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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Friday, August 15, 1986

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { H J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.8
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,429
Across
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Pony : TROT
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U.K. honor : OBE
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Indian of Nicaragua : RAMA
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Fad : RAGE
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Peace goddess : IRENE
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Kirghiz mountain range : ALAI
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Egyptian wader : IBIS
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Colonist's greeting to an Indian : NETOP
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Voiceless : SURD
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Russian physiologist: 1849–1936 : PAVLOV
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Aromatic shrub : ALLSPICE
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Fatty : STEARIC
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Small quantity of liquid : SUP
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Growl : GNAR
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Vexed : ROILED
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Old colonnade : STOA
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Part of a harem : ODA
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Tincture component : IODIDE
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"Ars ___" : LONGAVITABREVIS
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___ of quinine : OLEATE
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Former silver 5-franc piece : ECU
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Hide's partner : SEEK
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Reign of ___: 1793–94 : TERROR
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Roster : LIST
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Women's ___ : LIB
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African antelopes : DUIKERS
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Existed consequentially : RESULTED
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Prejudiced : NARROW
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Mimic : APER
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Goodbye, in Grenoble : ADIEU
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Domini's predecessor : ANNO
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Capital of Saudi Arabia : RIAD
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Immunizing fluid : SERUM
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Name meaning "I am faithful" : FIDO
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Grayish yellow : ECRU
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Indian weight : SER
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Cardinal suffix : TEEN
Down
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Pawls : TRIPS
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Moroccan seaport : RABAT
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Architectural rib : OGIVE
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Kind of coil : TESLA
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Jacutinga, e.g. : ORE
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Second of a series : BETA
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Organic compounds : ENOLS
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Grate : RASP
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His, in Le Havre : ALUI
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Type of brandy : MARC
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Helper : AIDE
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Roman observation on tippling : INVINOVERITAS
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U.S. minted motto : EPLURIBUSUNUM
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Assn. : ORG
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Animal trail : SPOOR
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"The ___," Bill Nye drama : CADI
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Honey badger : RATEL
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April 13 : IDES
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Type of TV coverage : LIVE
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___ Sedgwick, tragic heiress : EDIE
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Kind of police sergeant : DESK
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Job opening : SLOT
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Lacquered ware : TOLE
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Humdinger : ONER
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Food thickener : AGAR
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Kwajalein or Bikini : ATOLL
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Etcher's substance : ACID
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Padre's sister : TIA
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Family in a G. Eliot book : BEDES
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Met mezzo-soprano : KRAFT
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Ford or Pyle : ERNIE
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Adjective for une boule : RONDE
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Syncope : SWOON
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Earth or bit preceder : RARE
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Virgil's "Aeneid," e.g. : EPIC
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Gunlock catch : SEAR
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Indic language : URDU
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Catastrophic : DIRE
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A neighbor of Afr. : EUR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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