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Mark Diehl
Mark Diehl

New York Times, Friday, May 29, 1987

38-Down : Letter after pi

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.0
Mark Diehl has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 69 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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L
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I
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D
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O
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R
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A
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J
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A
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R
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I
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C
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O
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A
R
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N
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A
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E
L
A
N
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E
L
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B
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S
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B
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A
L
L
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T
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D
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M
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S
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D
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A
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B
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L
Y
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N
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P
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T
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E
L
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C
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T
O
R
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B
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T
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B
O
T
C
H
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A
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C
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C
R
A
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M
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A
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T
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T
H
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C
I
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R
C
U
L
A
R
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F
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L
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S
A
L
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C
H
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M
O
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T
U
L
I
P
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T
K
O
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I
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R
O
N
A
G
E
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E
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N
O
S
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O
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R
S
O
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N
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G
L
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B
E
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T
R
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E
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R
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O
R
B
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T
A
L
V
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L
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C
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I
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T
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Y
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L
O
L
A
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R
O
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R
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S
M
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L
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D
Y
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A
N
D
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P
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C
A
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,716
Across
1
"Love Boat" deck : LIDO
5
Howdah passenger : RAJA
9
Carty of baseball : RICO
13
The Summit in Houston : ARENA
15
Vim and vigor : ELAN
16
N.C. college : ELON
17
Candlestick Park, e.g. : BASEBALLSTADIUM
20
Upper reaches : STRATOSPHERE
21
Smidgen : DAB
24
Ampere's birthplace : LYON
25
Will Rogers's fateful pilot : POST
26
Certain college member : ELECTOR
29
Bouncing ___ (soapwort) : BET
30
Flub : BOTCH
31
Ghana's capital : ACCRA
34
Welcome site : MAT
37
Junk-mail depository : THECIRCULARFILE
40
___ volatile : SAL
41
Type of therapy : CHEMO
42
Dutch export : TULIP
43
W.B.C. decision : TKO
44
Time to test one's mettle? : IRONAGE
46
A grandson of Adam : ENOS
48
Qualifying phrase : ORSO
50
Pisa-to-Verona dir. : NNE
51
Meadowlark Lemon, e.g. : GLOBETROTTER
55
Space-station speed : ORBITALVELOCITY
59
Singer Falana : LOLA
60
Cape Town gun : ROER
61
Mona Lisa's "trademark" : SMILE
62
Stains : DYES
63
Ampersands : ANDS
64
Type of type : PICA
Down
1
Retriever type, for short : LAB
2
Latter-day acct. : IRA
3
___ Plaines River : DES
4
Change for a five : ONES
5
Olympic event : RELAYRACE
6
Words before pieces or the good : ALLTO
7
Famous fleece searcher : JASON
8
Them, in "Them!" : ANTS
9
Very popular : REDHOT
10
Nastase namesakes : ILIES
11
Royal entourage : COURT
12
"Lean ___," Withers hit song : ONME
14
German composer: 1819-85 : ABT
18
Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
19
"God's mother deigned to ___ me": Shak. : APPEARTO
21
Financial burdens : DEBTS
22
Wahine's greeting : ALOHA
23
Source of an Asian stimulant : BETEL
27
New Deal prog. : CCC
28
Burly : THICKSET
29
Lingerie item : BRA
32
Summa ___ laude : CUM
33
Places to change a habit? : CLOISTERS
34
La Scala locale : MILAN
35
Straighten out : ALIGN
36
Wild West shelter : TEPEE
38
Letter after pi : RHO
39
Word with house or fair : FUN
43
Novelist Smollett : TOBIAS
45
Moslem weight : ROTL
46
Hirsch of football fame : ELROY
47
Grand : NOBLE
48
Man-made fabric : ORLON
49
Moved about : ROVED
51
Placer's contents : GOLD
52
Prissy's place : TARA
53
Dawn goddess : EOS
54
Some Can. lawmen : RCMP
56
Junior's jr. : III
57
R.N.'s Rx : TLC
58
Pro vote : YEA

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

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