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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Saturday, July 26, 1980

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { B F J K }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.9
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,218
Across
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Hall of Fame pitcher : GROVE
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Nervous, excited condition : TWIT
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Like an envelope at the P.O. : SLD
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Tediously wordy : PROLIX
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Figure: Comb. form : EIDO
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Roman 102 : CII
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Painting by Van Gogh : ROOMATARLES
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Marsh elder : IVA
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Whit : IOTA
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Painter of "Maids of Honor" : VELASQUEZ
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Not jaggy : EVEN
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Trig terms : SINES
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Swiss canton : URI
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"___ Tag," play by Barrie : DER
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Actor Keach : STACY
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Small river islands : AITS
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A la ___, cookery term : REINE
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Grape seed : ACINUS
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Plea : APPEAL
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Orchid tubers : SALEPS
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Given to traveling : ERRANT
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Stage curtains : DROPS
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Pollution factor : SOOT
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Recumbent : PRONE
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___ passim (so everywhere) : SIC
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Home-school org. : PTA
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Unfinished : CRUDE
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"Strange Interlude" heroine : NINA
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Baseball: Slang : HORSEHIDE
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Cry of distress : ALAS
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O.A.S. member : USA
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"Man at the Crossroads" muralist : DIEGORIVERA
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___ Leman, Genève : LAC
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Faulkner character : ANSE
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Father of the Titans : URANUS
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Word on a stop sign in Rome : ALT
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Sacks for packing coffee or sugar : MATS
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Waistcoat : GILET
Down
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Furrow or hollow : GROOVE
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He screams for teams he esteems : ROOTER
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Kern's "___ River" : OLMAN
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Routing word : VIA
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Second phone: Abbr. : EXT
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Playwright Rattigan : TERENCE
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N.H. peak that inspired a Hawthorne tale : WILLEY
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"I Get ___," 1951 song : IDEAS
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Prepare a salad : TOSS
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Pertaining to squirrels : SCIURINE
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Hedonist's advice : LIVEITUP
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President when Pancho Villa revolted : DIAZ
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Used a lever : PRIED
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Of birds : AVIAN
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Migratory game birds : QUAILS
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Marsh bird : STILT
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Ballet star Lavery : SEAN
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Draft initials : SSS
29
Rancheros' ropes : REATAS
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" ... I stand ___ upon a rock": Shak. : ASONE
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Sontag : CAPE
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He lost to D.D.E. : AES
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Offer : PROPOSAL
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Lengthen in time : PROTRACT
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Rat-race participants : DRUDGES
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Copland composition : RODEO
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Member of the sacerdocy : PRIEST
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Bon ___ (tea rose) : SILENE
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Doing the same thing daily : INARUT
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Residences for Miro or Dali : CASAS
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Potter's field : CHINA
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Kind of engagement : NAVAL
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Hoop or skirt predecessor : HULA
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Gouda's relative : EDAM
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Toupee, in slanguage : RUG
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South Korean city : IRI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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