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Melvin Kenworthy
Melvin Kenworthy

New York Times, Tuesday, September 1, 1987

11-Down : Like a girasol

Author:
Melvin Kenworthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 34.1
Melvin Kenworthy has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,811
Across
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Shy : SHORT
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Play parts : ACTS
10
"Sweeney ___," 1979 Broadway hit : TODD
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Tyrrhenian feeder : TIBER
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Snare : TRAP
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Mimic : APER
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Solo : ALONE
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Fork part : TINE
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Garden access : GATE
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Loafer : GOLDBRICKER
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"___ Misérables" : LES
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Tress : LOCK
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Widows' inheritances : DOWERS
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Confuses : ADDLES
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Follows : ENSUES
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___ gras : FOIE
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Satisfy fully : SATE
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"___ bleu!" : SACRE
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Surveyor's instrument : TRANSIT
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Importune : ENTREAT
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Island group north of Tonga : SAMOA
44
Actress Garr : TERI
46
"With the blue ribbon ___" : ONIT
47
Trial : ORDEAL
49
Kindly : GENTLE
51
Thin layer : VENEER
53
Needle parts : EYES
55
Unusual : ODD
56
Revere occupation : SILVERSMITH
62
Pinball-machine word : TILT
64
Array in a pool hall : CUES
65
Famous cow : ELSIE
66
Lamb : ELIA
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"Thousand Days" queen : ANNE
68
McKinley's birthplace in Ohio : NILES
69
Take out : DELE
70
Lip : SASS
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One of a baseball trio : EVERS
Down
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Male partygoer : STAG
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Hawaiian city or bay : HILO
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One-sixth drachma : OBOL
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Tear : REND
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Soprano : TREBLE
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Athenian : ATTIC
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Fair play : CRICKET
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Place for cogitation : TANK
9
Does 75 : SPEEDS
10
Label : TAG
11
Like a girasol : OPALESCENT
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Hold back : DETER
13
Shift or sheath : DRESS
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Actor Ernesto: 1829-96 : ROSSI
22
Yank out of bed : ROUST
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Irritate; fray : WEARON
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P.M.'s : AFTS
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A Copperfield : DORA
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Mae West role : DIAMONDLIL
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Poe girl : LENORE
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Never, to Keats : NEER
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Inveigh : RAIL
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Feminine suffix : ETTE
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Vic's spouse et al. : SADES
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Its capital is Niamey : NIGER
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N.F.L. groups : ELEVENS
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The true heaths : ERICAS
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Ancient ascetic : ESSENE
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Cast a ballot : VOTED
52
Roman official : EDILE
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Affirmatives : YESES
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Moon goddess : LUNA
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Year in Macbeth's reign : MLIV
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Man, for one : ISLE
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Row : TIER
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Dame Myra : HESS
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R.L.S. contemporary : TAE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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