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Wells Gemberling
Wells Gemberling

New York Times, Wednesday, June 14, 1967

Author:
Wells Gemberling
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.3
Wells Gemberling has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,514
Across
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Furnish protection for. : COVER
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Hail or farewell. : AVE
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Timetables, for short. : SKEDS
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Aromatic herb. : ANISE
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Buddy. : PAL
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Gay city. : PAREE
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Movie scenes. : SHOTS
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Antiquity: Archaic. : ELD
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As ___ (generally). : ARULE
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Mah-jongg piece. : TILE
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Twist. : SLEW
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Score after deuce. : ADIN
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Laundryman's question. : STARCH
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Unstable. : ERRATIC
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Covered with grime. : SOOTY
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Medicinal substance. : EMETIC
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Unconditional: Abbr. : ABS
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Formulator of an economic law. : GRESHAM
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Gambler's note. : IOU
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Line of light. : RAY
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One of the leagues: Abbr. : NAT
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Shoshonean. : UTE
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Begone! : OUT
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Sea bird. : ERN
44
"Dinner ___." : ATEIGHT
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Skaters' assn. : NSA
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Rabbit-sized rodent. : AGOUTI
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Layer. : SHEET
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Seems. : APPEARS
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Busman. : DRIVER
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___ D., high degree. : LITT
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French pronoun. : NOUS
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Have a bank account. : SAVE
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Member of an Eastern church. : UNIAT
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Day, in Spain. : DIA
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Items usually of wood or candy. : CANES
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Name in 1847 novel. : BECKY
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Language: Abbr. : ENG
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Concerning. : ANENT
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One of the Fords. : EDSEL
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U.S. satellite. : OGO
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Nuisances. : PESTS
Down
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Uses the first stone. : CASTS
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Make a play in cricket. : ONHIT
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Stringed instrument. : VIOLA
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Chemical compounds. : ESTERS
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Things, in law. : RES
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Tarzan's friends. : APES
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Neighbors of hills. : VALLEYS
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Senior. : ELDER
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Belgian town. : SPA
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Type of self-defense. : KARATE
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Learning. : ERUDITION
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Exceptionally pleasant. : DELICIOUS
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Experienced. : SEEN
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Encircled. : WREATHED
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Related by birth. : COGNATE
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Type of ode. : HORATIAN
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Electrical instrument. : AMMETER
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Head: Fr. : TETE
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___ wide swath. : CUTA
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Length times width. : AREA
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Traded. : BARGAINED
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The first three Gospels. : SYNOPTICS
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Founder of Capetian dynasty. : HUGH
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Publishing. : ISSUING
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Capacity for understanding. : UPTAKE
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French aromatic tea. : TISANE
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Horse show. : RODEO
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Wind indicators. : VANES
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Happening. : EVENT
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Musical notations : RESTS
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Machine oil. : LUBE
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Palm tree. : SAGO
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Knob: Prefix. : TYL
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Outdo. : CAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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