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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Friday, August 14, 1981

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 33.1
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,602
Across
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Gather : REAP
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Humble : ABASE
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Boxer's quick, straight punch : JAB
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"Comus" composer : ARNE
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Joshua or Ella : LOGAN
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Hurricane's little cousin : GALE
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Omen : SIGN
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A style of wrestling : GRECOROMAN
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Trifled or quibbled : PALTERED
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Stirred up : ROUSED
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Propelled a wherry : OARED
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Self-righteous : SMUG
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Toy weapon : CAPGUN
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One definitely not on the run : LOITERER
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___ committee : ADHOC
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Tritons : NEWTS
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Treat badly : USE
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Check : REIN
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Flock of partridges : COVEY
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N.A.A.C.P., e.g. : ASSN
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Tennis term for "tied" : ALL
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Small candle : TAPER
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___ du Louvre : MUSEE
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Be on the wagon : TEETOTAL
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Elaborate hoaxes : PUTONS
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Upon which legions marched : ITER
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Richard ___, one of the Hartford wits : ALSOP
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Pollen producer : STAMEN
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Took, as would a crook : SNATCHED
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Group encouraging free trade : EUROMARKET
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Part : ROLE
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Kind of sapphire : STAR
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Mock : TAUNT
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French ecclesiastic : ABBE
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Prefix with let or lease : SUB
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Related on the mother's side : ENATE
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Rend : TEAR
Down
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Harsh sound : RASP
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Term for a worm : ERIA
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He's all for Great Britain : ANGLOPHILE
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Brass base : PENTAGON
5
Author of "The Man with the Golden Arm" : ALGREN
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Drilled : BORED
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Adjective for Enos : AGED
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N.A. Indian : SAC
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Outrageous act : ENORMITY
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Spreads for breads : JAMS
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Amor's adjuncts : ALAE
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Give in; yield : BEND
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Chisel for cutting grooves in wood : GOUGE
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Disorderly retreats : ROUTS
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Cordage fiber : ERUC
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Plantation employee : SOWER
24
Gem weight : CARAT
25
Fred Astaire's sister : ADELE
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On the ___ (honest) : LEVEL
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He's afraid of the big, bad Bear : RUSSOPHOBE
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Where Krupp put up his works : ESSEN
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Coty and Clair : RENES
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Without face value, as stocks : NOPAR
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Form into a chain : CATENATE
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"The ___ of the Breakfast Table": O. W. Holmes : AUTOCRAT
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Type of pole : TOTEM
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Compulsion : MUST
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___ Sea, arm of the Indian Ocean : TIMOR
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River flowing to the Missouri : PLATTE
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Concerning : ANENT
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Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
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Ballet skirt : TUTU
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Waif : ARAB
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Predatory sea gull : SKUA
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Island in a palindrome : ELBA
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Kind of crossing : DEER
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Sought office : RAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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