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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, August 25, 1983

56-Across : Return to reality

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 32.0
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,343
Across
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Phonograph record : DISC
5
Fencing weapon : EPEE
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Buddy : CHUM
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Prefix with aircraft : ANTI
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Far-reaching : VAST
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Has an aversion to : HATES
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Velvet ending : EEN
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Feed the kitty : ANTE
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Assuage : SOLACE
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"The Nazarene" author : ASCH
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Tool used in mining : TREPAN
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Tip that was no pip : BUMSTEER
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" ... murder cannot be ___ long": Shak. : HID
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Makes ___ day (elates) : ONES
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Propelled a trireme : OARED
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Capital ending : IST
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Follow Emily Post strictly : STANDONCEREMONY
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Like a fence's ice : HOT
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The only horse that beat Man o' War : UPSET
42
___ impasse : ATAN
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Sellout sign : SRO
44
Possible land problem : DRAINAGE
47
Improve : BETTER
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Lateran area : APSE
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"Express" destination, once : ORIENT
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"God's Little ___" : ACRE
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Holliday, e.g. : DOC
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Return to reality : COMEDOWNTOEARTH
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Writer Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
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Part of Henry VI's legacy : ETON
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Et al. anagram : LATE
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Jackass, in Düsseldorf : ESEL
63
Certain counters : BARS
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Pack away : STOW
Down
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Evans or Robertson : DALE
2
Relative of curare : INEE
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Jazz maestro Kenton : STAN
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Year in St. Evaristus's papacy : CIV
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Manifest : EVINCE
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Temples dedicated to all the gods : PANTHEONS
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Punta del ___ : ESTE
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Ordinal suffix : ETH
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Sodium ___ : CHLORIDE
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Did a teamster's job : HAULED
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Letter-shaped snare : UTRAP
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A goal of pilgrims : MECCA
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God, to a Chinese Protestant : SHEN
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Word after Middle or Far : EAST
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Williams or Rolle : ESTHER
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Org. : ASSN
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Nonsense : BOSH
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"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
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Mutton, e.g. : MEAT
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Hastened : RACED
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Muscle that draws back an organ : RETRACTOR
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Tittle : IOTA
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Hosiery mishap : SNAG
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___ Daly of TV's "Cagney and Lacey" : TYNE
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Roland's sword : DURENDAL
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City famous for a sweet wine : OPORTO
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Lion's pride : MANE
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Addison contemporary : STEELE
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Pinafores : APRONS
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"___ Your Face Before Me," 1937 song : ISEE
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Juan's mouth : BOCA
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Undermine : ERODE
49
Multiplied by : TIMES
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Stage acronym : ANTA
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Mild curse : DRAT
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Bismarck or Kruger : OTTO
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Quid : CHEW
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Spider's bailiwick : WEB
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Capp and Ritz : ALS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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