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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Wednesday, May 2, 1979

14-Across : At the drop of ___

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { G J Q }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.2
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,767
Across
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Hay package : BALE
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Whence comes applejack : CIDER
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Fork-tailed sea bird : TERN
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At the drop of ___ : AHAT
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Old-womanish : ANILE
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Gallic girlfriend : AMIE
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Title for Charlotte: 1864–67 : EMPRESSOFMEXICO
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Remorseful one : REPENTER
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Titania's husband : OBERON
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Nursery schooler : TOT
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Bustles : ADOS
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One with equal billing : COSTAR
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"Four larks and a ___": Lear : WREN
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He's never out of butts : RAM
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H.R.E. founder : OTTOI
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Base of a framework : SILL
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Ration for the needy : DOLE
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Home of the Virginia Cavaliers : CHARLOTTESVILLE
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Cologne, to Germans : KOLN
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Dye containers : VATS
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Pinpoint of land : ISLET
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Brynner : YUL
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Milne's "When We Were ___ Young" : VERY
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Foes of the Hatfields : MCCOYS
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Supermarket item : CART
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"A garden is a lovesome thing, God ___!": Brown : WOT
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___ of Gibraltar : STRAIT
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Sargent and Eunice : SHRIVERS
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Capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands : CHARLOTTEAMALIE
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Prefix for naut or gram : AERO
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Postgraduate hurdles : ORALS
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Shoe salesman's question : SIZE
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Pour : TEEM
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Eccentricities : KINKS
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Race : TEAR
Down
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Bugs ___, memorable humorist : BAER
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Words to accompany a sigh : AHME
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North European : LAPP
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Existence, in Épinal : ETRE
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Pollux's twin : CASTOR
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Magazine part : INSET
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Fashion name : DIOR
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Pixy : ELF
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Updates : REMODELS
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Strains : TAXES
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Arabian V.I.P. : EMIR
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Rich, in Valladolid : RICO
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Kind of tube : NEON
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Involve necessarily : ENTAIL
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Black : EBON
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Kingdom of Burgundy : ARLES
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Arrogant : COCKY
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"Come, ___ Traveller Unknown," hymn by Wesley : OTHOU
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Delay by evasion : STALL
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Severed : TORN
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Like G.B.S. or Wilde : WITTY
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First duke of Normandy : ROLLO
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N.Y.C.'s Shubert ___ : ALLEY
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" ... ___ the gold of the night" : MEETS
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False or head follower : START
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Spinner in a studio : DISC
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Caught up with : OVERTOOK
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Dupe : VICTIM
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Ski spot for G.R.F. : VAIL
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Swamp : MORASS
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Billiard shot : CAROM
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Relative of a conch : WHELK
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Word to a cat : SCAT
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Friends' word : THEE
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Kind of treat : RARE
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Smith of tennis : STAN
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"This world so ___ ... ": Huxley : VAST
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Author Wiesel : ELIE
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___ Shah Pahlevi : RIZA
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Visionary : SEER
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Bi plus one : TRI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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