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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Friday, July 24, 1992

1-Down : Remove a spar

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 24.8
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,599
Across
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Small flounders : DABS
5
Woody's scion : ARLO
9
Pierre's date : AMIE
13
Foil for a fencer : EPEE
14
Ore stratum : SEAM
15
Theda of silents : BARA
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Fun in numbers, with "the" : MORETHEMERRIER
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Resembling stein contents : ALISH
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A haff is one : LAGOON
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Little-red-schoolhouse supplies : SLATES
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Oscar-winning 1984 film : AMADEUS
27
"___ / I bade good-morrow": Keats : TOSORROW
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Lacking direction : ADRIFT
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Windblown : EOLIAN
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" ... and be thou like to ___": Song of Solomon : AROE
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Several kings of Norway : OLAFS
38
Author Deighton : LEN
39
Void : EGEST
40
Safari hat : TOPI
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Conductor Bruno ___ : WALTER
43
Pekoe forerunner : ORANGE
45
Elongated mussel : DEERHORN
50
Soaps, e.g. : SERIALS
52
Annie of songdom : LAURIE
53
Trumpet fanfare : TUCKET
56
It has its tricks : TRADE
57
Funny situation : LAUGHINGMATTER
60
Amanuensis, at times : AIDE
61
Singer Brickell : EDIE
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Oblige a borrower : LEND
63
Raised select animals : BRED
64
Kind of touch : SOFT
65
"___ Perpetua," Idaho motto : ESTO
Down
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Remove a spar : DEMAST
2
Astronaut carrier : APOLLO
3
Family of executed Soviet secret-police chief : BERIAS
4
Takes care of : SEESTO
5
Rowan : ASH
6
Movie unit : REEL
7
Dalai ___ : LAMA
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The last : OMEGA
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Overseas : ABROAD
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Small town's big street: Slang : MAINDRAG
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Sinful emotion : IRE
12
Musician's attribute : EAR
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" ... ___ the rub": Hamlet : THERES
18
Type of candle : ROMAN
22
Sellout notice : SRO
24
Republic near England : EIRE
25
Skyway saucers : UFOS
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Editor's O.K. : STET
28
Baked clay pot : OLLA
29
Handle : WIELD
32
Prefix with date : ANTE
34
Okla. Indians : OTOS
35
Body of knowledge : LORE
36
On ___ with (equal to) : APAR
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Quality of being limited : FINITUDE
39
List of corrigenda : ERRATA
41
Raquel of filmdom : WELCH
42
Congrio : EEL
44
Measured : GAUGED
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Rush violently : HURTLE
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Emulates Crassus : ORATES
48
Cheerful : RIDENT
49
___-well : NEERDO
51
" ... for spacious ___" : SKIES
54
Within: Comb. form : ENDO
55
Popular pre-weekend acronym : TGIF
57
Experimental ctr. : LAB
58
Ventilate : AIR
59
Assembled : MET

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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