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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Thursday, July 9, 1987

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q U V X }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 30.4
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,757
Across
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"Kidnapped" auth. : RLS
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Greek letters : PSIS
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Musical-staff sign : CCLEF
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Marksman's forte : AIM
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Blood conduit : AORTA
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Bellowing : AROAR
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Does this drive gardeners loco? : CRAZYWEED
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Lasso loop : NOOSE
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Arid plateau of S Africa : KAROO
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"Tobacco is a ___. I like it": Hemminger : DIRTYWEED
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Indian unit of weight : TOLA
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"I'm ___ Baby," 1920's song : NOBODYS
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Paul and Phyllis : NEWMANS
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Loblolly : PINE
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Eris's twin : ARES
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Use a shuttle : TAT
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Scottish and Irish tongues : ERSES
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Pandowdy : PIE
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Food for swine? : PIGWEED
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Farrow from L.A. : MIA
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Jewish feast : SEDER
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Antediluvian : OLD
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Kind of burner : BARN
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Spike a drink : LACE
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Sang in Tyrol : YODELED
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Wheels for a samovar : TEACART
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"___ Flanders" : MOLL
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Nast- ily-treated politico? : BOSSTWEED
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Shy away from Elsie? : COWER
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Italian painter: 17th century : LOTTI
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Would this put a gardener in a fowl mood? : CHICKWEED
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Derived from oil : OLEIC
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High-strung : TENSE
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Unit of energy : ERG
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"Games People Play" author : BERNE
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"L'___ c'est moi" : ETAT
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Faulty: Prefix : DYS
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Pool-hall frame : RACK
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Pisa pocket money : LIRA
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Would this elude a gardener? : SMARTWEED
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Disk-jockey bribe : PAYOLA
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Scatter seed : SOW
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Made sore : IRED
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Mug for suds : STEIN
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Made a gorge in : CANYONED
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General ___, former A.L. pitcher : CROWDER
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He outranks a top kick : LOOEY
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Soothes : EASES
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A Flintstone : FRED
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___ in the bucket : ADROP
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Climbs sharply in a plane : ZOOMS
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Drug used in treating tuberculosis : TBI
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Contrary one : ANTI
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Babies' needs : NAPS
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An Iroquoian : ERIE
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Droop : SAG
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Brace : TWO
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"Bleak House" character : SMALLWEED
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Emerald Isle : EIRE
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Hourglass filling : SAND
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It makes perfect : PRACTICE
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Cambridge neighbor : ELY
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Ancient land : EDOM
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Constituent of stretchable fibers : ELASTIN
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Under : BELOW
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Crow's sound : CAW
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Raise high-rises : ERECT
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Agenda : DOCKET
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Mont. county : TOOLE
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Organic compound : ESTER
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High-pitched laugh : TEHEE
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Splotch : BLOB
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Force or effort : DINT
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Like Gothic yarns : EERY
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Mtn. chains : RDGS
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Union foe: Abbr. : CSA

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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