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Virginia L. Yates
Virginia L. Yates

New York Times, Monday, July 29, 1991

2-Down : Bob Hope's "___ Russia $1200"

Author:
Virginia L. Yates
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 34.1
Virginia L. Yates has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,238
Across
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"Go get 'em" word : SIC
4
Hammerstein II : OSCAR
9
Original : FRESH
14
Make a pitch for : WOO
15
"K-K-K-Katy" composer : OHARA
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Gear for a gaucho : REATA
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Bristle : AWN
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Freed-N.H. Brown song: 1935 : MYLUCKYSTAR
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Pola of silents : NEGRI
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Fifi's friend : AMIE
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Volt or watt : UNIT
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Get new guns : REARM
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A buttercup : ANEMONE
28
Song from "Good News": 1927 : LUCKYINLOVE
30
Pirates' pelf : LOOT
31
"A Chorus Line" tune : ONE
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Prize for a mystery tale : EDGAR
36
Puncture's prefix : ACU
37
Pittsburgh pro : STEELER
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Id's cohort : EGO
41
The ___ Kid, O'Henry creation : CISCO
43
Racket : DIN
44
Gaudy : LOUD
45
Song from "On the Town": 1944 : LUCKYTOBEME
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Lame duck, often : ALSORAN
52
Sidestep : ELUDE
53
Bird or boob : LOON
54
Equal : PEER
56
Like Hamelin : RATTY
59
Song from "Guys and Dolls": 1950 : LUCKBEALADY
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Kick oneself : RUE
63
Tended a squeaky wheel : OILED
64
Computer morsel : DATUM
65
"___ Man Answers," S. Dee film : IFA
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Garden intruders : WEEDS
67
Catty : SNIDE
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Auburn or Oakland : CAR
Down
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Ballet bird : SWAN
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Bob Hope's "___ Russia $1200" : IOWE
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Fitting : CONGRUOUS
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Tupek dweller's craft : OOMIAK
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Flinch : SHY
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Powder used in lotions : CALAMINE
7
Jack-in-the-pulpit : ARUM
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Kind of prejudice : RACIAL
9
"The Lady's Not for Burning" playwright : FRY
10
Went back to : RESUMED
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" ... could ___ fat" : EATNO
12
Spot : STAIN
13
Creator of Ah Sin : HARTE
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Bingolike game : KENO
21
Right: Comb. form : RECT
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Orissa rustic : RYOT
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Perpetually : EVER
28
Places : LOCI
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Penurious : NEEDY
30
Resin base : LAC
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Kind of progression : GEOMETRIC
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Shivers : AGUE
35
Gat : ROD
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Go bad : SOUR
38
Bookish folk : LITERATI
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Lab substance : ENOL
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Whacked : CLONKED
44
A satellite of Jupiter : LEDA
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Cod, for one : CAPE
47
Makes dough : KNEADS
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"___ Not on the Lone Prairie" : BURYME
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O.K. : ALLOW
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Comic-strip hero : LOUIE
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Pedestal, to Pei : SOCLE
55
Spirit : ELAN
57
Porous rock : TUFA
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Once around Sol : YEAR
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Wall St. abbr. : BDS
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Washout : DUD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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