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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Tuesday, June 2, 1981

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 15.2
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,529
Across
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Cheerful tune : LILT
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Excise parts of photos : CROP
9
Unaltered : SAME
13
Culture medium : AGAR
14
Thespian's vehicle : ROLE
15
Baseball V.I.P. : OWNER
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"___-Tough," Dan Jenkins book : SEMI
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Flair : ELAN
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Too much, in music : TANTO
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Lack of sociability : STANDOFFISHNESS
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Leafy vegetable : KALE
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There's partner : THEN
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Native of Stockholm : SWEDE
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Duke or baron : PEER
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___ standstill : ATA
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Auden and Lowell : POETS
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Jenny's kinfolk : LINDS
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Cacophony : DIN
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de la Paix and Madeleine : RUES
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Adds color : TINTS
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Word with feet or front : COLD
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Lithographer's need : INK
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Moves in rhythm with a mount's gait : POSTS
38
Centers : CORES
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Mdse. : GDS
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"Not ___ us the praise ... ": Kipling : UNTO
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Antonym for zesty : BLAND
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Touch : FEEL
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Fails to gain attention : FALLSONDEAFEARS
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___ a minute : AMILE
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Time spans : ERAS
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Exchange : SWAP
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Passbook holder : SAVER
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Caesura : REST
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Collapse, with "in" : CAVE
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Those people : THEY
58
Poses for a portrait : SITS
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Word with black or blue : EYED
Down
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Colleen : LASS
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"___ a Kick Out of You": Porter : IGET
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Buddhist monk : LAMA
4
Small ornaments : TRINKETS
5
Style of cuisine : CREOLE
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Husband of Pocahontas : ROLFE
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Norway's patron saint : OLAF
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Remorseful ones : PENITENTS
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Proust character : SWANN
10
Boleyn : ANNE
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"Cinderella team" of 1969 : METS
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Aphrodite's son : EROS
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Different ones : OTHERS
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Some Boston pops : DADS
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Lean-tos : SHEDS
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Healthy : SOUND
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Hebdomads : WEEKS
26
Calico horse : PINTO
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Decorate : ADORN
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Laid flooring : TILED
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No ifs, ___ or buts : ANDS
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Punctilious person : PRIG
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Concert audience : LISTENERS
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Lone Ranger's sidekick : TONTO
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Unite : COALESCE
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Cruise bigwig : PURSER
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Musical symbol : CLEF
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Quadrupeds : BEASTS
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Part of a tennis court : ALLEY
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Seder is one : FEAST
44
Permanent, as dye : FAST
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Oriental maidservant : AMAH
46
Type of TV coverage : LIVE
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Three, in Thüringen : DREI
48
Absent : AWAY
49
Laudatory review : RAVE
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Hastened : SPED

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