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John Brobst
John Brobst

New York Times, Monday, March 31, 1986

6-Down : Line on a weather map

Author:
John Brobst
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 28.9
John Brobst has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,292
Across
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Carson's predecessor : PAAR
5
Accompanying : WITH
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Rum cake : BABA
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"Comus" composer : ARNE
14
Plaintiff : USEE
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Strips : PEELS
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One-fifth of MDXXV : CCCV
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Roll of names : ROTA
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"___, c'est moi": Louis XIV : LETAT
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Social event: Mar. 30, 1986 : THEEASTERPARADE
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Memorable slugger : RUTH
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Play around : TOY
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Make seams and darts : SEW
25
"___ o' My Heart" : PEG
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"___ Eden": Steinbeck : EASTOF
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Vandalize : MAR
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Unit of work : ERG
32
Fearful : AFRAID
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This turns to thoughts of love in the spring : AYOUNGMANSFANCY
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Type of computer : ANALOG
41
Cry of contempt : POH
42
Golf gadget : TEE
43
Forest product : TIMBER
45
Nautical dir. : SBE
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Diner or sleeper : CAR
50
"My gal" of songdom : SAL
51
Nymph who pined away : ECHO
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Hammerstein's spring harbinger : AROBINONTHEWING
59
French secondary school : LYCEE
60
Eye: Comb. form : OCUL
61
School or collar : ETON
62
Tier of a sort : LACER
63
Virgil's family name : MARO
64
An incarnation of Vishnu : RAMA
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Shortly : ANON
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Rational : SANE
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Seattle ___ of racing fame : SLEW
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Agreement : PACT
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London's Marble ___ : ARCH
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Suffix with resist : ANCE
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Famous springtime rider : REVERE
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Sausage : WURST
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Line on a weather map : ISOTHERM
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Mal de ___ (headache) : TETE
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___ and flowers : HEARTS
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Lager : BEER
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Philippine aborigines : AETAS
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Dashing young man : BLADE
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In ___ (agitated) : ASTEW
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Hockey event in the spring : PLAYOFF
20
Sept. preceder : AUG
21
Dead Sea product : POTASH
25
Malay outrigger : PROA
27
Wide open, as a mouth : AGAPE
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___ Diavolo : FRA
29
Bleating sound : MAA
30
Author Rand : AYN
31
Character in a Beatles song : EGGMAN
33
Poker stake : ANTE
34
"___ Palace": Ferber : ICE
35
Anil product : DYE
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Finally: Abbr. : ULT
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More clamorous : NOISIER
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Marquand's "Point of ___" : NORETURN
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Spring sights : BLOOMS
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Ursula Andress film: 1964 : SHE
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Arbors : BOWERS
47
Type of lily : CALLA
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Indo-European : ARYAN
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Italian saint : ROCCO
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Daphnis' love : CHLOE
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"I've ___ to London ... " : BEEN
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Athletic org. : NCAA
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Type of print: Abbr. : ITAL
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City in Alaska : NOME
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Bite like a beaver : GNAW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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