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Mark Diehl
Mark Diehl

New York Times, Tuesday, June 25, 1985

42-Down : Great distress

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 42.6
Mark Diehl has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 69 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,013
Across
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Return-mail acronym : SASE
5
Again and again, in poesy : OFT
8
Grabs clumsily : PAWS
12
Neither ahead nor behind : EVEN
13
In a line : AROW
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Veranda : LANAI
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D.C. machinery : GOVT
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Flintstone's pet : DINO
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Silly trick : ANTIC
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Coin swallowers : ONEARMEDBANDITS
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___ dicit (he says nothing) : NIHIL
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Ubiquitous men's org. : YMCA
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Kin of Jacob's ladder : PHLOX
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Galas : FIESTAS
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Pisces neighbor : ARIES
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Viking inlet : FIORD
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Stat. for Gooden : ERA
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Foundry form : MOLD
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Topologist's doughnut : TORUS
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Piqued state : SNIT
35
Adverse : ILL
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Not as misleading : TRUER
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Sri Lanka money : RUPEE
38
Lose hope : DESPAIR
40
Maker's ID : LABEL
41
Slant : SKEW
42
Predict from signs : AUGUR
43
All-round entertainment : THREERINGCIRCUS
49
Contradict : REBUT
50
Recess : NOOK
51
Set in a course : BENT
52
Of an organic compound : AMIDO
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Say it isn't so : DENY
54
___-Chinese : INDO
55
Filipino's coin : PESO
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Deceitful : SLY
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On : ATOP
Down
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Utah's lily : SEGO
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Bristol's river : AVON
3
Topographical features at Rome : SEVENHILLS
4
Gave rise to : ENTAILED
5
Protuberant window : ORIEL
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Affectionate : FOND
7
Small; cramped : TWOBYFOUR
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Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing : PANDAS
9
Hostile to : ANTI
10
Hold the phone : WAIT
11
Lets the dogs loose : SICS
13
Blend : ADMIX
14
Did a surgical chore : LANCED
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Sigma's antecedents : RHOS
20
Bedouin bigwigs : AMIRS
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Lowly one of "1984" : PROLE
25
Tithe : TENPERCENT
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A gazelle : ARIEL
27
Provide too much : SATE
28
In the course of : AMID
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" ... the ___ of the heaven": Zech. 2:6 : FOURWINDS
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Choler : IRE
33
City on the Mosel : TRIER
34
Commuters' realm : SUBURBIA
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Become fond of : TAKETO
37
Oriental cereal staple : RAGI
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Spurious : PSEUDO
40
Winning in Vegas : LUCKY
42
Great distress : AGONY
43
Course sand : TRAP
44
Deep red : HEME
45
Sluggers' nos. : RBIS
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Carol : NOEL
47
Bring to ruin : UNDO
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Defeat by kayo : STOP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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