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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Thursday, March 31, 1988

34-Across : Willson hit: 1941

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 39.9
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,023
Across
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Tadzhik and Uzbek: Abbr. : SSRS
5
Step, in Pau : PAS
8
Jewish month : ADAR
12
Reached or bribed : GOTAT
13
Module : COMPONENT
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___ a customer : ONETO
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Words of disapproval : BOOANDFIE
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Like the latest employee : NEWANDSHY
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Wear for Astaire : TAILS
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Petemen's targets : SAFES
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Watson or Weiskopf : TOM
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Tops : NIFTY
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Fills the suitcase anew : REPACKS
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Treadle : PEDAL
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Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1958 : AGEE
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Nanette preceders : NONO
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Pressure, to an E.E. : EMF
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Willson hit: 1941 : YOUANDI
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Put in one's ___ (meddle) : OAR
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Flesh: Comb. form : SARC
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Part of a basilica : APSE
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Chic : SMART
43
Pre-premiere events : TRYOUTS
45
Forgo the diner : EATIN
47
Aves. and blvds. : RDS
48
Former A's infielder Sal : BANDO
50
Ischia neighbor : CAPRI
53
Anton and Stallone, to friends : SUEANDSLY
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Hubbub : HUEANDCRY
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Idaho city : BOISE
60
Talus : ANKLEBONE
61
Eggs on : URGES
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Adam and Jacob followers : ITES
63
Potential capts. : LTS
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Payment, in Passau : LOHN
Down
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Loudness units : SONES
2
Cook two ways : STEWANDFRY
3
Almond liqueur : RATAFIA
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Aquatic insect : STONEFLY
5
Disdain, vocalized : POOH
6
Chinese seaport city : AMOY
7
Warm Springs, for one : SPA
8
___ Islands, in the Bay of Bengal : ANDAMAN
9
Challenge : DEFI
10
Blue dye : ANIL
11
Lines on A.A.A. maps : RTES
12
Angular: Comb. form : GON
13
Paley's network : CBS
14
Successful : ONTOP
18
August hrs. : DST
21
___ off (angry) : TEED
23
Squawks : YAUPS
24
Taylor or Adorée : RENEE
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React to the love bug : COOANDSIGH
26
Wood burl : KNAR
27
Kind : SORT
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Pain in the neck : PEST
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"Cielo ___" : EMAR
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Word with tank or range : GAS
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Dobbin's dish : OATS
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Byzantium, now : ISTANBUL
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O.K. and others : CORRALS
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One of the Philippines : MINDORO
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City NE of Venice : UDINE
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Org. for Belli : ABA
49
Comic Ole ___ : OLSEN
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French vintner's shed : CHAI
51
Tia or tante : AUNT
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Pom's Chinese rival : PEKE
53
Bathgate native : SCOT
54
Cineraria : URNS
55
Logo of 13 Down : EYE
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Kind of man : YES
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Type of agt. : DBL

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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