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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Thursday, August 7, 1986

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 21.6
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,421
Across
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Shoo! : SCAT
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Dressed for the choir : ROBED
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Vehicle for James Garner : TANK
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Musical gp. : ORCH
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Cognizant : AWARE
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"___ Named Sue" : ABOY
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Observe : NOTE
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Sturdy fabric : DENIM
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Producer Ivan : TORS
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Beachwear for Queen Elizabeth : SWIMMINGCOSTUME
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Elevator man : OTIS
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Neighbor of Bahrain : QATAR
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Famous middle man of baseball : EVERS
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First appearance : DEBUT
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Kyle of football : ROTE
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Spain and Portugal : IBERIA
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"___ Boot," 1981 film : DAS
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Note pad for Princess Anne : SCRIBBLINGBLOCK
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Item in Palmer's pocket : TEE
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Colored, as cheeks : ROUGED
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Fields, to Agrippa : AGRI
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Gone up : RISEN
44
Whistle sound : TWEET
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Gift for a barbecuer : APRON
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Without any changes : ASIS
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Weatherstripping, at Buckingham Palace : DRAUGHTEXCLUDER
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Grayish-brown horses : DUNS
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Video's complement : AUDIO
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Bit : IOTA
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Move cautiously : EDGE
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Preamble word : UNION
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Pie plates : TINS
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Quitclaim : DEED
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"___ Call You Sweetheart" : LETME
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Cinch : SNAP
Down
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Pearl Buck book : SONS
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Boast : CROW
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It's after the prologue : ACTI
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"___ See of You" : THEMOREI
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Spokes : RADII
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Gary or Buck : OWENS
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Child cowboy's cry : BANG
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Author Ambler : ERIC
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Many a deejay's disk : DEMO
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Rat-a-___ : TATTAT
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In the area : ABOUT
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"___ Rae," Field film : NORMA
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Bandleader Kay : KYSER
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Atlas ref. : MTS
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Avian delicacy : SQUAB
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Whilom : ERST
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"Una ___ poco fa" : VOCE
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Being, to Bardot : ETRE
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Condescend : DEIGN
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River of Northern Ireland : ERNE
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J.R.'s home town : BIGD
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Natives of SE Nigeria : IBOS
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Melancholy : BLUE
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Italian magistrate of yore : DOGE
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Bit of suburbia : ACRE
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Part of a revue : SKIT
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Fetch : BRING
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Some court cases : LAWSUITS
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Awakened : ROUSED
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Sesame : TIL
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Extra : ADDED
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Nice Nellie : PRUDE
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Extent : RANGE
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Established principle : AXIOM
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Tea cake : SCONE
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Carry : HAUL
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Air : TUNE
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Revise for publication : EDIT
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"___ What Comes Natur'lly" : DOIN
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Vulcan's workshop : ETNA
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Scrape roughly : RASP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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