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Helena Farmer
Helena Farmer

New York Times, Tuesday, May 1, 1984

Author:
Helena Farmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { B F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.8
Helena Farmer has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,593
Across
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Start of a J. R. Lowell quotation : THE
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Waterfront sights : PIERS
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Fellow : CHAP
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Cajole : COAX
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Supply; clothe : ENDUE
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Nimbus : HALO
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Taj Mahal site : AGRA
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Pindar was one : ODIST
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Silver coin of Iran : RIAL
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Quotation: Part II : MAPLEPUTS
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Furze : GORSE
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Lofty : TALL
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Ancient biblical country : ELAM
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Suffix with cannon or block : ADE
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Star in Lyra : VEGA
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State near Russia : ALASKA
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"Tender Mercies," e.g. : MOVIE
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Penitent's aim : EXPIATION
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Source of indigo : ANIL
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Narrow shore passage : INLET
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Anent : INRE
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"I'll ___ to reason": Gaskell : NOTLISTEN
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Runs before a gale : SCUDS
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Shock : TRAUMA
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Dispatched : SENT
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What Horner did : SAT
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Without : SANS
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Baby's need : TALC
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Prospector's action : CLAIM
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Quotation: Part III : HERCORALS
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Site of Rainbow Falls : HILO
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Submarine detector : SONAR
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Kazan : ELIA
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Quotation: Part IV : ONIN
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Hackneyed : TRITE
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Friend in a fray : ALLY
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Anagram of apes : PEAS
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Llama's habitat : ANDES
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End of quotation : MAY
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Judge's robe : TOGA
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Dwell on tediously : HARP
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Glorify : EXALT
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Radio's "___ Are Funny" : PEOPLE
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Forbearing : INDULGENT
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Prepare for publication : EDIT
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Charlotte ___ : RUSSE
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Coterie : SET
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Pertaining to color : CHROMATIC
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Hit musical of the 60's : HAIR
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"Oh, dear!" : ALAS
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Kind of cat or ax : POLE
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Wheel projection : CAM
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Overhang : EAVE
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Festival : GALA
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Milk for a bébé : LAIT
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Lover, in Lyon : AMANT
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One who gives to funds : DONOR
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A Perón : EVITA
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Spindles : AXLES
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Cavity in a bone : SINUS
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Director Sir Alexander : KORDA
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" ... and the swallow ___ for herself": Psa. 84:3 : ANEST
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False perceptions : ILLUSIONS
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Pierce : PENETRATE
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"No man ___ island": Donne : ISAN
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Mohammedan priest : IMAM
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Norman Town : STLO
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Inner layers of some shells : NACRES
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Fleeced : SHORN
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Richest part : CREAM
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Cut of pork, for one : CHOP
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Cash walks it : LINE
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Geraint's love : ENID
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Actress Nazimova : ALLA
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Crinoid blossom : LILY
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Utter : SAY
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Dep. : STA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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