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Judith C. Dalton
Judith C. Dalton

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New York Times, Sunday, April 6, 1986

37-Across : Newspaper messenger

Author:
Judith C. Dalton
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 543 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 123, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 16, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 23, Grid flow: 40.8
Judith C. Dalton has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,298
Across
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Rhyme scheme : ABAB
5
Discover gradually : GLEAN
10
Outdoor pie material : MUD
13
Invitation letters : RSVP
17
___ avis : RARA
18
Right-hand page : RECTO
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Ending for malt or verb : OSE
20
Battologize : REPEAT
22
Diamonds, tinsel, gold, etc. : THEBRIGHTSTUFF
25
Income from wealth : USANCE
26
Take a ___ (attempt something) : STABATIT
27
Summon at the Rio Grande : CALLTOBORDER
29
Tilt : LIST
30
British roster : ROTA
31
Minn. neighbor : NDAK
32
Polio-vaccine man : SABIN
35
Delusion : MIRAGE
37
Newspaper messenger : COPYBOY
41
Disney movie: 1982 : TRON
42
Critics' courageous comments : BRAVEREVIEWS
45
French pronoun : LUI
46
Snug as ___ ... : ABUG
47
Chemical-compound suffix : EINE
48
Lebanon's ___ Gemayel : AMIN
49
Epithet for Alexander Pope : WASP
50
Witticism : MOT
51
Satan : BEASTOFEDEN
55
Refuse : WASTE
56
Slip out of place, to a doctor : PROLAPSE
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Batman's cousin : VALET
59
Like some Swiss : DOTTED
60
Watson's warning : FORE
61
Nov. 2 group : SOULS
62
"Goodbye, Columbus" author : ROTH
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Sampled : TASTED
65
Mayor, in Marseille : MAIRE
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Cleft, old style : SCISSURE
70
R.I.P. notices : OBITS
71
Brazen language : BOLDENGLISH
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Legal thing : RES
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State flower of Utah : SEGO
75
First Bond film : DRNO
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Fleming and Hunter : IANS
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Time divisions : ERAS
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E Afr. country : ETH
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Household help : BROOMSERVICE
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Thurmond of N.B.A. fame : NATE
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Like ___ of lightning : ASTREAK
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Ruth McKenney's sister : EILEEN
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Allen or Frome : ETHAN
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North Sea tributary : ELBE
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Items in capts.' logs : LATS
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Information : DATA
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Head hounds : CHIEFBASSETS
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Applies a second coat : REPAINTS
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Altar cloth : DOSSAL
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Paleontologist's rare find : BONEINAMILLION
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Author of "Thy Neighbor's Wife" : TALESE
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Fogeater : ARC
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Some winning margins : NOSES
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Vulcan's chimney : ETNA
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Part of R & R : REST
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Bishop's authority : SEE
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Floating : AWASH
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Like Hume's tomes : DEEP
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Martial ___ : ARTS
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Thai monetary unit : BAHT
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Kind of rug : AREA
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Like some brooks : BABBLING
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Hominy food : GRITS
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On the up and up : LEGIT
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Genuine, in Gladbeck : ECHT
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Sol. Gen., e.g. : ATT
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0-0 : NOSCORE
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Mold-making science : MOULAGE
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N.F.L. rival : USFL
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Dexterous : DEFT
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Lathers again : RESOAPS
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Manager Anderson of the Tigers : SPARKY
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Sell : VEND
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Les Whitten's "A Killing ___": 1983 : PACE
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Job for a masseur : RUBDOWN
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Gerard ___ Borch, Dutch painter : TER
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Eagels vehicle: 1922 : RAIN
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Turkic person : TATAR
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___ a blue moon : ONCEIN
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Device for Rosie : RIVET
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Distinct mark, or mark distinctly : STAMP
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Ramada : ARBOR
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Stare-down competition : BOUTOFSIGHT
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Parsonage : MANSE
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Avoids : EVADES
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Herald a victory : BLASTHURRAH
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"Allez ___!" (gendarme's command) : OUSTE
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Cried out sharply : YIPED
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Honked : BEEPED
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Narrow inlets : RIAS
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"___ a man ... " : IMET
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Los Angeles area : WATTS
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Exposes : BARES
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Shaped like Humpty Dumpty : OVOID
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Composer Gabriel Urbain : FAURE
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Actress Burstyn : ELLEN
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Rushing sound : WOOSH
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Bingo's parent : LOTTO
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Halyard, in Le Havre : DRISSE
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Wilde play: 1893 : SALOME
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Put ___ (sail away) : TOSEA
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Incites : ABETS
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Cosmetician Madeleine ___ : MONO
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Done in : SLAIN
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A title for R.W.R. : CINC
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Ranch in Ferber's "Giant" : REATA
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Ruhr city : ESSEN
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" ... you ___ British square!": Kipling : BROKEA
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Supplies : GIVES
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She wrote "The Needle's Eye": 1972 : DRABBLE
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Involved necessarily : ENTAILED
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N. Ireland seaport : BELFAST
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Sometimes it's golden : SILENCE
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Fill with joy : ELATE
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Greek wine : RETSINA
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Della and Lizette : REESES
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Catchall abbr. : ETAL
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Attic townships : DEMES
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Imitative : APISH
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Mich. time, at times : CDT
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Rime : HOAR
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Swinburne is one : ISLE
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Insts. for future executives : SBAS
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In a snit : SORE
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Tabula ___ : RASA
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"Rock On" author : NITE
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Orchestral concern : TONE
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Football center's job : SNAP
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Kaltenborn's "Europe ___" : NOW

Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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