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Edward J. O
Edward J. O'Brien

FANCIFUL TOUR

New York Times, Sunday, March 7, 1971

113-Down : Clerical: Abbr.

Author:
Edward J. O'Brien
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 557 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 110, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 34
Edward J. O'Brien has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,876
Across
1
Kennedy wear : CAPE
5
Prepaid: Abbr. : CBD
8
Alphonse's pal : GASTON
14
Silent sister : GISH
18
Fraud : HOAX
19
Hawaiian island : MAUI
20
Arbiter : UMPIRE
21
Preposition : INTO
22
B'way hero : ABIE
23
Liberal or fine : ARTS
24
Part of Rushmore : MOUNTAINEAR
26
Southern facade : WARMFRONT
28
Whole : SUM
29
Scottish alder : ARN
30
Rolling or bowling : PIN
31
Mass. rhythm : PLYMOUTHROCK
34
Goals: Abbr. : DSTNS
36
Hunt cries : HALLOS
39
Tom, Dick and Harry : TRIO
40
Principle : TENET
42
Possess: Fr. : AVOIR
43
A natural for Telegraph Hill : CABLECAR
46
Inferior imitator : EPIGON
50
And not: Lat. : NEC
51
Cousins of 4 F's : IAS
53
B. & O., etc. : RRS
54
___ one side (swerve) : VEERTO
55
Houston's Astrodome : GRANDBALLROOM
61
Pascal work : PENSEES
62
Misty : BLEAR
63
Year Richard I died : MCIC
64
Difficult, to a cockney : ARD
65
Ibsen figure : ASE
66
D. C. summers, to some : CAPITALPUNISHMENT
72
Sgt. : NCO
74
Annex : ADD
75
Alley : LANE
76
Organic compounds : ENOLS
78
Tea varieties : OOLONGS
80
Scales Grand Canyon : WHIPSTHECRACK
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Invest with : CLOTHE
85
Haut or low : BOY
86
Shoshonean : UTE
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Melanesian : KAI
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Formidable one : TARTAR
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Excavation in Chicago : LOOPHOLE
94
Yesterdays: Fr. : HIERS
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Result : ENSUE
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Sole : LONE
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Animal awards : PATSYS
100
Got wind of : HEARD
103
Autumns in part of N.Y. : NIAGARAFALLS
107
Harvest goddess : OPS
108
Lyric poem : LAI
110
Mr. Fawkes : GUY
111
Relative of iron duke : STEELPIER
115
Dusky divestiture : SUNSETSTRIP
118
Number of nights : IOOI
119
Look of St. Louis gateway : ARCH
120
Cupid : EROS
121
No place ___ : TOHIDE
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Explosive inventor : DUNN
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Handicap or stake : RACE
124
Tartan pattern : SETT
125
Keep ___ mind : ANOPEN
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Diminutive suffixes : ETS
127
Honduran port : TELA
Down
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Plug of tobacco : CHAW
2
New Hebrides island : AOBA
3
Match : PAIR
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Part of e.g. : EXEMPLI
5
Glance off : CAROM
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"___ penny for tribute" : BUTNOTA
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Roil : DISTURB
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Dick : GUMSHOE
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Affaire de coeur : AMOUR
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Foam up: Lat. : SPUMO
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Can : TIN
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Give ___ a few : ORTAKE
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Closely akin : NEAR
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Card game : GIN
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Bumbling : INEPT
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Discolor : STAIN
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Brasses : HORNS
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Martin and Benny : MARYS
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Phila. divorce court : INDEPENDENCEHALL
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Miami touch : FLORIDAPANHANDLE
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Sesame : TIL
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Hubs: Abbr. : CTRS
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Unkempt abodes : STIES
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Word with over and out : HANG
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Conjugate ___ : AVERB
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Painted Desert quality : LOCALCOLOR
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"We may ___ again" : NEVERMEET
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Davis's union: Abbr. : CSA
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___-Magnon : CRO
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Branch : ARM
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Arthur and Veronica, to admirers : GREATLAKES
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Natives: Suffix : OTES
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Plane part : NOSE
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Workers on a digest : ABRIDGERS
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Educ. group : NEA
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Initials of Amy's creator : LMA
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Type of train: Abbr. : LCL
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Kind of tide : RIP
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Eyes: Lat. : OCULI
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Cry of disdain : PAH
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Aims of a Q B : TDS
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Pile : NAP
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Units of length: Abbr. : INS
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Bridge loss : SET
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Eur. land : NOR
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Night: Prefix : NOCT
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African tree : COLA
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Timid : SCARY
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Paravane : OTTER
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Court : WOO
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Swine: Prefix : HYO
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Outcry : HUE
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Collide gently : KISS
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Lead: Ger. : BLEI
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Nursery item : PLAYPEN
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Prone: Abbr. : HOR
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Showing favoritism : ONASIDE
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Omitted : LEFTOUT
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Has ___ (fits in) : ITSPART
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Harmony : UNISON
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___-air (daylight) : PLEIN
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Tubes : HOSES
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Tracing pattern : EPURE
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Like ___ (probably) : ASNOT
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Get ___ on yourself : AGRIP
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Cicerone : GUIDE
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Kalpas : AEONS
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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Clerical: Abbr. : ECCL
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Zeus's mother : RHEA
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Concorde, for one : SST
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Even if, for short : THO

Answer summary:
22 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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