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Patricia A. Cevaal
Patricia A. Cevaal

VERY CONVENTIONAL

New York Times, Sunday, July 12, 1992

8-Down : Rear, to Popeye

Author:
Patricia A. Cevaal
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 75, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 586 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 106, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
Patricia A. Cevaal has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,587
Across
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Catcher in the Rhine : SEINE
6
There's one on this page : DIAGRAM
13
Piedmontese province : ASTI
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Type of audience : CAPTIVE
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Exaggerate : INFLATE
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Sacred statues: Var. : IKONS
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Convention site for distillers? : WHISKEYBOTTOMMD
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Back of the neck : NUQUE
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Mother's forte, for short : TLC
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___ the other (either) : ONEOR
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Bay City Rollers' 1978 hit, "The ___ Feel Tonight" : WAYI
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Drink noisily : SLURP
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Suede lead-in : ULTRA
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Planetary rulers in a 1968 movie : APES
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Irish lass : COLLEEN
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Caribbean cruise ship's destination : NASSAU
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Large vat for bleaching cloth : KIER
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Not original: Abbr. : DERIV
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Within: Comb. form : ENTO
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Tijuana Brass man : ALPERT
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Zoophagan : MEATEATER
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Gen. Schwarzkopf's new title : SIR
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Convention site for mattress manufacturers? : SLEEPYEYEMN
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Store of knowledge : LORE
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"Oldtown Folks" author : STOWE
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Prop for Cagney? : GAT
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Ungallant : RUDE
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Most otiose : IDLEST
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One-celled creatures : AMOEBAS
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Paella ingredient : RICE
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"Just When ___ You Most" : INEEDED
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Godfrey's companion : UKULELE
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In a shrewd manner : CANNILY
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Boiler-room workers : PHONERS
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Director Kazan : ELIA
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Have magnetic power : ATTRACT
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Winning coach at Super Bowl XII : LANDRY
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"___ the Mood for Love" : IMIN
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After-hours school gp. : PTA
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Pyrenees chamois : IZARD
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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Convention site for gamblers? : BLACKJACKMO
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Wall Street order : BUY
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Maxim de Winter's estate : MANDERLEY
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Commotion : POTHER
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Kind of pottery : WARE
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Urged a saddle horse on : KNEED
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World turner? : LOVE
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Waco, Tex., university : BAYLOR
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Séance phenomena : TRANCES
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Slalom obstacle : GATE
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Dumb bunny : STUPE
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Man's slipper : ROMEO
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Fr. holy women : STES
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Defeat decisively : THUMP
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Make do : EKE
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Wickerwork branch : OSIER
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Convention site for blacksmiths? : HORSESHOEBENDID
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Uptight : TENSE
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Tasso heroine : ERMINIA
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Holmes's quarry : SLAYERS
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Does some landscaping : SODS
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Ornament made of ribbons : ROSETTE
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Nicholas Gage book : ELENI
Down
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Comedian from Montreal : SAHL
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"Divine Comedy" is one : EPIC
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Neither his nor hers : ITS
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Inventor Tesla : NIKOLA
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Ultimate : EVENTUAL
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He introduced the sack : DIOR
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Savings-acct. entry : INT
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Rear, to Popeye : AFT
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Look daggers at : GLOWER
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Nicaraguan group : RAMAS
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"___ Front Door," Pat Boone's 1955 single : ATMY
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Of a 14th-century Tuscan family : MEDICEAN
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Scottish poet Hew ___: 1792-1878 : AINSLIE
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Convention site for phrenologists? : SKULLVALLEYAZ
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Woman's small hat : TOQUE
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Acclimate : INURE
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Hundred pounds, for short : CWT
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Window shopper, e.g. : EYER
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Marital breakup short of divorce: Abbr. : SEPN
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Constricting scarf? : BOA
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G.I. Joe's entertainer : USO
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Well ventilated : AIRY
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Czar called "the Great" : PETERI
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Treat for Fido : ORT
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Capone's nemesis : NESS
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Bryant or Loos : ANITA
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Senator Thurmond : STROM
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Supported : KEPT
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Attic township : DEME
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Ads required by law : LEGALS
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Kind of porridge : PEASE
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Jason's helper : MEDEA
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Drove a nail on the slant : TOED
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Sent back: Abbr. : RETD
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Zetetic person : SEEKER
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Agave : YUCCA
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Convention site for orthopedists? : WOUNDEDKNEESD
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"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
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Mexican actress : DELRIO
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Hide, as a dog's bone : BURY
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Artifact : RELIC
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Output's opposite : INTAKE
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Wallace's running mate: 1968 : LEMAY
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But of course! : NATCH
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Swell, in Soho : PLIM
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With 103 Down, Japanese suicide : HARA
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Esther Williams film, "___ Island With You" : ONAN
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Container for Hancock : INKPOT
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Junta : CABAL
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Town on Cape Cod : TRURO
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"___ Three Lives" : ILED
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Party spread : PATE
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Beautician, at times : DYER
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"___ when she is riggish": Shak. : BLESSHER
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Jupiter : JOVE
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Character in "Oliver Twist" : MRBUMBLE
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Performances after performances : ENCORES
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Female ruff : REE
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River of eastern Wales : WYE
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Canine TV star : LASSIE
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Judicial action : APPEAL
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Jog : TROT
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Kentucky Derby prize : ROSES
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Kind of acid : AMINO
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Cause of sepsis : GERMS
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Japanese measure : SHO
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Mon. follower : TUES
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Picador's target : TORO
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These, in Inveraray : THAE
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Scene of a temptation : EDEN
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See 66 Down : KIRI
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Workers on MSS. : EDS
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Tolkien creature : ENT
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Pose : SIT
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American humorist : NYE

Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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