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Michael A. Rampino
Michael A. Rampino

New York Times, Friday, August 10, 1990

Author:
Michael A. Rampino
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 29.2 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Michael A. Rampino has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,885
Across
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Violins' precursors : REBECS
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Escort : USHER
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Hodgepodge : MELANGE
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Crueler : MEANER
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Lasting forever : AGELESS
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Promptly : BETIMES
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These marched against polio : DIMES
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Scampered : SPED
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Kind of bank : DATA
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Mingo of TV's "Daniel Boone" : AMES
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___ of Rights : BILL
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Silence : GAG
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"___ Without Women": Hemingway : MEN
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Author of "Swann's Way" : PROUST
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Nothing more than : MERE
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Gets on the Yankee Clipper : ENTRAINS
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Boxing-match units : ROUNDS
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Spheres : ORBS
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Vendetta : FEUD
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Greet : SALUTE
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Bed-and-breakfast guests : BOARDERS
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Cabal : PLOT
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Initiates : STARTS
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Convened : MET
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Governor Hogg's daughter : IMA
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Teases : RIBS
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Composer of "Symphonie espagnole" : LALO
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Healthy elasticity : TONE
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Horse-and-donkey hybrid : MULE
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Of the kidneys : RENAL
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Minutemen and Redcoats, e.g. : ENEMIES
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Do a job for Disney : ANIMATE
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Thirstiest : DRIEST
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Disproves : REFUTES
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Digress : STRAY
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Become irate : SEERED
Down
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Regulated diet : REGIMEN
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Indium or osmium : ELEMENT
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Large bundles : BALES
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Compass pts. : ENES
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Metric wt. units : CGS
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Roger ___, U.S. composer: 1896-1985 : SESSIONS
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Inflorescence types : UMBELS
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Sow : SEED
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Shako or dicer : HAT
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Camelot lady : ENID
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Rhine bridge crossing: W.W. II : REMAGEN
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Bovary or Butterfly : MADAME
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Delay : RETARD
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Wise men : SAGES
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Also : PLUS
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Suborns : BRIBES
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Separate : PART
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Entertains : TREATS
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Players' Tournament winner: 1989 : MUDD
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Debacle : ROUT
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Due to us : OURS
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Ancestors : FORBEARS
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Ill will : SPITE
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Marzipan nut : ALMOND
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Bankers, at times : LOANERS
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Kettle handle : BAIL
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Come forth : EMANATE
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Consanguineous : RELATED
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Boas : STOLES
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Reliable : TRUSTY
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Nocturnal mammal of Madagascar : LEMUR
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Send forth : EMIT
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Louis L'Amour's "The Haunted ___" : MESA
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Prevalent : RIFE
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Comparative suffix : IER
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Rosalyn Carter, ___ Smith : NEE

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