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Don Groat
Don Groat

New York Times, Thursday, August 2, 1990

Author:
Don Groat
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 16.8
Don Groat has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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P
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A
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S
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S
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C
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O
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T
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O
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A
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P
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Y
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H
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A
L
M
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U
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N
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I
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M
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N
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P
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G
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S
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N
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P
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S
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T
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W
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S
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A
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G
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D
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N
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A
V
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M
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A
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G
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S
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L
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L
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S
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P
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O
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T
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N
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Y
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P
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U
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R
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M
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A
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M
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G
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,877
Across
1
Numbers men, for short : CPAS
5
Boswell was one : SCOT
9
Containing lather : SOAPY
14
Hawaiian city : HILO
15
Opera's Gluck : ALMA
16
Radii neighbors : ULNAE
17
Printing style, for short : ITAL
18
Fortress protection : MOAT
19
Times Square features : NEONS
20
"No entertainment is so ___" (start of a Lady Montague quotation) : CHEAPASREADING
23
Ecology term : SERE
24
Masefield heroine : NAN
25
Ravioli, e.g. : PASTA
28
Strong cord : TWINE
31
Drift to leeward : SAG
34
Place de l'___, Paris : ETOILE
36
Parseghian of football-coaching fame : ARA
37
Concerning : INRE
38
Mend : DARN
39
Of ships : NAVAL
41
Isinglass : MICA
42
Give ___ up (assist) : ALEG
43
Andress film : SHE
44
One who lays mines : SAPPER
46
Shepherded : LED
47
Deceivers : LIARS
49
Winter vehicles : SLEDS
50
"___ o' My Heart" : PEG
51
"Beetle Bailey" dog : OTTO
53
Continuation of quotation : NORANYPLEASURE
60
Gourd : MELON
61
Actor-comic Thicke : ALAN
62
Stravinsky : IGOR
63
Cancel : ERASE
64
Symbol of authority : MACE
65
Earthenware jar : OLLA
66
One beyond hope : GONER
67
Editor's term : STET
68
Kremlin disapproval : NYET
Down
1
Cleverly stylish : CHIC
2
Inside stuff : PITH
3
Winglike structures : ALAE
4
End of quotation : SOLASTING
5
Philippine island : SAMAR
6
Kind of drama : CLOSET
7
Sharif : OMAR
8
London art gallery : TATE
9
Ice-cream treat : SUNDAE
10
Liquid glyceride : OLEIN
11
Before long : ANON
12
Throe : PANG
13
Affirmative : YES
21
Sound of thunder : PEAL
22
Chronicles : ANNALS
25
Bicycle necessity : PEDAL
26
"___ of Two Cities" : ATALE
27
Stark Young's "___ the Rose" : SORED
29
Vacillate : WAVER
30
Nest egg acct. : IRA
31
Wading bird : SNIPE
32
Moved on a curve : ARCED
33
Toothed wheels : GEARS
35
Streamer : ENSIGN
37
Inward burst : IMPLOSION
40
Cry of triumph : AHA
45
Movie dog : ASTA
47
Horseshoes term : LEANER
48
Allay grief : SOLACE
50
Thackeray's forte : PROSE
52
Doctrine : TENET
53
L. D. Ahenobarbus : NERO
54
Buck heroine : OLAN
55
Edible tubers : YAMS
56
Map of a city : PLAT
57
Kind of duckling : UGLY
58
Performance part : ROLE
59
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
60
Jo's sister : MEG

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

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