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June A. Boggs
June A. Boggs

New York Times, Wednesday, August 9, 1989

Author:
June A. Boggs
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 53, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 23.5
June A. Boggs has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,519
Across
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No-no : TABU
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"Crucifixion" painter : DALI
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Morose : GLUM
13
List entry : ITEM
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John, in Cardigan : EWAN
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Ring enclosure : ROPES
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Coffee chasers : POTBREAKKLATSCH
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I hope: Lat. : SPERO
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Pitched, in music : KEYED
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Old French coin : ECU
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Pierre's female friend : AMIE
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Chaste : VESTAL
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Diaghilev presentation : BALLET
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Sound when a batter misses a pitch : SWISH
32
In past time : AGO
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"M*A*S*H" role : RADAR
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Kauai neighbor : OAHU
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Milk chasers : CHOCOLATESOPMAN
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" ... ___ laid the odds ... ": Hamlet : HATH
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Made a collar : RANIN
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Yalie : ELI
46
Pasty : ASHEN
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Be compunctious : REGRET
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Golfer's position : STANCE
54
Minor preceder : ASIA
55
Slip : ERR
56
Tall or short follower : ORDER
59
Hang loosely : DRAPE
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Tea chasers : TIMEPARTYBAGCUP
66
Habitation : ABODE
67
Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
68
What a vacationer drops : LINE
69
Greek love god : EROS
70
Carte before the course : MENU
71
Advantage : EDGE
Down
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Tout's suggestions : TIPS
2
On the summit : ATOP
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___ noire : BETE
4
Like a phantom : UMBRAL
5
Cleveland's Ruby : DEE
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Vigilant : AWAKE
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The Caspian Sea is one : LAKE
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Atramentous : INKY
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A,b,c,d,e,f, e.g. : GRADES
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Abraham's nephew : LOT
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Unnerve : UPSET
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Birthplace of Mohammed : MECCA
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Synagogue : SHUL
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Cesar, of flicks : ROMERO
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Jacob's third son : LEVI
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It borders Aust. : ITAL
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Type of steward : SHOP
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Scarlatti contemporary : BACH
28
Turkish title : AGHA
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Spoils : LOOT
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He smote Job : SATAN
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Noted architect : WREN
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Virginia ___, early American : DARE
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Citizen of U.S. or Can. : AMER
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He wrote "The Man Without a Country" : HALE
38
Army division : UNIT
40
Film sleuth : CHAN
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Knights' titles : SIRS
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An Iroquois : ONEIDA
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Monkey-trial figure : SCOPES
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Olympic queen : HERA
50
Throat freshener : GARGLE
51
Bristle : SETA
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Phyle : TRIBE
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It has couters and beavers : ARMOR
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Indo-European descendant : ARYAN
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Three scruples, e.g. : DRAM
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To be, in Belley : ETRE
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Kind of rock or rain : ACID
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Boxlike sleigh : PUNG
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Blunt sword : EPEE
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Tokyo, formerly : EDO
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Heat meas. : BTU

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