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Alan Arbesfeld
Alan Arbesfeld

Fractions

New York Times, Sunday, April 12, 1992

37-Down : Where Charon labored

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 513 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 111, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 27.1
Alan Arbesfeld has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 123 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,496
Across
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Cancel : ANNUL
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Convert : ALTER
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Clouseau, for one: Abbr. : INSP
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Concordes : SSTS
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Warehouse : ETAPE
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Cheese that's not bad? : GOUDA
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Quern, e.g. : MILL
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Ballet movement : PLIE
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Thereby hangs a tail? : SHIRT
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Moore's TV boss : ASNER
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What Juan washes with : AGUA
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Anatomical wrinkle : RUGA
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Year 3/4 as ominous as Orwell's : FOURTEENEIGHTYEIGHT
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"The poet makes himself ___ ... ": Rimbaud : ASEER
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Jordan target : NET
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Discharges : EGESTS
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Ludlum's "The ___ Ultimatum" : BOURNE
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Abundance : SCADS
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Olfactory stimulus : ODOR
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Function : ACT
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Proposal : OVERTURE
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Southwest Conf. Team : SMU
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TD's yield six of these : PTS
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These are 2/3 as strenuous for Hitchcock : THETWENTYSIXSTEPS
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Feminist pitcher's concern? : ERA
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Socks : HOSE
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Original words : TEXT
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Stein's predecessor? : EIN
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It follows a long March : APRIL
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Peter the Great, for one : TSAR
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Delicious food? : APPLE
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Like worms or eels : APODAL
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Period 4/5 as lonely to Garcia Márquez : EIGHTYYEARSOFSOLITUDE
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Unpaid debt : ARREAR
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Open-book exam? : AUDIT
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Nothing, to Pedro : NADA
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New Zealand native : MAORI
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It soars at shores : ERN
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Slow down : EASE
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Josip Broz : TITO
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Airport initials : ETA
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Horns 1/4 as loud as Preston's : NINETEENTROMBONES
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Prepared : SET
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Show fatigue : NOD
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Breastplate : PECTORAL
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Guy's partner : GAL
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Tatum and Blakey : ARTS
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The ___ Brothers, pop group : ISLEY
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Presley's birthplace : TUPELO
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Beautician or couturier : STYLER
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Loot for a conquistador : ORO
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Lauder of note : ESTEE
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To Heston, these are 2/5 as demanding : THEFOURCOMMANDMENTS
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Bring up : REAR
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Anthropologist Fossey : DIAN
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Saw : ADAGE
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Dik-dik's cousin : ORIBI
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Fairy-tale villain : OGRE
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Director Kenton : ERLE
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Carpenter's tool : LEVEL
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Within audible frequencies : SONIC
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Dip site : POND
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Interpret : READ
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Like krypton : INERT
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Dirge : ELEGY
Down
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He lost to D.D.E. : AES
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Extreme : NTH
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Innocent : NAIF
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Hubbub : UPROAR
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"___ praise famous men ... ": Ecclesiasticus : LETUSNOW
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Fine-grained chalcedony : AGATE
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What Bryan was to Taft : LOSER
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Use a certain fork : TUNE
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Solway Firth tributary : EDEN
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Excellent : RARE
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Concepts : IMAGES
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Word with cap and gown : NIGHT
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Slattern : SLUT
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___ to (curried favor) : PLAYEDUP
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More agile : SPRIER
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Hits hard : SLUGS
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Miserly : TIGHT
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Prizes on the Hill : SEATS
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Superman, at the movies : REEVE
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Measure : INDEX
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Type of trip : EGO
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Soaking medium : BATH
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___ Rios, Jamaican resort : OCHO
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All-purpose trks. : UTES
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Where Charon labored : STYX
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Dessert item : CUSTARD
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"Exodus" hero : ARI
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Augury : OMEN
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Notation : ENTRY
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66 or 1: Abbr. : RTE
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Pens : STIES
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Concealed : PERDU
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Athos, Porthos and Aramis, e.g. : TRIAD
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Part of a maison : SALLE
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Rope or scope : TETHER
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Core of solipsism : SELF
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Palatable : SAPID
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Burbank specialty : POTATO
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Color : STAIN
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Scottish seaport : AYR
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Clairvoyance : PSI
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Force : POTENCE
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In the manner of : ALA
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Chair designer Charles : EAMES
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Wrathful : IRATE
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Trifling sum : GROAT
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Like an otary : EARED
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Charley's Donna Lucia : AUNT
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___ the other : ONEOR
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Shroyer role : ENOS
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Dist. or pros. : ATTY
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Hit sign : SRO
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"Bus Stop" author : INGE
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River duck : TEAL
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City of the Nobel Peace Prize : OSLO
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Faulkner's "___ in the Dust" : INTRUDER
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___ salts : EPSOM
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That's a moray : EEL
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Not shiny or glossy : MATTE
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Puritan : BLUENOSE
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Dreyfus or Housman : ALFRED
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Hudson contemporary : REO
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De-creased? : IRONED
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Lorry fuel : PETROL
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Barber's need : STROP
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On ___ (active) : THEGO
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Long : YEARN
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City NW of Orlando : OCALA
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Gardener's tool : EDGER
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Refine metal : SMELT
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Laughter, in Lyon : RIRE
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Its capital is Bamako : MALI
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Arabian port : ADEN
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Hub : NAVE
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Right-triangle ratio : SINE
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Hanks vehicle : BIG
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Frigid : ICY

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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