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William Jarvis
William Jarvis

New York Times, Thursday, August 14, 1980

42-Across : Gyro follower

Author:
William Jarvis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.5
William Jarvis has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,237
Across
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Burn : SCORCH
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Secular : LAIC
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Jaunty headgear : TAM
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Planetarium apparatus : ORRERY
15
Word form with Chinese or European : INDO
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Collection of anecdotes : ANA
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Duck that sailed with Thor Heyerdahl : SINBAD
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Expression : MIEN
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"___ Magic," 1948 song : ITS
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Very filthy or corrupt : AUGEAN
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Wildcat : OCELOT
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These could form a convoy : SEMIS
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Composer Rorem : NED
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Black jackets : ETONS
29
Explorer Tasman : ABEL
30
" ... god of my ___" (Juliet re Romeo) : IDOLATRY
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Advice columnist : LANDERS
35
Where the shoebill flies : NILE
36
Material for a dobie man : TNT
37
Dolley Madison, ___ Payne : NEE
38
"Queen ___," Joan Crawford film : BEE
39
Baksheesh : TIP
42
Gyro follower : STAT
43
Endure : UNDERGO
45
Not domestic : IMPORTED
48
Gaseous element : NEON
49
Balzac book: 1832 : ADIEU
50
A Siamese twin : ENG
51
Lenin's predecessors : TSARS
52
Group in "The Corn is Green" : MINERS
54
Crease again : REFOLD
56
Day of the wk. : MON
57
Verdi opera : AIDA
59
Style of type : ITALIC
62
___, amas, amat : AMO
63
Diluted rum : GROG
64
Yellow and scarlet : FEVERS
65
Golfer David Graham's bpl. : NSW
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"To be," to Cicero : ESSE
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Forsyth's "The ___ File" : ODESSA
Down
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Andrea Doria signal : SOS
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___ de coeur (passionate protest) : CRI
3
Bangle : ORNAMENT
4
Construct after destruction : REBUILD
5
Rugged cliffs : CRAGS
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R.L.S. criminal : HYDE
7
Drew : LIMNED
8
American cuckoo : ANI
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Concept: Comb. form : IDEO
10
Behind a blind : CONCEALED
11
Bushelman : TAILOR
12
Burton role : ANTONY
13
Junk parts : MASTS
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Espresso additive : ANISETTE
23
Suffix meaning "little one" : ETTE
24
Quinine is one : SALT
25
Abba ___ : EBAN
27
Tennis star in the 30's : DONBUDGE
31
Claim of a sort : LIEN
33
Train : ENTOURAGE
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Hitchcock's "___ Window" : REAR
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Levers on potters' wheels : TREADLES
40
Sikorsky : IGOR
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Her Met debut came in 1931 : PONS
42
Graf ___ : SPEE
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Subjugate : ENSLAVE
45
Dialects : IDIOMS
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Fish used as bait : MINNOW
47
Anger : ENRAGE
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Jordanian capital : AMMAN
51
Lugged : TOTED
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Part of a salutation : SIRS
55
Inventory abbr. : FIFO
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Kin of British bashes : DOS
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Revenue org. : IRS
61
R. E. Lee's cause : CSA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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