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John R. Prosser
John R. Prosser

New York Times, Thursday, May 31, 1979

Author:
John R. Prosser
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 21.9 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
John R. Prosser has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,796
Across
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Opera prop : SPEAR
6
"Gil ___" : BLAS
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Nag : CARP
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Swap : TRADE
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Sow's smallest offspring : RUNT
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Reed instrument : OBOE
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Figure for Dorothy Hamill : EIGHT
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Comedian Johnson : ARTE
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Talon : CLAW
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Word with fast and sound : ASLEEP
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Game involving 24 men : CHECKERS
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Nasty grin : LEER
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Come into : INHERIT
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Regard highly : ESTEEM
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This can't be disputed : TASTE
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Fred ___, "Chicago" lyricist : EBB
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Fit to be ___ : TIED
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Posted : MAILED
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Make headway : PROCEED
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Chef's activity, at times : LADLING
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Gobs : OODLES
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Bison's pride : MANE
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H.S.T. successor : DDE
44
Win every game in a series : SWEEP
45
Dear : COSTLY
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Contrition : REMORSE
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"O dear!" : ALAS
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Word with show or monkey : BUSINESS
56
Threnody : LAMENT
58
Author Hoffer : ERIC
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Now's partner : THEN
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Idea : IMAGE
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Pearl Mosque site : AGRA
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Trust, with "on" : RELY
64
Composer of "Mighty Lak a Rose" : NEVIN
65
Strip of film : REEL
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Kilmer poem : TREES
Down
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Cry from Brock's fans : STEAL
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Lever : PRISE
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Symbol on U.S. coins : EAGLE
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Stick : ADHERE
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Network of nerves : RETE
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Bandeau : BRA
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Canted; careened : LURCHED
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Key work : ANTHEM
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Tip : STEER
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Stinger, e.g. : COCKTAIL
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Apt : ABLE
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Strain the voice : ROAR
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Church accommodations : PEWS
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Feels sympathy for : PITIES
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Bastion : CITADEL
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Requirement : NEED
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Make more precipitous : STEEPEN
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Coasted : SLID
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Be inclined : TEND
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Border : EDGE
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Poetry of a people : EPOS
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Forehead : BROW
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Portend : BODE
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Fireplace shelf : MANTEL
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Kind of collar or error : CLERICAL
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Colleen : LASS
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Snacks : MORSELS
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Pamper : COSHER
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Complain loudly : YAMMER
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A concern of Coleridge : METRE
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Sabbatical : LEAVE
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Actress Dickinson : ANGIE
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Tommy guns for Tommies : STENS
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Yellowstone Park denizen : BEAR
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Exhort : URGE
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Bold Bidder, to Spectacular Bid : SIRE
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"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
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Comedian Louis : NYE

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

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