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Ruth Lake Tepper
Ruth Lake Tepper

New York Times, Thursday, August 28, 1980

12-Down : Laughing

Author:
Ruth Lake Tepper
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 29.8
Ruth Lake Tepper has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,251
Across
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Tree or sea part : ARM
4
Philatelists' possessions : STAMPS
10
Kind of cry or country : FAR
13
Elusive object in a shell game : PEA
14
Old-fashioned : ARCHAIC
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"___ Didn't Care," 1939 song : IFI
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From ___ (precariously) : HANDTOMOUTH
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Depression antidote, for short : NRA
20
"Thus with a kiss ___": Romeo : IDIE
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___ Moines : DES
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Thieu's milieu in 1967 : SAIGON
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Human powerhouse : DYNAMO
26
Question, as a bequest : CONTEST
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Place for a band : RINGFINGER
30
A Louvre display : DUFYS
33
Circle part : ARC
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Author ___ Maria Remarque : ERICH
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Cuckoo : ANI
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Its embrace can be fatal : BOA
39
Word in a wedding report : NEE
40
Fortuneteller's card : TAROT
43
British business abbr. : LTD
44
Gimlet's big brother : AUGER
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Referee's command before a bout : SHAKEHANDS
49
Plays by Aristophanes, e.g. : SATIRES
51
Bony : OSTEAL
55
" ... prisoners ___": Zech. 9:12 : OFHOPE
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Hinny's relative : ASS
58
Norte, ___, sur, oeste : ESTE
59
Sea inlet : RIA
60
Get ___ (lay hold of) : ONESHANDSON
63
Homophone for urn or earn : ERN
64
Cotton or wool : TEXTILE
65
Hand ___ foot (totally) : AND
66
___ Chief (O. Henry brat) : RED
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Received as one's due : REAPED
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Truly! : YEA
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Plant pest : APHID
2
Kind of money : READY
3
The ___ the moon : MANIN
4
Minded the baby : SAT
5
Trampled : TRODON
6
Zenith : ACME
7
Units of electrical conductance : MHOS
8
French winter resort : PAU
9
Quashes : SITSON
10
Musician's technique : FINGERING
11
Bouffant hairdos : AFROS
12
Laughing : RIANT
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"The more things ___ ... " : CHANGE
18
Sweetie pie : DEARY
23
Brain canal : ITER
25
Prefix with adventure or fortune : MIS
26
Locust : CICADA
28
End walls of buildings : GABLES
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Spume : FROTH
30
"___ ole davil, sea": O'Neill : DAT
31
Actress Merkel : UNA
32
From the horse's mouth : FIRSTHAND
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One of five in catch-as-catch-can : CEE
36
"Leave ___ to Heaven": Williams : HER
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Cincinnati's river : OHIO
42
Limey, gob or swabbie : TARPOT
44
Commercials : ADS
45
You, to Luis : USTED
47
Not so blunt : KEENER
48
Cash-register recording : NOSALE
49
More painful : SORER
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In a blaze : AFIRE
52
Try one's hand at : ESSAY
53
In accord : ATONE
54
___ hand (aid) : LENDA
56
Pre-Boomer star : ASTA
57
Corvette, for one : SHIP
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Devon river : EXE
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"Little Men" character : NED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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