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Robert Dillman
Robert Dillman

New York Times, Tuesday, July 12, 1988

53-Across : Away from the mouth

Author:
Robert O. Dillman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Robert Dillman has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 16 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Robert O. Dillman is an alias for Robert Dillman.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,126
Across
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Unattractive feature : WART
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"These studies are ___ to the young ... ": Cicero : ASPUR
10
Octagonal sign : STOP
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Roman road : ITER
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Timid one : MOUSE
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Meerschaum : PIPE
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Item in a certain parlor : SODA
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Phrase from "Robert's Rules" : OUTOFORDER
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Suggests : PROFFERS
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Dorothy, to Em : NIECE
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Palters : FIBS
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Post for a ship's line : BITT
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The Scourge of God : ATTILA
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Profits : CASHESIN
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Danke, in Dijon : MERCI
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Price for poker : ANTE
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Wine: Comb. form : ENO
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___ nutshell : INA
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With 28 Down, business association : BOARDOF
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Hilo floral arrangement : LEI
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Gently bob : NOD
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One : UNIT
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Falters : LIMPS
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Chests of drawers : DRESSERS
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Give : DONATE
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Raison d'___ : ETRE
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Niblick, e.g. : IRON
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Use a rapier : FENCE
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Away from the mouth : ABORALLY
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Veto's fate, sometimes : OVERRIDDEN
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Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
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Originate : SIRE
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Kind of drum : SNARE
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Faucet problem : DRIP
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Keyhole : SLOT
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Markets : MARTS
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Vail gear : SKIS
Down
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Handful of straw : WISP
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Suffix with comment : ATOR
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Decorator's verb : REDO
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Barter : TRAFFIC
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One-celled protozoan : AMOEBA
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Turns, as milk : SOURS
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Places : PUTS
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Org. for G.I.'s : USO
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N.F.L. official : REF
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Elf : SPRITE
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This might be red : TIDE
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Kuwait, Qatar, etc. : OPEC
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Le __ Noël : PERE
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Up for debate, as a bill : ONTHEFLOOR
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Legislative tactic : FILIBUSTER
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Sergeant Pepper's group : BAND
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Analogy-test words : ISTO
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"A heart unfortified, ___ impatient": Shak. : AMIND
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Purport : TENOR
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See 37 Across : TRADE
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Transports of sorts : CARTS
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Ala. city : SELMA
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Awkward : INEPT
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Cacophony : NOISE
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Humdinger : ONER
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River at Leeds : AIRE
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Interior parts of engines : INNARDS
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Furtive : SECRET
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Stingless, feckless bees : DRONES
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"Le Roi d'Yvetot" composer : IBERT
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Moat : FOSS
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Pernicious : EVIL
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Infamous fiddler : NERO
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Jewish month : ADAR
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Prank : LARK
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Cato's 57 : LVII
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Kennel sounds : YIPS
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Distinctive doctrine : ISM
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Genetic letters : DNA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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