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Paul G. Remley
Paul G. Remley

New York Times, Friday, May 28, 1976

33-Down : Sick as ___

Author:
Paul G. Remley
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 13, XRef: 1, Spans: 4 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 21.7
Paul G. Remley has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,785
Across
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Lover of beauty : ESTHETE
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Big brother of a handful : ARMLOAD
15
Killjoy : SPOILER
16
Invest on Wall St. : BUYINTO
17
Dale Evans, for one : COWGIRL
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Office catchall : DESKTOP
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Salt formation, in India : REH
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Brief note : MEMO
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Giggle : TEHEE
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Formerly, old style : ERST
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Ervin or Spade : SAM
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So, in Glasgow : SAE
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Cut no ___ : ICE
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___ out (deletes) : XES
30
Flanged beam : HBAR
33
Dutch city : ARNHEM
36
Print-shop supply : INK
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Firm vow : OATH
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___ own grave : DIGONES
40
One led astray : SEDUCEE
42
Jumble : OLIO
43
Here, in Brest : ICI
45
Blow a ___ : GASKET
46
Colonel's superior: Abbr. : GENL
47
Contemptible one : RAT
48
Network : WEB
49
Freight agent: Abbr. : FFA
51
___ odds on : LAY
53
___ Center of "Main Street" fame : SAUK
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Food fish : SMELT
57
Common citizen : PLEB
59
French or small : FRY
60
Easy to ventilate : AIRABLE
62
Joined, as a class session : SATINON
65
Star's reading matter : FANMAIL
66
Cabbie's query : WHERETO
67
"I saw it with my own ___" : TWOEYES
68
Embryonic system : ENTERON
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Fire exit: Abbr. : ESC
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Germ cell : SPORE
3
Paul Newman thriller : TOWERINGINFERNO
4
Prom date : HIGHSCHOOLFLAME
5
Wallach : ELI
6
Time in office : TERM
7
Gardner et al. : ERLES
8
Body sections : ABDOMENS
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___ de la Paix : RUE
10
Whodunits: Abbr. : MYSTS
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Intensely : LIKEAHOUSEAFIRE
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Awaiting a later decision : ONTHEBACKBURNER
13
Stub ___ : ATOE
14
Info : DOPE
21
Skirt style : MAXI
24
Certain age : TEEN
29
Short keel : SKEG
31
Suit to ___ : ATEE
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Debater's discourse: Abbr. : RHET
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Sick as ___ : ADOG
34
Perturb : RILE
35
Golda : MEIR
39
Tools for Dr. Barnard : SCALPELS
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Crowlike birds : DAWS
44
Typeface: Abbr. : ITAL
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Cornered : ATBAY
52
"___ have no bananas" : YESWE
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Honshu city : KYOTO
55
Downy, in Scotland : SAFT
56
Cat's cry: Var. : MIAW
58
German road : BAHN
61
"Would I ___?" : LIE
63
Asian holiday : TET
64
Parisian's rebuff : NON

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later.

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