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Kenneth Haxton
Kenneth Haxton

Greek Sandwiches

New York Times, Sunday, August 6, 1989

Author:
Kenneth Haxton
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 83, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q Z }
Open Squares: 112, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20, Grid flow: 28.0
Kenneth Haxton has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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MU
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L
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E
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C
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R
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I
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B
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S
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C
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E
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N
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TAU
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R
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A
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G
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A
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R
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T
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L
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K
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H
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R
R
Y
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A
N
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P
A
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M
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I
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E
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C
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L
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T
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L
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N
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T
B
U
D
S
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S
H
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R
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F
A
S
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C
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O
L
T
S
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A
L
L
E
E
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P
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T
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N
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T
H
R
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E
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A
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A
R
E
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L
I
T
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R
A
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T
U
R
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S
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A
M
PHI
T
R
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I
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T
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E
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P
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T
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R
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O
T
O
S
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S
N
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D
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N
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A
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A
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W
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A
XI
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T
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A
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M
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C
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S
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T
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C
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E
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C
H
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C
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R
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P
ETA
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A
C
O
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R
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R
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B
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N
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C
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E
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P
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RHO
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M
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R
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L
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D
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A
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NU
F
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F
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P
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N
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R
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S
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B
IOTA
S
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B
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U
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T
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P
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P
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B
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R
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N
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K
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C
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A
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S
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L
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F
L
O
V
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R
ALPHA
B
E
R
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C
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R
O
M
B
Y
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O
E
R
A
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H
A
S
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D
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R
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V
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L
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T
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R
A
V
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L
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S
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B
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T
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S
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T
A
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A
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R
CHI
G
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N
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S
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S
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BETA
K
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S
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T
E
N
PI
N
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N
O
S
E
R
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S
T
A
T
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N
Y
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S
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T
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S
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E
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,516
Across
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Obstinate person : MULE
4
Plagiarizes : CRIBS
9
Nessus, for one : CENTAUR
14
Red alga : AGAR
18
Type of TV show : TALK
20
Pillage; plunder : HARRY
21
Black Sea port : ANAPA
22
Eldest of the Pleiades : MAIA
23
Rapid rise in prices or wages : ESCALATION
25
Dormant future shoots : LATENTBUDS
27
Wives of Fatima's descendants : SHARIFAS
28
Automatic pistols : COLTS
30
Formal avenue : ALLEE
31
Eucharistic dish : PATEN
32
Kipling's "Soldiers ___" : THREE
33
Swiss river : AARE
35
Bodies of writing : LITERATURES
37
Greek sea goddess : AMPHITRITE
41
Prokofiev's lupine trapper : PETER
42
Okla. Siouans : OTOS
43
Slyly sarcastic : SNIDE
44
F.D.R. measure : NRA
45
Actress Alicia : ANA
46
Most ceraceous : WAXIEST
48
Naval assents : AYES
49
Bottom line : SUM
50
Actress Talmadge : CONSTANCE
53
Emulate Doré : ETCH
55
Poet Hart ___ : CRANE
57
Flower parts : PETALS
58
Stomach acidity : ACOR
60
Locales for Scott Hamilton : RINKS
61
Great supply : ABUNDANCE
66
Very strong bridge hands : POWERHOUSES
68
Town in Ethiopia or Kenya : MURRI
69
Type of estate : REAL
70
___ fixe : IDEE
71
Turkish city : ADANA
72
Put out a candle : SNUFF
74
Conifers : PINETREES
79
Animal and plant lives of regions : BIOTAS
80
Scapegoat : BUTT
82
Species of Mexican yuccas : ISOTES
84
Soup or jacket preceder : PEA
85
A.P. rival : UPI
86
Uncle Milty : BERLE
87
Greek goddess of victory : NIKE
88
Terrier breed : CAIRN
90
Amour-propre : SELFLOVE
92
British general in the Seven Years War : RALPHABERCROMBY
95
" ... ___ perfumed sea": Poe : OERA
96
Member of a Jewish sect : HASID
97
Competitor : RIVAL
98
Miss America accoutrement : TIARA
101
"L'Heure Espagnole" composer : RAVEL
102
Ester of acid from cork : SUBERATE
105
___ Highway System : INTERSTATE
108
Origination of first life on earth : ARCHIGENESIS
110
Causes (oneself) to go : BETAKES
111
Item on an alley : TENPIN
112
Blow on the proboscis : NOSER
113
Rheo or thermo follower : STAT
114
Pushkin refusal : NYET
115
Laurel and Musial : STANS
116
Aquarium denizen : TETRA
117
Amsterdam-to-Luxembourg dir. : SSE
Down
1
Sordini : MUTES
2
Scold severely : LASH
3
Sousa march : ELCAPITAN
4
June beetle : CHAFER
5
___ Church, N.Z. sect : RATANA
6
Eye part : IRIS
7
Sis sibling : BRO
8
Systems that turn motors in time with generators : SYNCHROS
9
Streets, in Sonora : CALLES
10
Growing out : ENATE
11
Cole and Turner : NATS
12
Brownish gray : TAUPE
13
Sprinted : RAN
14
Mystery writer Eric : AMBLER
15
It was divided into three parts : GAUL
16
Assistant : AIDE
17
Make an incised mark : RASE
19
Defense discipline : KARATE
24
Liquid measure : LITER
26
French pastry : TARTE
29
Voltaire tragedy : ORESTE
32
Private student : TUTEE
33
Sand, to Chopin : AMIE
34
Plant lice : APHIDS
35
Comic Jay : LENO
36
Poisonous : TOXIC
37
Haphazardly : ANYHOW
38
Irrational : INSANE
39
Boles : TRUNKS
40
Furniture designer : EAMES
41
Moccasin : PAC
43
Vanzetti's co-defendant : SACCO
46
German woods : WALD
47
Early Mohammedan converts at Medina : ANSAR
51
Disdain : SPURN
52
Disease with muscular spasms : TETANIA
54
Type of root : TAP
55
Condiment holder : CRUET
56
Stair part : RISER
59
Roi's mate : REINE
61
Recording equipment : AUDIOTAPE
62
Largest S.A. country, to inhabitants : BRASIL
63
Lie snugly : NESTLE
64
King of England and Denmark : CANUTE
65
Brownie : ELF
67
Site of one of the Seven Wonders : RHODES
68
Miss.'s governor : MABUS
73
Last stage : FINALPHASE
74
Prodded : POKED
75
Pompey's way : ITER
76
Outer layers of cells of an embryo : EPIBLASTS
77
Hair-raising : EERY
78
Antonio or Francisco : SAN
80
"To ___ not ... ": Hamlet : BEOR
81
Crab-eating mongoose : URVA
83
Hissing : SIBILANT
86
Indistinct : BLEAR
88
Groups of 13 witches : COVEN
89
Portuguese town in Minho province : AMARES
91
Arden, for one : FOREST
92
Prowls after prey : RAVENS
93
Miss. delta town : CRUGER
94
Spanish painter Lo Spagnoletto : RIBERA
96
Fastener for a cloche : HATPIN
98
Lhasa native : TIBETAN
99
Like a squid's discharge : INKY
100
Fits to ___ : ATEE
101
Punjabi potentate : RANA
102
Easily split rock : SCHIST
103
Pedro's aunts : TIAS
104
Famous family of Ferrara : ESTE
106
Kin of aves. : STS
107
Vietnam offensive : TET
109
Caviar : ROE

Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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