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New York Times, Tuesday, August 18, 1987

45-Across : Metal fastener

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B J Q Y }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 14.8
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,797
Across
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Jellifies : GELS
5
Place : STEAD
10
Phase : STEP
14
Declare : AVOW
15
Valentino's dance : TANGO
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Volcanic output : LAVA
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He portrayed Tevye onstage : ZEROMOSTEL
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The yoke's on them : OXEN
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Saint ___ cross : ANDREWS
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Realm : EMPIRE
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Jimjams : DTS
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Govt. agency : FDA
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Perfume : CENSE
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Sniggler's catch : EEL
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Provide food for a fee : CATER
35
Guadalajara gold : ORO
36
Signifying, with "of" : INDICATIVE
38
Hanks-Gleason film: 1986 : NOTHINGINCOMMON
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Ancestors : ASCENDANTS
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___ out (supplement) : EKE
43
Father of Indira Gandhi : NEHRU
44
Xenon, e.g. : GAS
45
Metal fastener : SCREW
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"Norma ___" : RAE
49
"___ the ramparts ... " : OER
50
Upset : SHAKEN
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Turtleneck, e.g. : SWEATER
58
Anderson of "WKRP" : LONI
59
Nuclear-explosion hot spot : GROUNDZERO
62
Dobbin's fare : OATS
63
Laszlo Loewenstein : LORRE
64
Director Kazan : ELIA
65
Prior spouses : EXES
66
___ out (defeated narrowly) : EDGED
67
Judge : DEEM
Down
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Mideast's ___ Strip : GAZA
2
Level : EVEN
3
Manor head : LORD
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Rapiers : SWORDS
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Packs : STOWS
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Russian news agcy. : TASS
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Tolkien creature : ENT
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Iron or Bronze : AGE
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Apportioned sparingly : DOLED
10
Slush : SLOP
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Hack : TAXI
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Perpetually : EVER
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Window section : PANE
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Allot : METE
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Neighbor of Hong Kong : MACAO
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Spark makers : FLINTS
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Schwarzenegger role : CONAN
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Jagged : EROSE
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Indentation : NOTCH
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Hire : ENGAGE
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Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
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Unit of pressure: Abbr. : ATM
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Track official : TIMER
33
Elicit : EVOKE
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Extend a subscription : RENEW
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Neighbor of Ill. : IND
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Lab measures: Abbr. : CCS
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"Leave ___ to heaven": Shak. : HER
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Harden : INURE
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Acorn, e.g. : SEED
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Off one's rocker : CRAZED
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Fish : ANGLE
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Possessed : OWNED
50
Type of gin : SLOE
51
Fraud : HOAX
52
Feed the kitty : ANTE
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Osculate : KISS
54
Certain : SURE
55
Beginning for vision : TELE
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Lake seen at Lakewood, Ohio : ERIE
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Wander : ROAM
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Reel's partner : ROD
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Assoc. : ORG

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