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Michael S. Maurer
Michael S. Maurer

New York Times, Monday, July 19, 1993

Author:
Michael S. Maurer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.0
Michael S. Maurer has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 19 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,959
Across
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Scrap : ABORT
6
C.P.A., e.g. : ACCT
10
Commanded : BADE
14
"Let Me Go, ___" : LOVER
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Type of salmon : COHO
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"___ for All Seasons" : AMAN
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Goddess of the chase : DIANA
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As neat as ___ : APIN
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Twerp's cousin : NERD
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Start of a quip : ALLDINNERGUESTS
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A vowel for Zeno : ETA
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Duffer's delight : PAR
25
Lionized actor? : LAHR
28
Pasture sounds : BAAS
31
Big blows : GALES
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Suffix with Nippon : ESE
37
Kimono sash : OBI
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Eaten away : EROSE
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Middle of the quip : OFARABEMIRSMUST
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Hubs : NAVES
45
Em followers : ENO
46
Coral or Red : SEA
47
Upright : ERECT
48
Penny : CENT
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"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
50
Lyric poem : ODE
52
Makeshift bed : COT
54
End of the quip : ORDERALLAHCARTE
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Central or Hyde : PARK
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___ Bator, Mongolia : ULAN
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Scout unit : TROOP
66
Out of the wind : ALEE
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Biblical ointment : NARD
68
Muse for Pindar : ERATO
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Libidinous : LEWD
70
Salver : TRAY
71
Novices : TYROS
Down
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"M*A*S*H" actor : ALDA
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Hit 212° : BOIL
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Track shape : OVAL
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Deliver, as a song : RENDER
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Characteristic : TRAIT
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___ of worms : ACAN
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Handle problems : COPE
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Fledglings' sounds : CHIRPS
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Kingdom in SW Pacific Ocean : TONGA
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Nemesis : BANE
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Iowa college town : AMES
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Pub missile : DART
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Means justifiers? : ENDS
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Very rich man : NABOB
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Prods : URGES
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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___ as the eye can see : ASFAR
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Lift with effort : HEAVE
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First name in honesty : ABE
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___ Semple McPherson : AIMEE
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Fortify : ARM
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Crummy : LOUSY
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German industrial city : ESSEN
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Bristles : SETAE
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Kids' rm. : REC
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Mary or John Jacob : ASTOR
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Hostelry : INN
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Small auk : ROTCH
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Wine locale, often : CELLAR
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Like bright nights : STARRY
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Intimidate : DAUNT
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Singing group : OCTET
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Semiprecious stone : OPAL
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Lung sound : RALE
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Keene's Nancy ___ : DREW
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Made do : EKED
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Christie role : LARA
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Rooney or Griffith : ANDY
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What a homer evokes : ROAR
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Dorothy's dog : TOTO
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Poetry of a people : EPOS

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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