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Gayle Dean
Gayle Dean

New York Times, Saturday, May 25, 1985

Author:
Gayle Dean
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 27.0
Gayle Dean has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,982
Across
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Box : SPAR
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Guinness and Templeton : ALECS
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Wild place, once : WEST
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Remuneration : WAGE
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Topic of quotation below : WORRY
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Lake or canal : ERIE
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Like fine wine : AGED
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Poe or Guest : EDGAR
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Author of quotation : INGE
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Cézanne contemporary : MANET
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Greek letters : OMICRONS
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Start of quotation : INTERESTPAID
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"Buddenbrooks" author : MANN
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Rock for Robespierre : ROCHE
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Fenway Park marker : BASE
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Of wisdom : SOPHIC
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Sciatic area : HIP
40
Middle of quotation : ONTROUBLEBEFORE
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Trappist monks' cheese : OKA
44
Fix a shoe : RESOLE
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John Dowland's instrument : LUTE
46
Le Carré bad guy : KARLA
48
Molten rock : LAVA
50
End of quotation : ITBECOMESDUE
57
Down Under capital : CANBERRA
60
Rarefies : THINS
61
Comply : OBEY
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Actress Gillette : ANITA
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Depart : EXIT
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Dancer-actress Zorina : VERA
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Woodward book : WIRED
68
Ceremony : RITE
69
English school : ETON
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Trotsky and Ames : LEONS
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Prophet : SEER
Down
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Pundit : SWAMI
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Heathen : PAGAN
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Representative : AGENT
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Savior : REDEEMER
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Wonder : AWE
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Israeli airport : LOD
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Grain fungus : ERGOT
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Writer's complaint : CRAMP
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Arab country : SYRIA
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Oddball : WEIRDO
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___ Rubik, cube man : ERNO
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Billboard : SIGN
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Snead's needs : TEES
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Between, in Bologna : TRA
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Aegean enchantress : CIRCE
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Follow : ENSUE
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Elitists : SNOBS
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___ En-lai : CHOU
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Musician Al : HIRT
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Flèche weapon : EPEE
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Bibliophile's item : BOOK
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Singer-composer Paul : ANKA
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Spica or Vega : STAR
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Arafat's gp. : PLO
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Greeting : HELLO
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Structural member : IBEAM
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Elocute : ORATE
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Emergency lights : FLASHERS
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Benghazi denizen : LIBYAN
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Doggy doc : VET
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Free-for-all : BRAWL
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Pea-pickin' Ford : ERNIE
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Mosque of El Azhar's site : CAIRO
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"Land of Cotton" : DIXIE
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Wed : UNITE
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Fragrant compound : ESTER
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Sheltered inlet : COVE
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Encourage evildoing : ABET
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"Quo Vadis?" character : NERO
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Number of Mahler symphonies : TEN
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Some are classified : ADS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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