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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Monday, July 19, 1982

15-Across : Dress carefully

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,941
Across
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Golf stroke : BAFF
5
Brazilian dance : SAMBA
10
Fly rapidly : FLIT
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Winglike : ALAR
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Dress carefully : PREEN
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Facilitation : EASE
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Doing nothing : IDLE
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Steinbeck novel : EASTOFEDEN
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Bread warmers : TOASTERS
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Standish's rival : ALDEN
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"Mary ___ little ... " : HADA
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Small opening : PORE
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Dull sound : THUMP
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Married sleuths of fiction : THENORTHS
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Abe's adjective : HONEST
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"Chances ___," Mathis hit : ARE
37
Sorrow : WOE
38
Destruction : RUIN
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Author Toffler : ALVIN
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"___ le roi!" : VIVE
42
Time-zone abbr. : EST
43
Caviar : ROE
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Salted a road : DEICED
46
Military school since 1802 : WESTPOINT
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People of action : DOERS
51
Diner sign : EATS
52
Handy Latin abbr. : ETAL
54
Seaman's "Halt!" : AVAST
57
Like some cartoons : ANIMATED
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Calhoun was one : SOUTHERNER
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Lacerated : TORE
65
Ceramic square : TILE
66
Flat-topped hill : BUTTE
67
Thor's father : ODIN
68
Shebat follower : ADAR
69
Army biggies : BRASS
70
U.S. bombs : ROCS
Down
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Sea worms at times : BAIT
2
Ray of the reels : ALDO
3
White House woofer : FALA
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College rookies : FRESHMEN
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Celerity : SPEED
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Bible peak : ARARAT
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Midshipman's meal : MESS
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Pimlico transaction : BET
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Up: Prefix : ANO
10
Antenna : FEELER
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Angel, once : LADD
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"Video" translation : ISEE
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Neighbor of N.C. : TENN
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Card game : FARO
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"Lights out" signal : TAPS
24
Persian pixie : PERI
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Standing : ONEND
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Hurled : THREW
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Wilson's adviser : HOUSE
28
Textbook parts : UNITS
30
Winter ___, Fla. : HAVEN
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Doubly : TWICE
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Circle above : HOVER
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Agronomist's purchase : SEEDS
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Gypsy's card : TAROT
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Lane seen in a strip : LOIS
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Criminal : VIOLATOR
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Netherlands export : EDAM
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Bed canopy : TESTER
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Forest trail : PATH
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Beliefs : TENETS
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Akron-to-Detroit shipment : TIRES
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Movie cutie: 1934-47 : ASTA
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Null's partner : VOID
56
Great hall, in Hamburg : AULA
57
Goddess worshiped by Ramses II : ANTA
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Fuss : TODO
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Heiden or Hoffer : ERIC
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Private rooms : DENS
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Dwindle : EBB
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Capek classic : RUR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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