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Rein
Rein

New York Times, Wednesday, June 8, 1983

32-Down : Acclaim

Author:
Rein
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F G J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Rein has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,265
Across
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Light amplifier : LASER
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Hacks : CABS
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Lorenz or Moss : HART
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Sharp : ACUTE
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Soaking : ASOP
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Deadly pale : ASHY
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Alfred E. Smith : THEHAPPYWARRIOR
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Contrary religious opinion : HERESY
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Fabled city of wealth : ELDORADO
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Asta's mistress : NORA
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Originative : SEMINAL
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Psychiatrist : ALIENIST
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"___ Rheingold" : DAS
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Bloke's shilling : BOB
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Gaze : STARE
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Do, re, mi : NOTES
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Image on a radar screen : BLIP
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Build : ERECT
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Verne's sub captain : NEMO
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Church officer : ELDER
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Sun: Comb. form : HELIO
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Naught : NIL
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Chinese-born American architect : PEI
49
Town in Paraguay : SANPEDRO
51
Wasplike : VESPINE
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Nicholas II, e.g. : TSAR
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Member of the meeting : ATTENDEE
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Plaza denizen of fiction : ELOISE
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Lincoln : THERAILSPLITTER
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Concerning : INRE
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Gendarme's head : TETE
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Jewish month : NISAN
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Betty of song : COED
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"East of ___" : EDEN
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School in Sedan : ECOLE
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Plastering strip : LATH
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Painful yearning : ACHE
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Plaintiff : SUER
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Hydrocarbon found in coal gas : ETHENE
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Applies logic : REASONS
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Gas-tank topper : CAP
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"Such ___ have sown ... " : ASYE
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Orange and Peach : BOWLS
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Did garden work : SPADED
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"Tippecanoe" : HARRISON
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Thai, for one : ASIAN
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Valerie Harper role : RHODA
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Alpine region : TYROL
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Sulfur source : PYRITE
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___ à clef (type of novel) : ROMAN
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Summer month in Bombay : ASARH
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Clergyman's title in Caen : ABBE
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Hang loosely : LOLL
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Footnote notation : IBID
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Kilmer classic : TREES
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Acclaim : ECLAT
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Pay attention : TEND
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Ruler's title in Kuwait : EMIR
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Go it alone : SOLO
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Seasoned, in a way : PEPPERED
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Tannenbaum adornment : TINSEL
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Rey's wife : REINA
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Resembling October's birthstone : OPALINE
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Compose and write : INDITE
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Sexy : EROTIC
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Of prophets : VATIC
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This precedes centric : ETHNO
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Cubic meter : STERE
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Fished for congers : EELED
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Villa d'___, in Tivoli : ESTE
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"Wishing will make ___" : ITSO
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Flipper flapper : SEAL
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River in Ireland : ERNE
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Enclosure : PEN

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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