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Margaret W. Huskey
Margaret W. Huskey

New York Times, Thursday, May 26, 1988

Author:
Margaret W. Huskey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Grid flow: 42.4
Margaret W. Huskey has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,079
Across
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Eastern nanny : AMAH
5
Fibs : TALES
10
Surface measure : ARE
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Singer Falana : LOLA
14
Idolize : ADORE
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___ noire : BETE
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Guests of 62 Across stay here : BLAIRHOUSE
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Small flats : APTS
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Prefix for type : STEREO
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Locofoco, e.g. : DEMOCRAT
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Dregs : LEES
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Gush forth : SPUE
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Inflexible : RIGID
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T.E.D. opponent : HST
32
Pompous ones : ASSES
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Soon : ANON
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Mrs. Andrew Jackson : RACHEL
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Allhallows ___ : EVE
39
Overlay : PAVE
40
Soap or horse chaser : OPERA
41
Cold spell : SNAP
42
Chemical ending : INE
43
Mourner : KEENER
44
"___ Small World" : ITSA
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Skin layer : DERMA
47
Billy ___ Williams : DEE
48
___ Bryant Ford : EDSEL
49
Himalayan plant : NARD
51
Nestor : SAGE
53
Stump : CAMPAIGN
57
Schell and Muldaur : MARIAS
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Attend Abbot : PREP
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Medal of Freedom awarders : PRESIDENTS
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Actress Jeffreys : ANNE
65
Bathes : LAVES
66
Entrance : ADIT
67
Depot abbr. : ETD
68
Signs : OMENS
69
Deprivation : LOSS
Down
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Celebrants' robes : ALBS
2
Shed : MOLT
3
Wings : ALAE
4
This may recede : HAIRLINE
5
Lake in the Sierra Nevada : TAHOE
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Fuss : ADO
7
Boisterous : LOUD
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Appears : SEEMS
10
Crude calculator : ABACUS
11
Exemplifies : REPRESENTS
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Kett of comics : ETTA
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Part of i.e. : EST
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Oboist's purchase : REED
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Girasol : OPAL
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Molded : SHAPED
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Wingy : RAPID
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Vacant : INANE
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Polity : GOVERNMENT
30
Backdrop : SCENE
31
Treys : THREES
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Widened at the top : EVASE
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Calyx part : SEPAL
36
Caviar : ROE
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Auricle : EAR
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Astral : SIDEREAL
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River in NW Iran : KARA
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Made a cartograph : MAPPED
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Zounds! : EGAD
50
Two: Comb. form : DIPLO
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Wrongly : AMISS
53
Auditor, for short : CPA
54
English composer : ARNE
55
Chickpea : GRAM
56
Firn : NEVE
58
___-European : INDO
59
Panay people : ATIS
60
Concordes : SSTS
63
Indonesian coin : SEN

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