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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Tuesday, August 10, 1982

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K V X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 25.9
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. 11,963
Across
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___ out (abolish) : STAMP
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Type of steak : CUBE
10
Trudge along : PLOD
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Kitchen gadget : TIMER
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Cruising : ASEA
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Banc wear : ROBE
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List of candidates : SLATE
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"___ Window," Stewart vehicle : REAR
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Hep to : INON
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Dwellers on Pennsylvania Ave. : THEFIRSTFAMILY
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Article in a Berlin paper : DER
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Certainly! : SURE
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Dance step : PAS
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Harsh sound : RASP
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Most recent : LATEST
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Soviet police before N.K.V.D. : OGPU
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Wharf : QUAY
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Addition to a bill : RIDER
40
Old TV series, with "The" : PARTRIDGEFAMILY
43
Get together : UNITE
44
Shareholder's order : SELL
45
Shade trees : ELMS
46
Decorative disk : PATERA
48
Spill over : SLOP
50
Nosh : EAT
51
Litter's littlest : RUNT
53
Dust-up : ROW
55
Old TV series : ALLINTHEFAMILY
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Cut of meat : LOIN
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Take cover : HIDE
64
Like stormy seas : AROAR
66
Warbled : SANG
67
Camelot lass : ENID
68
Street of fiction : DELLA
69
Billfold bills : ONES
70
"Miracle team" of 1969 : METS
71
Author Gardner and namesakes : ERLES
Down
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Baker and Fleet: Abbr. : STS
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Arcade no-no : TILT
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Eastern nurse : AMAH
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Doled out : METED
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Like better : PREFER
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Vocalist Vikki : CARR
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Functions : USES
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Police routes : BEATS
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Juicy bit of gossip : EARFUL
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8 P.M.-to-11 P.M. on the tube : PRIMETIME
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One of the Andersons : LONI
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Greek coin of yore : OBOL
13
Gainsay : DENY
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Baghdad native : IRAQI
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Brazilian bird : ARARA
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Diamond fly : POPUP
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Guam's capital : AGANA
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Small spar : SPRIT
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Lather : SUDS
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Senate runners : PAGES
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Roman magistrate : EDILE
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Author Lagerlöf : SELMA
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Meeting of lovers : TRYST
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Remarks : UTTERINGS
38
Shout : YELL
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Summer tube offering : RERUN
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Plants of a region : FLORA
47
Ayn Rand novel : ANTHEM
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Scalp ointment : POMADE
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Biblical pronoun : THINE
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Electrician, at times : WIRER
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As well as : ALSO
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Money borrowed : LOAN
57
Occupation : LINE
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Redact : EDIT
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Government agts. : FEDS
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Lounge about : LOLL
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Home of the Bulldogs : YALE
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Headland : RAS

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

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