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Warren W. Reich
Warren W. Reich

HIDDEN INDIVIDUALS

New York Times, Sunday, May 31, 1987

46-Down : Pure and simple

Author:
Warren W. Reich
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 526 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 125, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Warren W. Reich has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,718
Across
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Former TV late-show host : PAAR
5
Thirtieth Vice President : DAWES
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"Yet do I ___ thy nature": Lady Macbeth : FEAR
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Brew ingredient : MALT
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Weapon for a poilu : ARME
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Manifest : EVINCE
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Hershfield hero : ABIE
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Unicorn fish : UNIE
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One wrapped in a fur : STONEMARTEN
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One is part of a part : COMPONENT
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Transmit transient images : TELEVISE
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Doll up : PREEN
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Pasch : EASTER
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Thomas Gray, e.g. : ELEGIST
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With lance in hand : ATILT
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City in south central Pa. : ALTOONA
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"Cakes and ___": Maugham : ALE
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Dry, in Quito : SECO
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"Tam ___," Burns song : GLEN
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Dullards : CLODS
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A tropical islander has one : MICRONESIAN
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Playwright Stoppard : TOM
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Word after by or side : LINE
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Indifferent : SOSO
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Harrow's rival : ETON
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Timber rot : DOTE
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Land measure : ARE
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One is in fiscally : MONETARILY
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Quaver : TREMOR
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"The ___ Circle," 1924 film : MARRIAGE
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Use a coupon : REDEEM
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Author of "Seascape" : ALBEE
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Bizarre : OUTRE
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Emulated Phil Mahre : SKIED
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Wuhan nanas : AMAHS
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Cabriolet's cousin : COUPE
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Eye part : RETINA
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Unpublished : INEDITED
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Stage platforms : RISERS
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One in isolation : LONELINESS
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Smelter's stuff : ORE
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Guernsey or Jersey : ISLE
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Mine, in Metz : AMOI
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Former Venetian bigwig : DOGE
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Indigo plant : ANIL
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Actor Turhan ___ : BEY
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A fair-weather system ends with one : ANTICYCLONE
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Chilean courtship dance : CUECA
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Partner of bones : SKIN
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City on the Oka : OREL
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What an R.N. provides : TLC
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Popular pullovers : TSHIRTS
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Keel parts : SKEGS
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Abominated : LOATHED
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Animal parasites : EPIZOA
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"America" composer : BLOCH
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A gubernatorial warrant : REPRIEVE
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One is part of nothing : NONENTITY
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One is embraced by a benedict : HONEYMOONER
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Frankfurt an der ___ : ODER
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Jewish month : ELUL
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List of corrigenda : ERRATA
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Designer Ricci : NINA
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County in Kan. : NESS
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Shaggy: Comb. form : DASY
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German appellations : NAMEN
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Tartan pattern : SETT
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Collagist's need : PASTE
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Soviet collective : ARTEL
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Soap plant : AMOLE
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Turncoat : RENEGADE
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End of being : DEMISE
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Nautical command : AVAST
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Filigree material : WIRE
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Tolkien creature : ENT
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Sovereign's staff : SCEPTER
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Aspect : FACET
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Black, to Blake : EBON
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Marksman's act : AIM
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Citronella oil, e.g. : REPELLANT
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American League M.V.P.: 1976 : MUNSON
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Pico de ___, in the Pyrenees : ANETO
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Fourth-anniversary gift : LINEN
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Colorful aquarium fish : TETRA
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Physicist Fermi : ENRICO
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Ponerologists' topics : EVILS
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Of a certain cereal grass : OATEN
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A father-in-law of Esau : ELON
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Place for a British horse race : ASCOT
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Exchange premium : AGIO
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Quahog : CLAM
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Ankara dollar : LIRA
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One starts with difficulty : ONEROUSLY
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Dealer : MONGER
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Crystal gazer's words : ISEE
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Hunted congers : EELED
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Eyelid problem : STYE
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One completes a monument : TOMBSTONE
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Early Nebraskan : OTOE
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Pure and simple : MERE
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Move like a gull : SOAR
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Capital of India: 1912-31 : DELHI
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Bishop's headdress : MITER
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Star of "Catch-22" : ARKIN
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Anne of Austria, par exemple : REINE
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Paragon : IDEAL
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Electric catfish : RAADS
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Seychelles money : RUPEE
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Riding academy : MANEGE
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Follower of Zeno : STOIC
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Marzo or maggio : MESE
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Pupil's pony : CRIB
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Seine tributary : OISE
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Name in Mark 15:34 : ELOI
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Privy to : INON
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Actor Blore : ERIC
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Poet Walter ___ Mare : DELA
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Made clean : SANITATED
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People on pedestals : IDOLS
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Scenes in Nep. : MTNS
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Bidding events : AUCTIONS
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City SE of Cleveland : AKRON
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___ Ono : YOKO
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Nativity scene : CRECHE
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Hat or hen : LEGHORN
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Mild cigar : CLARO
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Certain sorters : SIZERS
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Sailor stationed aloft : TOPMAN
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Mortise's partner : TENON
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Famous name at Stoke-on-Trent : SPODE
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Noted jazz pianist : HINES
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In a vulpine way : SLYLY
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Battle of ___ Gulf: 1944 : LEYTE
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Skater Sonja : HENIE
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Part of a decathlon : EVENT
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Do an exterminator's job : DERAT
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Htg. quantities : BTUS
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Twenty quires : REAM
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Dockers' union : ILA
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F.D.R. measure : NRA

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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