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Lee Jones
Lee Jones

New York Times, Wednesday, September 12, 1984

Author:
Lee Jones
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 19.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Lee Jones has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,727
Across
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Attention getter : PSST
5
Poultry item : CAPON
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Nit-pick : CARP
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It's after theta : IOTA
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"___ Romance" : AFINE
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To dare, in Dax : OSER
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Natives : ABORIGINES
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Bee flat : HIVE
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Political issue : INTERESTRATES
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Gumshoe : TEC
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___ Rabbit : BRER
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Like a dottering dowager : ANILE
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"___ Adams" : ALICE
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Qualified : FIT
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Concorde, e.g. : SST
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Actress Kirk : LISA
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Showy plant : BEGONIA
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Political ploy : CAMPAIGNPROMISE
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Satellite's path : ELLIPSE
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Wise to : INON
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He judged Israel 40 years : ELI
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Yeses : OKS
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Banquet : FEAST
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Fraternal fellow : MASON
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Refrain duo : LALA
53
Cote sound : COO
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Political issue : BUDGETDEFICIT
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"And there shall come forth ___": Isa. 11:I : AROD
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Make uniform by blending : HOMOGENIZE
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Broadway musical: 1982 : NINE
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" ... to form ___ perfect Union" : AMORE
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Corrupt : EVIL
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Sharp : KEEN
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Beauty-salon liquid : TONER
67
Ardor : ZEAL
Down
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Zadora : PIA
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Blake Edwards movie: 1981 : SOB
3
Zeno's philosophy : STOICISM
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High water hole : TARN
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Moncrief or Bird : CAGER
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Blazing : AFIRE
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Lydia Languish : PINER
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Stand ___ ground : ONES
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Jay's home : NEST
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He gave his regards to Broadway : COHAN
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" ... on earth ___ in heaven" : ASITIS
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Whoop-de-dos : REVELS
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Like a missile's guidance system : PRESET
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"Let ___," Beatles song : ITBE
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Proportion : RATIO
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Lubricant component : TALC
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Kazan : ELIA
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Cod or Coral : CAPE
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Dandies : FOPS
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As regards : INRE
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Defraud : BILK
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Auspices : EGIS
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Economist's concern: Abbr. : GNP
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Sand, to Chopin : AMIE
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Book by Admiral Byrd : ALONE
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Slothful : INACTIVE
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Passable : SOSO
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Within: Comb. form : ENTO
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Make a levee : EMBANK
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Boy in "Little Women" : LAURIE
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"When Day ___," 1926 song : ISDONE
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Confront : FACE
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Poet Nash : OGDEN
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Defective device : LEMON
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Ahead, at sea : AFORE
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Furry hybrid : LIGER
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"The Night ___ Panicked America" : THAT
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Major-___ : DOMO
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Meyerbeer character : INEZ
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___ ul-Haq, Pakistan's president : ZIA
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Building addition : ELL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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