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Ernst Theimer
Ernst Theimer

New York Times, Saturday, April 24, 1993

Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 32.3
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,873
Across
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New Rochelle college : IONA
5
"There ought to be ___!" : ALAW
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Overflowing : AWASH
14
Ajar : OPEN
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A grain sorghum : DARI
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"The Age of Reason" author : PAINE
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Domesticated : TAME
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Lay ___ (flatter) : ITON
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Fervency : ARDOR
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What 25 + 42 + 48 Across add up to : AHOMOPHONICSAW
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Ron Howard's TV role in the 60's : OPIE
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Dept. of Labor div. : OSHA
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Faze, crops, jug : DAUNTCRAWSEWER
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French mountains : ALPES
32
Ottoman governors : BEYS
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Sass : LIP
35
Tears : RIPS
36
Beginning blossom : BUD
37
A helpmate : WIFE
38
Scottish uncle : EME
39
Bishoprics : SEES
41
Usher's milieu : AISLE
42
Trousers, pismire, moray : BRITCHESANTEEL
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Dreadful : DIRE
47
Egyptian deity : PTAH
48
Female sheep, chicle, fang, edge : EWEGUMTOOTHHEM
54
Elite : CREAM
55
Nigerian town : ORON
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Roof edge : EAVE
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Actress Ekberg : ANITA
58
Mah-jongg piece : TILE
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Pride member : LION
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Orifices : PORES
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A Ponderosa son : HOSS
62
___ Scott, noted slave : DRED
Down
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Greek vowel : IOTA
2
Lustrous fish : OPAH
3
Nautilus skipper : NEMO
4
Buttercups : ANEMONES
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Kind of acid : ADIPIC
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Foam from soap : LATHER
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Buck chaser : AROO
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Sifted : WINNOWED
9
Geronimo's tribe : APACHES
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___ Pact: 1955 : WARSAW
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Radamès's beloved : AIDA
12
Bamboozle : SNOW
13
An L.B.J. beagle : HER
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Chooses : OPTS
22
Paris suburb : ISSY
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Challenge : DARE
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Out on ___ (in a fix) : ALIMB
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Kind of berth : UPPER
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Mistreat : ABUSE
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Beethoven's "Für ___" : ELISE
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Plunder : RIFLE
34
Rind : PEEL
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Job's hippo? : BEHEMOTH
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Restrained; checked : WITHHELD
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Brands : STIGMAS
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Beige : ECRU
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Premed. course : ANAT
43
Conceive : IDEATE
44
Reels : SPOOLS
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Expiates : ATONES
48
Rubik or Rapee : ERNO
49
Dam : WEIR
50
Small combo : TRIO
51
Samson's strength : HAIR
52
Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
53
Repair : MEND
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Outdo : CAP

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