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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Friday, May 15, 1987

2-Down : Industrialist von Skoda

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 42.2
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,702
Across
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Insect snare : WEB
4
European coal basin : SAAR
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Walled Spanish city : AVILA
13
Author of "I Want It Now" : AMIS
15
Cousin of a beluga : ORCA
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___ do (slangy refusal) : NOCAN
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Potter's oven : KILN
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Bread made with cornmeal : JOHNNYCAKE
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"Invisible Man" author : ELLISON
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Bag restriction : GAMELAW
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Pre-K.G.B. group : OGPU
24
State flower of Utah : SEGO
25
Fliers of 1941 : RAF
27
Heavenly bear : URSA
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King Hassan's capital : RABAT
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Underworlds, long ago : INFERNALS
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Funeral oration : ELOGE
38
Spare : LEAN
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Patriot Deane : SILAS
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R.I.P. item : OBIT
42
Produces interest : EARNS
44
Tissandier vehicle : DIRIGIBLE
46
Fantasize : DREAM
47
Mitigate : EASE
48
"___, Giorgio," 1982 film : YES
49
Cultural studies : ARTS
52
License plates : TAGS
54
"I Love ___": H. Lauder : ALASSIE
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Scourges : TERRORS
61
Rock-drilling tool : JACKHAMMER
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Atherton's "Black ___" : OXEN
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Free : UNTIE
65
Become wearisome : PALL
66
Actor Raymond : GENE
67
Trot and gallop : GAITS
68
Slippery : EELY
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Map abbr. : RTE
Down
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Stern sight : WAKE
2
Industrialist von Skoda : EMIL
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Cafe list : BILLOFFARE
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Temporary stays : SOJOURNS
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How Elvis signed his middle name : ARON
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Berliner's expletive : ACH
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Scope : RANGE
8
Currently : ANYMORE
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Sotto ___ : VOCE
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Ending for poet or myth : ICAL
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"Mighty ___ Rose" : LAKA
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Again : ANEW
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Drag logs : SNIG
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Badger : NAG
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Griffe : SPUR
24
Sorties : SALLIES
25
Got one's goat : RILED
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Nigh, in poesy : ANEAR
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Spoke : SAID
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Standard: Fr. : ALOI
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Hortense Calisher subject: 1986 : BOBBYSOXER
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Like hoopster Jordan : AGILE
33
Areas for berets : TETES
35
Sicilian resort : ENNA
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Poet Teasdale : SARA
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Sororal : SISTERLY
43
Some tennis strokes : SMASHES
45
Paraphernalia : GEAR
50
Narrow creek : RIA
51
Home of Arizona State U. : TEMPE
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Rum concoction : GROG
54
"___ of Wine, a Loaf ... " : AJUG
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Singer Cantrell : LANA
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Play opener : ACTI
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Comic sketch : SKIT
58
Swiss hero : TELL
59
Schism : RENT
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Snick's partner : SNEE
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Clarke or Marsh : MAE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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