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Stanley Glass
Stanley Glass

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New York Times, Sunday, April 17, 1988

87-Down : Sergeant's command

Author:
Stanley Glass
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 555 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 123, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Stanley Glass has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,040
Across
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Flashy squawker : MACAW
6
"Cherchez la ___" : FEMME
11
Goya's duchess : ALBA
15
Neighbor of Ga. : FLA
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Inspiration for a canzone : AMORE
19
Celestial hunter : ORION
20
Pseudologist : LIAR
21
Form by carving : RASE
23
Groups of masseurs? : RUBBERBANDS
25
Foremost : PARAMOUNT
27
Raphael's birthplace : URBINO
28
Execute a slalom : SKI
29
Deposit on a wedding band? : RINGBINDER
30
Connects : TIES
32
Jolson's river : SWANEE
34
Cubic meter : STERE
35
Cone-shaped dwelling : TEPEE
38
Summaries : EPITOMES
41
Charge : FEE
42
Aujourd'hui's forerunner : HIER
43
Electronic pulse maker : SCALER
44
"The ___ the wise are as goads ... ": Eccl. 12:11 : WORDSOF
48
Sea eagle : ERN
49
Preserve : STORE
50
Roundabout : DEVIOUS
54
Doctors' org. : AMA
55
Traders : MERCHANTS
57
Roman magistrate : PRETOR
58
Luge : SLED
59
Kin of bushbucks : ELANDS
60
Used a mangle : IRONED
61
Better : AMEND
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I.R.S. "benefactions" : REFUNDS
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Windshield hazard : FROST
65
Diplomatic oasis : EMBASSY
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Dictum : EDICT
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Classical odist : HORACE
70
Slowpokes : SNAILS
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Fleece : BILK
72
Rake over the coals : BERATE
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Allotted, British style : PARCELLED
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Wright wing : ELL
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Manufactures : CREATES
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Chills : AGUES
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Workers' gp. : ILO
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Puccini's "Manon ___" : LESCAUT
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Parts of calyces : SEPALS
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Box : SPAR
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Branch of learning : ART
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Petrol : GASOLINE
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Bully's prey : SISSY
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Addis ___ : ABABA
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Swift's forte : SATIRE
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S. Korea's first president : RHEE
96
Simple litigations? : BRIEFCASES
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Industrial tub : VAT
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Straying : ERRANT
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A town between Boston and Lowell : BILLERICA
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Johnson as a scorer? : MAGICMARKER
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Noble, in Nürnberg : EDEL
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Components of psyches : EGOS
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Colette's "The ___ One" : OTHER
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Author of "Common Sense" : PAINE
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Sullivan and McMahon : EDS
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Dwindle : WANE
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Pall : WEARY
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Feudal peons : ESNES
Down
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Word on a Japanese ship : MARU
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Asiatic border river : AMUR
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The Georgia Peach : COBB
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Judge : ARBITER
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Hot dog : WEENIE
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Watch chain : FOB
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Precambrian and Paleozoic : ERAS
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Coveted pelt : MINK
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Couturière : MODISTE
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Annapolis grad. : ENS
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Goat or butterfly : ALPINE
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Woody climbers : LIANES
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Erie Canal vessel : BARGE
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Kuwaiti or Omani : ARAB
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Faced : FRONTED
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Summa cum ___ : LAUDE
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Lou Grant portrayer : ASNER
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Raison d'___ : ETRE
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Brooklyn's Preacher : ROE
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Penny pinchers : MISERS
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Butter at Fordham : RAM
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Additional bedding? : SECONDSHEET
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Editor? : WORDPROCESSOR
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Oates novel : THEM
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Joyce's homeland : EIRE
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Fresh load of pigs? : PENREFILLS
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Elements : PARTS
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Martinique et St.-Pierre : ILES
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Polo team : FOUR
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Tolerate : STAND
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Impassive monarch? : WOODENRULER
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Errors at the cash register? : SALESSLIPS
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Auguries : OMENS
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Like a craze : FADDY
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"Can't! Don't! ___! Won't!": Kipling : SHANT
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Irregular : EROSE
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Outlet : VENT
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Bronx follower : ITE
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Hen's comment : CLUCK
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Diminutive : SMALL
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Fit to be tied : IRATE
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"___ Irish Rose" : ABIES
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Confederate, e.g. : REBEL
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Office Cato once held : EDILE
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Frosh-rushing group : FRAT
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Medieval clubs : MACES
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Anglo-Saxon currency : ORA
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Author of "The Dragons of Eden" : SAGAN
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Medieval English chronicle : BRUT
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Conductor Genarro ___: 1886-1941 : PAPI
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Greek mil. group of W.W. II : ELAS
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High-sided little boat : DORY
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Water holder : CARAFE
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Author James B. and ballplayer Enos : CABELLS
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Hoist : ELEVATE
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Mountain ranges : SIERRAS
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Boaster : GASCON
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Sergeant's command : ATEASE
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Sonny's sibling : SIS
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Mexican blanketlike shawl : SERAPE
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Title Liszt held : ABBE
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Needlework loop : BRIDE
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Was in the grip of la grippe : AILED
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Russian antelope : SAIGA
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Border : HEM
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Aquatic team : CREW
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Turkish commander : AGHA
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Stadium area : TIER
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Related : AKIN
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Hawaiian goose : NENE
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___ bien : TRES
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Pile of hay : MOW
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Hue's partner : CRY

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9 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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