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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Friday, June 5, 1987

39-Across : An early Mets' game?

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 22.9
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,723
Across
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"The Winter's Tale" chorus : TIME
5
Recruit in "King Henry IV, Part 2" : WART
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Dukedom in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" : MILAN
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Sloth : UNAU
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Sufficient, to FitzGerald : ENOW
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Betel palm : ARECA
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Crack pusher's nemesis : NARC
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Brothers to Viola and Alonso : SEBASTIANS
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Kind of worm or meal : INCH
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Ashanti language : TWI
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Jewel chest : CASKET
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Gunlock catches : SEARS
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Sgt., e.g. : NCO
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Stingy : NEAR
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Obtained : GOT
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Blueprint datum, for short : SPEC
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Townsman : CIT
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Indonesian island : TIMOR
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"Twelfth Night" gentleman : CURIO
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An early Mets' game? : ACOMEDYOFERRORS
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Gave inflection : TONED
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Elicit : EDUCE
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Passing mark : CEE
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Cameo stone : ONYX
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Sandy's comment : ARF
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Honshu city : KOFU
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Bay at Nagoya : ISE
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Gwyn et al. : NELLS
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Original Hambletonian site : GOSHEN
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Some recs. : LPS
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Dark bluish green : TEAL
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Maid of honor in "King Henry VIII" : ANNEBULLEN
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Antler's branch : TINE
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Kind of surgeon : NEURO
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Whit : IOTA
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A founder of Time : LUCE
68
Inert gas : ARGON
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Trade: Var. : SWOP
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Naval officer Hopkins: 1718-1802 : ESEK
Down
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Mediterranean port : TUNIS
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Empty : INANE
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Eulogist for Caesar : MARCANTONY
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Outwit : EUCHRE
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Bridge position : WEST
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Once more : ANEW
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Highlands duo : TWA
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___ Hari : MATA
10
Spirit in "The Tempest" : IRIS
11
Escape hole : LEAK
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Skin trouble : ACNE
13
Bavarian-born caricaturist : NAST
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Boswell was one : SCOT
24
Full : SATED
26
Ionian island : CORFU
28
Disencumber : RID
30
South, in Sevilla : SUR
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A friend of Caesar in "A. and C." : PROCULEIUS
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The old sod : EIRE
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Nestle : COSE
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A friend of Brutus : CATO
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Sacred image : ICON
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"Broom Hilda" cartoonist : MYERS
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A successor of Oedipus : CREON
40
U.S.A. neighbor : MEX
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Luther foe : ECK
46
Japanese aborigine : AINU
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State of fitness : FETTLE
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Jouster's jabber : LANCE
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Glossy : SLEEK
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African land: Var. : GANA
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Beaut : ONER
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Comfy : SNUG
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Bassanio, e.g. : HERO
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Inky : EBON
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Character in "King Henry IV, Part 1" : PETO
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Cinch : SNAP
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Lille lily : LIS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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