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Allan Blackman
Allan Blackman

New York Times, Thursday, July 7, 1977

Author:
Allan Blackman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 31.3
Allan Blackman has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,190
Across
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Hang about : HOVER
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Tub rub : BATH
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Five-time Presidential candidate : DEBS
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Be devoted to : ADORE
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Medicinal plant : ALOE
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Quod ___ demonstrandum : ERAT
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Assail : SETAT
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Old salt's tale : YARN
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Author Gardner : ERLE
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"All the ___ Men" : PRESIDENTS
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Pretense : POSE
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Color of a fez : RED
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Group of four : TETRAD
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Surprise for a bride-to-be : SHOWER
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Mecca in summer : BEACH
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Doc and Hemingway : PAPAS
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Museum workers : RESTORERS
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A son of Hera : ARES
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Beat : PULSE
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Shortening : OLEO
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Shakespearean protagonist : RICHARDII
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Daughter of David : TAMAR
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___ France : ILEDE
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Comeback : RETORT
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Glistens : SHINES
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Bryant's "___ Waterfowl" : TOA
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Engine knock : PING
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Cornfield figures : SCARECROWS
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In ___ (on a dull course) : ARUT
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Tom, Dick or Harry : MALE
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Tumbledown shack : HOVEL
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Game fish : CERO
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Environs : AREA
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Scottish capital, to poets : EDINA
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Paradise : EDEN
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Barber's question : NEXT
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Aussie songbird : REDDY
Down
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Luggage fastener : HASP
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Frankfurt's river : ODER
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Ballot : VOTE
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Historical periods : ERAS
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Calls it a day : RETIRES
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Reacted to a full moon : BAYED
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Comedian King : ALAN
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Civil-suit basis : TORT
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Blue ___ (Delaware) : HENSTATE
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Informer, in 20 Across : DEEPTHROAT
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Muffed fly, e.g. : ERROR
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Kon-Tiki material : BALSA
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War-horse : STEED
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"___ Bingle" (Crosby) : DER
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Habitat: Prefix : ECO
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Wrangle : SPAR
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Mata ___ : HARI
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Oil cartel : OPEC
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Beat for Bernstein and Woodward : WASHINGTON
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Misrepresent : BELIE
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They, in Torino : ESSI
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European fish : RUDD
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Sailors' patron : ELMO
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Hindmost : REAR
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Type : SORT
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Printer : PRESSMAN
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Falstaff's drink : ALE
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Plato, to Aristotle : TEACHER
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Sterlet delicacy : ROE
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Modern frontier : SPACE
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Took on hands : HIRED
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Habituate : INURE
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Wine and dine : TREAT
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Solicitude : CARE
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Author Comfort : ALEX
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Followed the hounds : RODE
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"Amores" poet : OVID
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Pursue one's way : WEND
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Do in : SLAY

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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