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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Friday, May 22, 1992

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 24.1
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,536
Across
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Prom souvenirs : BIDS
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Georgetown five : HOYAS
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"___ homo!" : ECCE
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Celebes ox : ANOA
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Scrub, NASA style : ABORT
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"Candida" author : SHAW
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Ring zinger? : JAWBREAKER
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Corncob, e.g. : PIPE
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Bridal path : AISLE
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Anagram for dine : ENID
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Gerona's river : TER
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Bambi, for one : DEER
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Frost-Sprat spat? : FLAPJACKS
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Roy stop : SAVE
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Globe, e.g.: Abbr. : SPH
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Plaything : TOY
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Water wheel : NORIA
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Kiln : OAST
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Bickering Brahmans? : WRANGLINGCATTLE
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Ex-Dodger ___ Vaughan : ARKY
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Feverish : AGUED
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One of the Chaplins : SYD
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Shoe width for Bigfoot : EEE
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Castor's mother : LEDA
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Talk rapidly : RATTLEOFF
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Narc target : USER
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Some : ANY
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Faulkner character : LAFE
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Eyelashes : CILIA
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Fool, to Don Rickles : YOYO
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Soft-soaps : SWEETTALKS
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A cheese : EDAM
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" ... could ___ lean" : EATNO
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Missile or statue : NIKE
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Hockey ploy : DEKE
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Underwent remission of fever : LYSED
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Small whales : SEIS
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___ California : BAJA
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Grant-___ : INAID
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Use a divining rod : DOWSE
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Valuable pelts : SABLES
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"Some ___ meat ... ": Burns : HAE
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Nigerian ruler : OBA
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Naïve rustic : YOKEL
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Omni, for one : ARENA
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Dismantle piece by piece : STRIP
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Sixth sense : ESP
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Conversations re an i.o.u.? : CHITCHATS
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"R.U.R." playwright : CAPEK
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Pitchers : EWERS
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Called anew : RERANG
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Rec. players : DJS
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Spanish market : FERIA
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" ... for ___ of ale": Shak. : APOT
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Tenn. footballer : VOL
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Airline initials : TWA
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Bruin great : ORR
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Babbling bovine? : YAKETYYAK
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Gerund's ending : ING
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"Versailles was ___ ... ": Parkman : AGULF
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Furtive : SLY
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TV's Danson : TED
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Gorby negative : NYET
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So-so grade : CEE
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Bring together, as the fingers : ADDUCT
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Building wing : ELL
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Thais, e.g. : ASIANS
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Irradiated : RAYED
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Cell terminal : ANODE
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Support for Soyer : EASEL
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Right ___ : OFWAY
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"Your ___ Too Big," Waller favorite : FEETS
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"Heartbreak House" heroine : ELLIE
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___-tikki-tavi : RIKKI
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Grieg's "___ Death" : ASES
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Kipling's "Follow Me ___" : OME
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Ethyl finish : ENE
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Bushy clump : TOD

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

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