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Mary S. Snyder
Mary S. Snyder

New York Times, Tuesday, April 23, 1985

Author:
Mary S. Snyder
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 24.4
Mary S. Snyder has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,950
Across
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Roost : PERCH
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Baby's word : DADA
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Actor James from N.Y.C. : CAAN
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Public : OVERT
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Minor prophet: Abbr. : OBAD
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Fabled runner : HARE
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Entrees for an English peer? : SALISBURYSTEAKS
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Emulate Mencken : EDIT
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Edwardian and gaslight : ERAS
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Marine call : AVAST
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Change the shade : RETINT
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Greek letter : ETA
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Emperor's favorite course? : CAESARSALAD
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Word in a palindrome : MADAM
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Alda and Ladd : ALANS
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Actress Farrow : MIA
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Inclusive abbr. : ETAL
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Kind of branch : OLIVE
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Mark on a car : DENT
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Jehovah : GOD
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Painting subject : SCENE
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Sorbonne psychologist : BINET
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Sweets for a diva? : PEACHMELBAS
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Farmer's deg. : BAS
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Allen and Frome : ETHANS
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Smithy's need : ANVIL
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Rumanian dance : HORA
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Mélange : OLIO
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Side dish for a czar? : NOODLESROMANOFF
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Animal enclosure : COTE
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Delicious, to Picasso : RICO
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___ Delgada, Portuguese port : PONTA
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Chem. endings : ENES
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Midge : GNAT
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Cards in a Yarborough : TREYS
Down
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Puzzle : POSER
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Outwit a pursuer : EVADE
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Got a pipe going again : RELIT
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Very choosy : CRITICAL
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Alts. : HTS
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Gloomy : DOUR
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Southwestern canyon mouth : ABRA
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"Long ___ Journey ... ": O'Neill : DAYS
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Lures of a mfr. : ADS
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___ glass (a full-length mirror) : CHEVAL
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Report-card quartet : AAAA
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Refuges : ARKS
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Kind of egg : NEST
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___ noire : BETE
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Teddy boys' goodbyes : TATAS
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Business org. : NAM
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Laborer of yore : ESNE
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An ancient name of Jerusalem : SALEM
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Kind of skirt : ALINE
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Composer of "Ma Mère l'Oye" : RAVEL
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Grace's finish : AMEN
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What epicures like to do : DINE
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"Little Women" lass : MEG
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Surmounting : ATOP
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Fla. county : DADE
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LL.B. holder : ATT
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Famous publisher : OCHS
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Use calumny : DISHONOR
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Dermal outgrowth : SCALL
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Spree : BAT
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Lives : ABIDES
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Show delight : BEAM
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Like an eremite : ALONE
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Swellegant : NIFTY
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Some British squabs : SOFAS
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Suffix for suffer : ANCE
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P.M. starter : NOON
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Capitol Hill action : VOTE
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___ Hsüeh (Chinese philosophy) : HSIN
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Large sea creature : ORCA
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What cheerleaders do : ROOT
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Unit of work : ERG
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Appropriate : APT

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

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