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Kenneth Haxton
Kenneth Haxton

New York Times, Wednesday, May 3, 1978

Author:
Kenneth Haxton
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.2
Kenneth Haxton has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,490
Across
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Rabbit or its fur : LAPIN
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Corded fabric : REPP
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Duchess of ___, Goya's model : ALBA
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Like a dottering dowager : ANILE
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Germ for an invention : IDEA
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July 23–Aug. 22 babies : LEOS
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___ sanctum : INNER
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Senator from Indiana : BIRCHBAYH
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Scottish Arctic explorer : RAE
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Meat from a calf : VEAL
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Dishevel : TOUSLE
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Prepared to grin and bear it : STEELED
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Widgeons : SMEES
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Cooked in a closed pot : BRAISED
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Villa d'___ : ESTE
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Where crabgrass seems to thrive : LAWN
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Took umbrage : RESENTED
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Cenozoic or Mesozoic : ERA
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"The Insulted and the ___": Dostoyevsky : INJURED
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Dander : IRE
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Brown study : DAYDREAM
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It acted up in Nov. 1928 : ETNA
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Oda or refectory : ROOM
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Jostled : ELBOWED
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Heights occupied by Israel: June 1967 : GOLAN
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"Norma" composer : BELLINI
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Bring to light : ELICIT
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Burden or bail : LADE
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River on French-Belgian boundary : LYS
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Primps : SPRUCESUP
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Logrollers' contest : ROLEO
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Close an envelope : SEAL
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River pollution problem : SUDS
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Word with dust or face : CLOTH
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Where to pile Pelion : OSSA
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Baobab, for one : TREE
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Thespian Booth : EDWIN
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Cougar's couch : LAIR
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Actress Magnani: 1908–73 : ANNA
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Languishes; fades : PINESAWAY
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De Ré or d'Oléron : ILE
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Neurologist's specialty : NERVES
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Rabelaisian : RIBALD
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Roman police chief : EDILE
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Prefix with force and form : PER
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SEATO is one : PACT
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Meringue ingredient : ALBUMEN
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Real estate contract : LEASE
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His law won't be repealed : BOYLE
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Lent adjunct : ASHES
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Emulated Cavett or Carson : HOSTED
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Shoe size for Li'l Abner : EEE
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Haley's metal in " ... Oz" : TIN
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Hart or hind : DEER
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Practiced extortion : BLED
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Like a certain Latin bird : RARA
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Opposite of NNW : SSE
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Grog, usually : RUM
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Last word of Ko-Ko's famous song : TITWILLOW
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Sea eagle : ERNE
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Christie's "___ Man's Mirror" : DEAD
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Subtly sarcastic : IRONIC
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Recent: Comb. form : NEO
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Door part : JAMB
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Count on Broadway : DRACULA
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Long geological period : EON
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Slip by : ELAPSE
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Hon. deg. given to Mrs. Ford: 1976 : LLD
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Author of "The Devil's Dictionary" : BIERCE
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Canvas primer : GESSO
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Greek flasks : OLPES
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Wherewithal in Turkey : LIRAS
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Give the slip to : ELUDE
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Lab routine : TEST
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Abominable one : YETI
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Vater's little boy : SOHN
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Big ___, Calif. : SUR
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Ironsides or Hickory : OLD

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

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