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Robert H. Wolfe
Robert H. Wolfe

New York Times, Friday, March 22, 1991

43-Down : Tempts

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { C J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Robert H. Wolfe has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 60 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,109
Across
1
Buy off : BRIBE
6
Headlights : LAMPS
11
Tangled mass : MAT
14
Penumbras : AURAS
15
Fanon : ORALE
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Last word of "Ulysses" : YES
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Sheer; utter : STARK
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Forty-___ : NINER
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Brother : FRA
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Wallis Simpson's film? : THEKINGANDI
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Deportment : AIR
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Ostriches' cousins : EMUS
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Spirits : GENIES
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Copycat : PARROT
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Bumper, in poker : RAISER
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Inge's "___ Roses" : ALOSS
32
Flowerless plant : FERN
33
Otherwise : ELSE
36
Barrel stave : LAG
37
Argot : SLANG
38
Alma-___, U.S.S.R. city : ATA
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Rare bird : ONER
41
Ocean motion : TIDE
42
Became dim : FADED
44
Outlying : REMOTE
46
Sea anemones : POLYPS
47
Incarnation of a god : AVATAR
49
Weaver of baseball : EARL
50
Interdiction : BAN
51
Bush's Secret Service film? : MYBODYGUARD
57
Antediluvian : OLD
58
Idaho's capital : BOISE
59
Elks, e.g. : ORDER
60
Bro of Joltin' Joe : DOM
61
Repeatedly : OFTEN
62
Poor : NEEDY
63
Poet's previous to : ERE
64
An anagram for asset : SATES
65
Shapes of ogees : ESSES
Down
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Plant fiber : BAST
2
Mother of Obed : RUTH
3
Of wrath: Lat. : IRAE
4
Carnival orators : BARKERS
5
Inuits : ESKIMOS
6
Thirsts : LONGS
7
Diva's solo : ARIA
8
"Doktor Faustus" author : MANN
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Rush activity on campus : PLEDGING
10
Sequences : SERIES
11
Tramp's film? : MYFAIRLADY
12
Place for a new kite : AERIE
13
Peter and Paul : TSARS
21
Betel, e.g. : NUT
25
Announcement word : NEE
26
___ Alto : PALO
27
Author Paton : ALAN
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Gene Siskel's film? : ROGERANDME
29
Peg Woffington's creator : READE
30
"Rosamond" composer : ARNE
32
Dart : FLIT
34
Kind of son : STEP
35
Noted engineer : EADS
37
"___ Woman," 1970 film : STORYOFA
40
Steep : RET
42
Renounced : FORGONE
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Tempts : ALLURES
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Cuban dances : MAMBOS
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Indemnify : PAY
47
Habitation : ABODE
48
Heroism : VALOR
49
Anthony and Clarissa : EDENS
52
Deck post : BITT
53
Hosea in the Douay Bible : OSEE
54
Fruit punches : ADES
55
Advice, to Shakespeare : REDE
56
Prohibitionists : DRYS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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