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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Monday, March 1, 1982

9-Down : Begin

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,801
Across
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Asian tree : ACLE
5
Candle threads : WICKS
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Retired soccer star : PELE
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A memorable Anita : LOOS
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Mete out : ALLOT
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Wading bird : IBIS
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Before long : SOON
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Climbing plant : LIANA
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Fox ___ : TROT
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Gain an advantage over : STEALAMARCHON
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Angler's purchase : ROD
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Prosecute : TRY
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Subordinate ruler : SATRAP
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"It's ___!" : ABOY
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Needlefish : GAR
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Different : OTHER
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Book of poems by Ciardi : ASIF
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Actress Storm : GALE
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Charity organization : THEMARCHOFDIMES
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Corrida creature : TORO
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"Break ___!" (actors' good-luck saying) : ALEG
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Teheran native : IRANI
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Simple sugar : OSE
44
Shock : STUN
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Defeated : FALLEN
46
Muscle spasm : TIC
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Department or river in France : AIN
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Halftime entertainers : MARCHINGBANDS
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Grantland of sports fame : RICE
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School for Pierre : ECOLE
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Matinee ___ : IDOL
59
Concerning : INRE
60
Former German money unit : TALER
61
Treatment : CARE
62
Owner's document : DEED
63
Where one-armed bandits are fed : SLOTS
64
"When Irish ___ ... " : EYES
Down
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Hirt and Pacino : ALS
2
Cote sounds : COOS
3
Booty : LOOT
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Domestic slave of yore : ESNE
5
Clout : WALLOP
6
Epic about Achilles, Hector et al. : ILIAD
7
Razor ___ : CLAM
8
Hawaiian coffee-growing region : KONA
9
Begin : STARTOFF
10
Meaningful : PITHY
11
Spanish river : EBRO
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Beast that has his pride : LION
13
Abbr. at Kennedy : EST
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S.A. bird : ARARA
22
Shout : CRY
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___ voce : SOTTO
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Duel personality created by Dumas : ATHOS
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"Over ___" : THERE
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San ___, Italy : REMO
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Pale as a poltergeist : ASHEN
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Life sto. : BIOG
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Anwar's predecessor : GAMAL
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Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
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Varnish ingredient : RESIN
35
Legal defense org. : ACLU
36
One-fifth of Papa Dionne's surprise : GIRL
38
Toothed bars : RATCHETS
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Famed bride of July 1981 : DIANA
44
Thus, to Tacitus : SIC
45
Filaments : FIBERS
46
Cornered : TREED
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Lace tag : AGLET
48
"The world's ___ oyster": Shak. : MINE
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Land measure : ACRE
50
Ending for poet or myth : ICAL
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___ contendere : NOLO
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Gallic resort : NICE
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1944 event : DDAY
54
Angry : SORE
55
Free (of) : RID
58
"___ Misérables" : LES

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

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