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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Tuesday, August 9, 1977

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 51, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 22, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 19.5
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,223
Across
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Burnt ___ (artist's pigment) : UMBER
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Separate carefully : SIFT
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___ of steel : NERVES
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Like some ambassadors : ATLARGE
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Addison's colleague : STEELE
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"Along ___ sequester'd vale of life": Gray : THECOOL
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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Reckless ones : DAREDEVILS
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Wapiti : ELK
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Seed covering : ARIL
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Patron saint of France : DENIS
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State bird of Hawaii : NENE
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Neck areas : NAPES
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Obtained : GOT
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Sprite : ELF
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Catch suddenly : NAB
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Mil. officers : LTS
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Not hazy or misty : CLEAR
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He lost to Dwight : ADLAI
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Parrot's word, in comics : AWK
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She raised Cain : EVE
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Sound of disapproval : TSK
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Prefix with chance or hap : MIS
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Snake of S.A. : ABOMA
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Brew coffee : PERK
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In ___ (faced with a predicament) : ASPOT
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Bridge position : EAST
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Red or Black : SEA
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Fitzgerald book: 1945 : THECRACKUP
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Señor's iterated approval : SISI
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Cardinal Cooke : TERENCE
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Actress Smith : ALEXIS
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Black Sea native : ODESSAN
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Upset : RATTLE
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"___ Death": Grieg : ASES
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He wrote "The Bankers" : MAYER
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Hidden : UNSEEN
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Inner strength : METTLE
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90 m.p.h., e.g. : BREAKNECKSPEED
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Knievel : EVEL
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Faith: Abbr. : REL
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Exile spot: 1815–21 : STHELENA
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"___ 3 Lives" : ILED
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Confronted : FACED
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Treasure ___ : TROVE
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Kind of chair or car : SEDAN
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Anchor position : ATRIP
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Stepping on it : GOINGLIKESIXTY
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TV star Cass ___: 1941–74 : ELLIOT
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Parseghian : ARA
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Concordes : SSTS
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Building addition : ELL
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Dejected : SAD
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Tuition : FEE
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Diner order, for short : BLT
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Actress in Mickey's past : AVA
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Author West et al. : REBECCAS
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Cleopatra's means of exit : ASP
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One of a Latin trio : AMAT
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"A world I did not ___ enter": Hardy : WISHTO
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Like a certain bucket : OAKEN
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Spartans from East Lansing : MSU
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Wall Street term : ATPAR
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Carom : RESILE
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Autocrat : KAISER
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Sheath of a leafstalk : OCREA
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Lock of hair : TRESS
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Faulkner character : ANSE
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___ trap (prepare to snare) : SETA
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Hood's exit : LAM

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

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