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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Tuesday, August 11, 1987

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,790
Across
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Chatter : CLACK
6
Entrapment ploy : SCAM
10
Stark : BARE
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Mountebank : ROGUE
15
Ancient strongbox : ARCA
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Lamb's pseudonym : ELIA
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Divergent : APART
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Sheet of matted cotton or wool : BATT
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Mardi Gras follower : LENT
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Take a risk : BELLTHECAT
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European sled : LUGE
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Songbird : LARK
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"Caveat ___" : EMPTOR
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London landmark : BIGBEN
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Assume : ENDUE
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French female friend : AMIE
33
Hindu dress : SARI
35
Type of wheat : SPELT
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Town crier : BELLMAN
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Western hill : STEPTOE
43
"___ of Two Cities" : ATALE
44
Samoan seaport : APIA
46
Deserve : EARN
47
Fritter away : WASTE
49
Described grammatically : PARSED
51
Effective : COGENT
54
Yuletide : NOEL
56
What accomplices do : ABET
57
Strikes a response : RINGSABELL
63
Interlock : MESH
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Kind of hygiene : ORAL
65
Early French comedy : SOTIE
66
Famous family of Ferrara : ESTE
67
Path : LANE
68
Divided country : KOREA
69
Look lustfully : LEER
70
Permits : LETS
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Better : AMEND
Down
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Fiddler or hermit : CRAB
2
Canter leisurely : LOPE
3
"___ in Calico," 1946 song : AGAL
4
Ringlet : CURL
5
Mother's whistler : KETTLE
6
Heavy, one-edged sword : SABER
7
S. Graham product : CRACKER
8
Official record : ACTA
9
Entangled : MATTED
10
Salad ingredient : BELLPEPPER
11
Alaskan Indian : ALEUT
12
Starr among the Beatles : RINGO
13
Gourmand or gourmet : EATER
21
Medieval merchant guild : HANSA
25
Cogitate : MUSE
26
Small cake : BABA
27
"___ a man with seven wives" : IMET
28
Colorado feeder : GILA
29
Leader : BELLWETHER
31
Unless, to Cicero : NISI
34
Sci. subject : ANAT
36
Greek vowels : ETAS
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Wisdom : LORE
38
Look after : TEND
40
Connote : MEAN
42
What some victors break : TAPES
45
Banner : PENNANT
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Promenade : STROLL
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"Seward's Folly" : ALASKA
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Desert ruminant : CAMEL
52
Overweight : OBESE
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Beau ___ (magnanimous action) : GESTE
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Eyes amorously : OGLES
58
Dies ___ : IRAE
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What Clancy lowered : BOOM
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Being: Fr. : ETRE
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Property right : LIEN
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Plumbum : LEAD

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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