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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, August 18, 1986

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { G J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 29.6
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,432
Across
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Poderosa family member : HOSS
5
Thick slice of bread : SLAB
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Peduncle : STEM
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A Johnson : ARTE
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Jostle : SHOVE
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Kind of shirt : POLO
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Guide : LEAD
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Verb in a biblical admonition : COVET
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A Guthrie : ARLO
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Assail suddenly : FLYATONESTHROAT
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Shredded : TORE
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Greek goddess of dawn : EOS
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Wis. city : RACINE
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Equine pest : HORSEFLY
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___ drab : OLIVE
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Printing mark : CARET
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Corded fabric : REP
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Sleazy bar : DIVE
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Founded : BASED
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German coal basin : SAAR
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Unusual shoe width : EEE
39
Fabrics : FELTS
40
Vivid : ALIVE
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Hurriedly : ONTHEFLY
43
Something to tip : SCALES
44
An Onassis nickname : ARI
45
Hemplike fiber : SUNN
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Act forthrightly : FLYINTHETEETHOF
54
Iranian coin : RIAL
55
Prophetic card : TAROT
56
One of almost 12,000 N.Y.C. vehicles : TAXI
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Concerning : INRE
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All possible : EVERY
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Lycian poet : OLEN
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Do a sitter's job : TEND
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Galley mark : DELE
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Cornmeal bread : PONE
Down
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Word with shell or sole : HALF
2
Soviet city : OREL
3
Tarry : STAY
4
Tending to calm : SEDATIVE
5
Sparkled : SHONE
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In tennis, nothing : LOVE
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City sts. : AVES
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Improved : BETTERED
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Thinly populated : SPARSE
10
Ring contestant in Madrid : TORO
11
Fitzgerald or Raines : ELLA
12
Debatable : MOOT
14
Tally : SCORE
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Franchot of films : TONE
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"A ___, of golden daffodils": Wordsworth : HOST
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Western exhibition : RODEO
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Strange : ALIEN
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Bush cat : CIVET
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Precipitate : HASTY
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Bauxite and galena : ORES
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Easily broken : FRAIL
30
Desert : LEAVE
31
Belgian town, to a Frenchman : YPRES
33
Summon : CALL
36
Was becoming to : BEFITTED
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Describing some desks : SLANTTOP
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Bouquet enhancer : FERN
40
Skin blemish : ACNE
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Approved enthusiastically : HAILED
43
Fatlike : SUETY
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Put away : STORE
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Ingredient of glass : FRIT
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Occupation : LINE
48
Story : YARN
49
Contain : HAVE
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Diminutive suffix : EREL
51
Nimbus : HALO
52
Draft animals : OXEN
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Choice : FINE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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