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Jesse Roarke
Jesse Roarke

New York Times, Friday, April 15, 1988

Author:
Jesse Roarke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J P Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 36.8
Jesse Roarke has 48 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,038
Across
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Leo's pride : MANE
5
___ of arms : COAT
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Rarely seen bills : TWOS
13
Draft animals : OXEN
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Bower : ARBOR
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Czech river : OHRE
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Onus : LOAD
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Secure a mountain climber : BELAY
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Source of supply : MINE
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Sign up : ENROLL
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Instructed : EDUCATED
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Anonymous Richards : ROES
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Ray : SKATE
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Take under advisement : CONSIDER
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Petty officer : YEOMAN
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Foreign : ALIEN
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Lake in Panama : GATUN
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First mother : EVE
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Integument : RIND
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Edmond Dantès's creator : DUMAS
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And others: Abbr. : ETAL
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Salutation from Seneca : AVE
42
"Zorba the ___" : GREEK
43
Oregon ___ : TRAIL
44
Condition giving muscular pain : TETANY
46
Cheap and gaudy : TINSELLY
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Dodge : EVADE
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Unmixed : NEAT
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Endure apprehensively : SWEATOUT
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Est originator : ERHARD
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Fuzz : LINT
59
Diadem : CROWN
61
Operatic prince : IGOR
62
Architectural pier : ANTA
63
"Land of the morning calm" : KOREA
64
Locus : SITE
65
Nobelist in Physics: 1922 : BOHR
66
A son of 37 Across : SETH
67
Ingot : MOLD
Down
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Burrower : MOLE
2
Nerve-cell process : AXON
3
Almost proximate : NEAR
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Sanctioned : ENDORSED
5
Wired : CABLED
6
Galena, e.g. : ORE
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Competent : ABLE
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Bufos : TOADS
9
One of the nightshade family : TOMATO
10
Pewter is one : WHITEMETAL
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River in Normandy : ORNE
12
Germ : SEED
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Okinawa is one of these : RYUKYUS
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Cut of beef : LOIN
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Capital of Calvados : CAEN
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Musical transition : SEGUE
27
Jeweler's weight : CARAT
28
Mediterranean tree : OLIVE
29
___ hole (golfers' bar) : NINETEENTH
30
Member of a clone : RAMET
32
Benefit : AVAIL
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Nervous ___ : NELLY
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Himalayan bovid : TAKIN
39
Place for ship's repairs : DRYDOCK
40
Excessive irritability : ERETHISM
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Biting bug : GNAT
43
Former absolute ruler : TSAR
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Incarnation : AVATAR
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City on Lake Winnebago : NEENAH
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Big kangaroos : EUROS
51
Strip of pavement : SLAB
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Captive of the grape : WINO
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Sped : TORE
55
Exchange premium : AGIO
56
Moslem weight : ROTL
57
___ Scott decision : DRED
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Drenched : WET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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