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Peter G. Snow
Peter G. Snow

New York Times, Friday, June 24, 1988

24-Across : Capp's Hyena

Author:
Peter G. Snow
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 32.5 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Peter G. Snow has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,108
Across
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Goalie stats : SAVES
6
Actress in "The Maltese Falcon" : ASTOR
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Former province of Colombia : PANAMA
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Music lover's purchase : STEREO
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Temple of Jupiter, to Caesar : CAPITOL
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Box opener or mollusk : PANDORA
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The works : ALL
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Scholarship allowance : STIPEND
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Dawber or Shriver : PAM
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Jill's receptacle : PAIL
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Dwight of the Red Sox : EVANS
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Capp's Hyena : LENA
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Lab heaters : ETNAS
27
Capone and Jolson : ALS
28
Hair style : BANGS
29
Adjust : REGULATE
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Overlooks : MISSES
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Knob or knot : NODE
33
Troubles : AILS
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Wore down : ERODED
37
Parallel : ANALOGUE
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Bathes : LAVES
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Sozzled : LIT
43
Brings forth a lamb : YEANS
44
Done : OVER
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Great Lakes acronym : HOMES
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Sweet syrup of the East : DIBS
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By or by means of : PER
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Liturgical books : MISSALS
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Glaswegian negative : NAE
52
Champlevé and cloisonné : ENAMELS
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Tillie's colleagues : TOILERS
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Phidian work : STATUE
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Organic compounds : ESTERS
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Dutch town and its product : EDAMS
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Ratite birds : RHEAS
Down
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Youth : SAPLING
2
Witch bird : ANI
3
Containers for fermentation : VATS
4
Emulate Pearl White : EMOTE
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Pavlov's dogs were conditioned to do this : SALIVATE
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Resort and tree : ASPENS
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A Watergate figure : STANS
8
Have an inclination : TEND
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Calif.'s Fort ___ : ORD
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Uncloses anew : REOPENS
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Liking : PALATE
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Syracuse color : ORANGE
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Frisk : CAPER
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Pile up : AMASS
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Part of a picket fence : PALE
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Water trough : LAUNDER
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Used a riata : LASSOED
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Kin of bullaces : SLOES
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Truncheon : BILLY
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Total : ADD
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Actress Sara : MIA
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Echidna or pangolin : ANTEATER
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Bolt together : ELOPE
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Crows' cousins : RAVENS
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Abandoned one's diet : OVERATE
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Goals : AIMS
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Some dives : GAINERS
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Removes obstacles : UNBARS
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Endless finish : ESSES
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Red-ink items : LOSSES
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Seed scar : HILUM
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Splash about : SLOSH
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Prefix for physics or thesis : META
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Locale : SITE
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Frenzied : MAD
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Winning pitcher: 1984 All-Star game : LEA

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