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DeWitt Anderson
DeWitt Anderson

Off the Leash

New York Times, Sunday, August 22, 1976

Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 526 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 108, Cheaters: 18, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 44.2
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,871
Across
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Walt Kelly's possum : POGO
5
Confine : IMMURE
11
Friend, in Bari : AMICO
16
Action words : VERBS
17
Snares : NOOSES
18
Split or cream pie : BANANA
20
Hunts in style : RIDESTOHOUNDS
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Board workers : IRONERS
24
Annul : UNDO
25
Images : ICONS
26
Raison d'___ : ETRE
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Chemical suffix : ITOL
29
Word part: Abbr. : SYL
30
Adult : MATURE
31
Nasty : SNIDE
32
Igneous rock : SIMA
33
Resin : ELEMI
35
Thus, in Spain : ASI
36
Bets on : BACKS
37
Capital of Jordan : AMMAN
38
Neighbor of Que. : ONT
40
Fugitive : ESCAPEE
42
Most wily : SLIEST
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Share : RATION
46
Wyatt and family : EARPS
47
" ... as ___ wipeth a dish" : AMAN
48
English prison of note : DARTMOOR
50
Occasional limit : SKY
51
Secondary benefits : SPINOFFS
55
Climbing vines : IVIES
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"What ___ got to lose?" : HAVEI
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Fireside ___ : CHAT
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Vex : RILE
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Pensacola sight: Abbr. : NAS
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Symbol of cleanliness : HOUNDSTOOTH
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Anais ___ : NIN
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Hoary : AGED
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Evils : ILLS
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"___ Grow Too Old ... " : WHENI
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Roulette bets : NOIRS
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Echoes : RESOUNDS
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Hawaiian staple : POI
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Bleach : ETIOLATE
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Lawns, etc.: Abbr. : GRDS
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Concerns : CARES
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Marx associate : ENGELS
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Stage fare : DRAMAS
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Condiments : CATSUPS
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Turkish title : AGA
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Bucolic : RURAL
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Foible's opposite : FORTE
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Murphy's or Salic : LAW
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Map part : INSET
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Slightly : ABIT
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Blouse : MIDDY
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French artist : DERAIN
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Headpiece : TAM
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"___ fan Tutte" : COSI
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Eve's grandson : ENOS
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Huxley's "___ Hay" : ANTIC
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___ Morgana : FATA
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Dominate vocally : OUTSING
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Conscience, to Francis Thompson : HOUNDOFHEAVEN
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Type of tale : TATTLE
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Cicero, e.g. : ORATOR
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Western : OATER
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Flight: Fr. : ESSOR
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Nations : POWERS
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Bitter herbs : RUES
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Vend : PEDDLE
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Mountain: Prefix : OREO
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Literary monogram : GBS
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Rome's old port : OSTIA
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Limited to an organization : INHOUSE
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Sky sight : MOONRISE
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Black eye : MOUSE
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Mil. branch : USN
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Radical : RED
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Perfumes : ESSENCES
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Have ___ eye view of : ABIRDS
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Tide, in Calais : MAREE
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Cadmus's daughter : INO
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Orion's neighbor : CANISMINOR
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Former : ONETIME
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Durable plastic : VINYL
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Scents : AROMAS
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Stratagem : RUSE
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Eight: Prefix : OCTA
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Point of view : SLANT
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Small child: Var. : TIKE
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Half notes : MINIMS
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Foolish : SAPPY
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Tree grove : MOTTE
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"His ___ than ... " : BARKISWORSE
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Arkin : ALAN
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Overly : TOO
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Looked over carefully : CASED
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Bessie or Kate : SMITH
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Sack : RAVAGE
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Originates : ARISES
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___ barred : NOHOLDS
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Phosphate mineral : APATITE
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Coin of Iran : DINAR
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Arizona's Castro et al. : RAULS
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Was eminent : SHONE
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Crowning ornament : FINIAL
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Plays at love : FLIRTS
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Common or non : SENSE
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Heifetz needs: Abbr. : VNS
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Iowa college : COE
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Female deer : HINDS
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Former Saigon name : THIEU
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Opinionated ones : DOGMATISTS
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Head : NOGGIN
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N.Y. city : OLEAN
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River to the Caspian : URAL
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Miss Duke : PATTY
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Miss Balin : INA
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Pre-Xmas beehive : CARDSHOP
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Eclat : SPLENDOR
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Athenian lawgiver : DRACO
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Erase : RUBOUT
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Grain awns : ARISTAE
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Elbow, in Spain : CODO
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Tailors, to Carlyle : SARTORS
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N.Y. lakes : FINGER
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Urchin : WAIF
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Poem parts : STAVES
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Trencherman : EATER
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Govt. agent : TMAN
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Certain wizard's park : MENLO
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Alighieri : DANTE
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Ethereal fluid : ICHOR
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Karma : FATE
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"___ six of one ... " : ITS
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Gold, to Cortés : ORO
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Woodcock's org. : UAW
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___ Claire : EAU

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6 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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