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Arthur Bennett
Arthur Bennett

Obtuse Angles

New York Times, Sunday, July 23, 1972

Author:
Arthur Bennett
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { Q V X }, Scrabble score: 548 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 124, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 20.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Arthur Bennett has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,380
Across
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Spanish belle : MAJA
5
Hebrew letter : TSADE
10
Meets one's Waterloo : LOSES
15
Danish town : EJBY
19
Man from Abu Dhabi : ARAB
20
Dismay : APPAL
21
Stage line : ASIDE
22
But, in Spain : PERO
23
Earnings: Abbr. : INCS
24
Certain awards : BOOBYPRIZES
26
Rials are used here : IRAN
27
Pay back : MAKEGOOD
29
Tommy of N. L. : AGEE
30
Burdened : TASKED
32
Negative particle : ANION
33
Stranger : ODDER
35
Antelope of Asia : SEROW
36
Sews : BASTES
38
Sorry one : RUER
39
Inquisition : AUTODAFE
42
Buddy of TV : EBSEN
43
Early headwear : DUNCECAPS
46
Indonesian island : WETAR
47
Long ago : YORE
48
Opera girl : TOSCA
49
Tapestry : ARRAS
51
Bridge defeats : SETS
52
Mouth: Prefix : ORI
53
Small power unit : DONKEYENGINE
55
U. S. Indian : REE
56
Exposes to attack : UNGUARDS
58
Essence : SOUL
59
Hack : CAB
62
Frankish peasants : LITI
63
Appraises : RATES
65
Absolute : PURE
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Buckeyes' campus : OSU
67
Theft: Sp. : ROBO
68
Fliers' award : AIRMEDAL
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Norm: Abbr. : STD
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Certain bumps : GOOSEPIMPLES
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___ Miss : OLE
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Praise : LAUD
82
Russian society : ARTEL
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Slangy negatives : NOPES
84
Relate in a way : SPIN
85
Peaks : ACMES
87
Pyrite : FOOLSGOLD
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Chemical prefix : PHENO
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Burley, etc. : TOBACCOS
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Sharpen : HONE
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Turning points : CRISES
94
Danish astronomer : BRAHE
95
Dalmatian features : SPOTS
97
Hebrew letter : ALEPH
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Program : AGENDA
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Brand : SEAR
101
Elver : GLASSEEL
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Miss Evans : DALE
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Certain fairgoer : SIMPLESIMON
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___ noire : BETE
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Extensions : ELLS
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Type size : ELITE
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Zoo creature : ORANG
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Other: Sp. : OTRA
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Loch ___ : NESS
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Networks : RETIA
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Heavy grasses : CANES
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Belgian river : YSER
Down
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Cripple : MAIM
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Buffalo of India : ARNA
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Nautical apparatus : JACKASSRIG
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Hooky player : ABSENTEE
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Prohibitions : TABOOS
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Masters' river : SPOON
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Footless : APOD
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Smidgen : DAB
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British isle : ELY
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Slipper size : LARGE
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Willow : OSIER
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Dimensions : SIZE
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Dutch town : EDE
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Sonnet part : SESTET
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Cliffhanger divisions : EPISODES
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Piddling : JERKWATER
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Hillside, to Burns : BRAE
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"___ Cassius ..." : YOND
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Chaplain : PADRE
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Given: Scot. : GIEN
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Lined up : AROW
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Prevention unit : OUNCE
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Caries : DECAY
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Suffragist Anthony : SUSAN
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"It had to ___" : BEYOU
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"___ loser" : ABORN
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Biscuits : RUSKS
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Month : APRIL
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Lot : FATE
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Comic-strip boy : DONDI
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Outrigger : CANOE
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Guardian : ARGUS
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Pirate island off Haiti : TORTUGA
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Fastens : SECURES
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M. C.'s place : DAIS
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Prohibit : ESTOP
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Gums: Prefix : ULO
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"... and empty ___" : ARMS
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Gathering : BEE
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Red: Prefix : ROSEO
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"___ for Adano" : ABELL
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Heaped : PILED
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Newspaper sections : ROTOS
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Fameuse : APPLE
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Big A reading : DOPESHEETS
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Array : ALINE
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Fabrics : LENOS
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Blind part : SLAT
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Tortilla : TACO
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Gym gear : DUMBBELLS
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Part of a sentry's call : ORFOE
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Mold of metal : INGOT
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Dawdles : MOONS
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Lovable quality : DEARNESS
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Cabin worker : SHIPSBOY
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Warm-sea fish : SCAD
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Holiday spot : SHORE
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Certain exec. : PRES
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Bar offering : CHASER
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Street sounds : CLANGS
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Seven: Prefix : SEPTI
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Plant scale : PALEA
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Unique : ALONE
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Arabian gulf : ADEN
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Writer Zona : GALE
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Struck, old style : SMIT
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U. S. agent : GMAN
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To be: Fr. : ETRE
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King of drama : LEAR
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___ du Diable : ILE
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Relative of org. : SOC
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Man's name : IRA

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10 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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