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Karen Worthing
Karen Worthing

New York Times, Wednesday, June 27, 1984

Author:
Karen Worthing
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.0
Karen Worthing has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,650
Across
1
Concrete piece : SLAB
5
Romulus's father : MARS
9
Of electrical resistance : OHMIC
14
Colombian city : CALI
15
Suffix with axiom : ATIC
16
Not anybody : NOONE
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U.S. statesman: 18th century : OTIS
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Bright star : NOVA
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Satisfy thirst : SLAKE
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Pulitzer Prize novel: 1952 : THECAINEMUTINY
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Like an excellent theory : TENABLE
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Scottish no : NAE
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Pulitzer Prize novel: 1931 : YEARSOFGRACE
31
Jeer : TAUNT
34
Migrant of the 30's : OKIE
35
Handle roughly : PAW
36
Telegraph : WIRE
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A target of Sen. Sherman: 1890 : TRUST
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Basketball team : FIVE
40
Elected ones : INS
41
Part of Q.E.F. : ERAT
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Anchorite : LONER
43
Pulitzer Prize novel: 1949 : GUARDOFHONOR
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"But, ___ presses to my memory": Juliet : OIT
48
Ancestry : LINEAGE
52
Pulitzer Prize novel: 1947 : ALLTHEKINGSMEN
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Aviator Balbo : ITALO
57
Wander : ROVE
58
"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
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Clerk, at times : FILER
60
"___ a Song Go ... " : ILET
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Concerning : INRE
62
Boxes : SPARS
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Actor Grant : CARY
64
Malicious look : LEER
Down
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"Ivanhoe" author : SCOTT
2
Wood-shaping tool : LATHE
3
Stranger : ALIEN
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Fla. bay : BISCAYNE
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Cigar or hemp : MANILA
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Expiator : ATONER
7
Split : RIVE
8
Con game : SCAM
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Acting : ONSTAGE
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___-than-thou : HOLIER
11
Lament : MOAN
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Black : INKY
13
Arc shape : CEE
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Aid a felon : ABET
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Not suitable : UNFIT
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___ Bend, Ind. : SOUTH
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Approves : OKS
28
Neat as ___ : APIN
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Grotto : CAVE
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Pitcher : EWER
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Branch extension : TWIG
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Japanese group : AINU
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___ Major : URSA
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Loyalty : TROTH
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Brit. air aim : RAF
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Schooner part : FORESAIL
41
Newspaper heads : EDITORS
42
Kind of boat or bow : LONG
44
Hairdresser's aid : ROLLER
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Twist : OLIVER
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XC : NINETY
49
Hydrogen compound : AMINE
50
Type : GENRE
51
Come in : ENTER
52
Eagerly expecting : ATIP
53
Refrain sounds : LALA
54
Viking name : ERIC
55
Some kind of nut : KOLA
56
Conditions : IFS

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

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