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William Jarvis
William Jarvis

New York Times, Thursday, August 21, 1980

9-Down : Do an usher's job

Author:
William Jarvis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { H K Q U }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 16, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.0
William Jarvis has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

Old movies! It turns out, some great films were released before you were born.

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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,244
Across
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Motorized bicycle : MOPED
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Practice boxing : SPAR
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One-fifth of "Hamlet" : ACT
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Round of bowling : FRAME
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Kind of bag : TOTE
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___ avis : RARA
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Extemporize : ADLIB
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Son of Aphrodite : EROS
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___ Downes, noted music critic : OLIN
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Capital of Norway : OSLO
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"Gentleman's ___": 1947 Oscar winner : AGREEMENT
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Ibsen's "An ___ of the People" : ENEMY
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"Lawrence of ___": 1962 Oscar winner : ARABIA
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German tank : PANZER
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Vessel on the Atl. : STR
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Margarine : OLEO
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Initials for a 1939 Oscar winner : GWTW
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___ d'art : OBJET
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Nikola ___, U.S. inventor : TESLA
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Parseghian : ARA
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Chaucer character : REEVE
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Of bristles : SETAL
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Oscar winner in 1958 : GIGI
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"Nana" star: 1934 : STEN
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Trygve ___ : LIE
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Dormant : LATENT
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Oscar winner in 1970 : PATTON
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Pungent : SALTY
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"The ___," 1960 Oscar winner : APARTMENT
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Long, long period : AEON
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"The ___ is not to the swift" : RACE
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Gemstone : OPAL
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Horizontal line in a mathematical plane : XAXIS
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A social sci. : ECON
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Fluids : SERA
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Golf clubs : IRONS
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Time-zone abbr. : EST
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Durham boundary river : TEES
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Ed ___ of TV : ASNER
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Artist's degree : MFA
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Church calendar : ORDO
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Chums : PALS
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"The Life of ___": 1937 Oscar winner : EMILEZOLA
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Prepare a shad for eating : DEBONE
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Vapor : STEAM
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Bess's man : PORGY
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One that does: suffix : ATOR
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Do an usher's job : RESEAT
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Fragrance : AROMA
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Biblical spy : CALEB
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___ Lopez, singer : TRINI
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N.Y.C. theater group : ANTA
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Baseball miscue : ERROR
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Unit of work : ERG
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Partner of pans : POTS
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Protected, at sea : ALEE
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Hotbed : NEST
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Loot : SWAG
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Minimum ___ : WAGE
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Prefix with color or cycle : TRI
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"The ___ of Our Lives": 1946 Oscar winner : BESTYEARS
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Ballet leap : JETE
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Tied : EVEN
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Where Achilles sulked : TENT
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Apportion : ALLOT
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Where Chi. is : ILL
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Deepest : INMOST
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Lack of order; confusion : ATAXIA
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Whittle : PARE
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Swiftly : APACE
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Mexican sandwiches : TACOS
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Church-council scene: 1545–63 : TRENT
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Inveigle : SNARE
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"___ Shrugged," Rand novel : ATLAS
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Foil : EPEE
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British county, for short : OXON
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Braves, e.g. : NINE
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Ukr., for one : SSR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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