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S. E. Booker
S. E. Booker

New York Times, Saturday, April 13, 1991

5-Down : The quicker picker upper?

Author:
S. E. Booker
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 40.9
S. E. Booker has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,131
Across
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Foldaways : COTS
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Limiting condition : CATCH
10
Ocean liner? : SAND
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Out of whack : ALOP
15
Allan-___ of old ballads : ADALE
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"Song of India," e.g. : ARIA
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Actress Bonet : LISA
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Hindu mendicant : FAKIR
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It's in the book : TEXT
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"THANKS FOR THE" : LOSSOFMEMORY
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To be, in Brest : ETRE
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Unyielding : OBDURATE
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Civil disobedience : SEDITION
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"___ Book": E. Burdick : NINAS
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Settled snugly : ENSCONCED
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A .45 : COLT
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Gun owners' gp. : NRA
36
Welty's "The Wide ___" : NET
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Military asst. : ADC
40
Ring win called by a ref : TKO
41
Alms : DOLE
43
Proprietary right : OWNERSHIP
46
"I'll set ___ of rue ... ": Shak. : ABANK
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Sanctity : HOLINESS
49
A British breakfast dish : KEDGEREE
52
Consumer : USER
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VERMONTANA : UNITEDSTATES
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Intangible barrier for marathoners : WALL
60
French toast : SALUT
61
Metric unit, for short : KILO
62
___ Palme, memorable Swedish statesman : OLOF
63
Lyric poem : EPODE
64
Pianist Gilels : EMIL
65
Lip service? : KISS
66
Allude (to) : REFER
67
English poet-critic: 1893-1968 : READ
Down
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Halloo : CALL
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Miscellany : OLIO
3
ALDAS : TOSSEDSALAD
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Fitful : SPASTIC
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The quicker picker upper? : CAFFEINE
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"Giselle" composer : ADAM
7
Sign on a giveaway : TAKEONE
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Go up : CLIMB
9
King of Judea : HEROD
10
Lascivious : SATYRIC
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Is multiplied? : ARE
12
No way : NIX
13
"Dese are de conditions ___ prevail": Durante : DAT
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He wrote "What the Butler Saw" : ORTON
22
Hose woe : RUN
25
"THE TIME TIME MACHINE" : ANOTHERTIME
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"___ cheap" : TALKIS
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Impedes, legally : ESTOPS
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"Where the Wild Things Are" author : SENDAK
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Dress for the bench : ENROBE
30
VIII : OCTO
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Linda of "Another World" : DANO
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Reduce the sheen of yarn : DELUSTER
39
Movie critic Judith : CRIST
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Swallows up : ENGULFS
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" ... bound upon a ___ fire ... ": King Lear : WHEELOF
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Plimsoll : SNEAKER
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Cognizance : KEN
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Perron part : RISER
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Public storehouse : ETAPE
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Jack-a-dandy : DUDE
55
Lamb cover-up : ELIA
56
Realtor's sign : SOLD
57
Chinese cooking pan : WOK
58
Cousin of Mohammed : ALI
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Altos or Banos preceder : LOS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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