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Christopher Page
Christopher Page

New York Times, Thursday, March 28, 1991

16-Across : Whim

Author:
Christopher Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 35.8 Grid has supersymmetry.
Christopher Page has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,115
Across
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Put back on the market : RESOLD
7
Neb. river : PLATTE
13
More maudlin : MUSHIER
14
Cow catchers : LARIATS
16
Whim : IMPULSE
17
Footstool : OTTOMAN
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Minor argument : SPAT
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Mrs. Bunker : EDITH
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Heroic tale : SAGA
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Turf : SOD
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Capone weapon : GAT
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Tirana money : LEK
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"Woe is me!" : ALAS
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Fur-bearing carnivore : GENET
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Nothing more than : MERE
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Comedian Jerry and family : LESTERS
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Topples a king : DEPOSES
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NOW aim : ERA
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Realty unit : LOT
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Romanian-born playwright : IONESCO
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Of heat : CALORIC
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Abandon : DROP
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"King Olaf" composer : ELGAR
47
Opulent, in Oviedo : RICO
48
Freudian concerns : IDS
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Morse-code word : DIT
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Seaport in northeast It. : VEN
51
Clydesdale fodder : OATS
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Comedian Ole ___ : OLSEN
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Painter Georges ___ Tour : DELA
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Name in a famed Supreme Court case : MIRANDA
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New Brunswick's river : RARITAN
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Ignored insultingly : SNUBBED
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Noted : EMINENT
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Viscous : SMEARY
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Take into account : REGARD
Down
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"___ of the Bailey," TV mystery series : RUMPOLE
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Swords, in Toledo : ESPADAS
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Close : SHUT
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Source of Abu Dhabi's wealth : OIL
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___ majesté : LESE
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Deepens a channel : DREDGES
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Schemed : PLOTTED
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Slat : LATH
9
Frick content : ART
10
Uruguayan uncles : TIOS
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Cantina fare : TAMALES
12
What-not : ETAGERE
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Church book : MISSAL
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Krait and fer-de-lance : SNAKES
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Actor McKellen : IAN
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Immerse : STEEP
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Elegance of form : GRACE
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Of bodily tissue : TELAR
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Drive : MOTOR
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Sounds of hesitation : ERS
33
Vet on the hustings : POL
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Characteristic styles : IDIOMS
37
Decrees : ORDAINS
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Quack medicine : NOSTRUM
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___ of Threadneedle St. (Bank of England) : OLDLADY
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Vital participant in wedding planning : CATERER
41
Shipyard worker : RIVETER
42
Reykjavik's nation : ICELAND
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President of Harvard: 1933-53 : CONANT
46
U.S. soldiers : GIS
52
"¿Quién ___?" : SABE
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___-Neisse Line : ODER
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Montague, e.g. : NAME
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Actress Merrill : DINA
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Pistons' org. : NBA
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Tackle : RIG

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

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