : DELUGE
5
Strikebreakers : SCABS
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Tropical plant : TARO
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Hemsley TV vehicle : AMEN
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Muscle that stretches : TENSOR
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Shortstop Marion's nickname : SLATS
10
Mariner's guide : POLESTAR
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One of five "Greats" : ERIE
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Carry on : RANT
13
Cheer in Toledo : OLE
21
Ethiopian title : RAS
22
Laughing : RIANT
25
Dried coconut meat : COPRA
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Neighborhoods : AREAS
27
Under, to Bryant : NEATH
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Patriotic org. : SAR
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Awkward : INEPT
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Valor or virtue : ARETE
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Onions' cousins : LEEKS
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I am, to Pedro : ESTOY
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Riv. boat : STR
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Fast plane : SST
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"___, the cops!" : CHEESEIT
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Hair rinse : HENNA
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"The pig was ___ ... " : EAT
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Cite : ALLEGE
46
Stock-market word : PAR
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Fluffy fare : OMELET
49
Rope fastener : CLEAT
50
Guide : STEER
51
Strip on a track : LANE
52
Beaux-___ : ARTS
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Shamrock land : ERIN
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Spot for a missile : SILO
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Simplicity : EASE
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Prong : TINE
57
Cord or Javelin : CAR
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Haunt : DEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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