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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Friday, September 20, 1991

35-Across : TV's "___ Press"

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 36.6
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,291
Across
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Inspired with admiration : AWED
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Senator from Va. : ROBB
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Rake over the ___ (scold) : COALS
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Prado painter : GOYA
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Former U.S.S.R. satellite : EGER
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Assault : ONSET
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Humdinger : ONER
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___ Beach, Fla. : VERO
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Attendant at a wedding : USHER
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"She sells seashells ... , " e.g. : TONGUETWISTER
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Heaps : PILES
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"___ Song, " Legrand score : BRIANS
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Drama divisions : SCENES
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Existence : BEING
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Certain dance line : CONGA
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Family of Mao's successor : HUAS
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
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Suffix with press or fail : URE
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TV's "___ Press" : MEETTHE
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Flat tire's loss : AIR
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Set of three : TERN
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Gerbils' kin : RATS
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Island in the Firth of Clyde : ARRAN
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Like Chicago in 1871 : AFIRE
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Steady : STABLE
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Unimpaired : INTACT
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Netman Edberg is one : SWEDE
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Like a piled-up sundae : MOUTHWATERING
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Tropical, freshwater fish : TETRA
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Ancient theaters : ODEA
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Access for a U.M.W. member : ADIT
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Girder material : STEEL
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Anagram from tarn : RANT
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Glacial snowfield : NEVE
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Outdated : PASSE
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Ancient battle site : TROY
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Waste allowance : TRET
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Before now : AGO
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Habit : WONT
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Enlightening experience : EYEOPENER
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Mender's activity : DARNING
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Variety shows : REVUES
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S-shaped moldings : OGEES
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Parks from Atlanta : BERT
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Bullies : BROWBEATS
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Half a French film title: 1975 : COUSIN
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Performing : ONSTAGE
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Pallid : ASHEN
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Lustful glances : LEERS
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Riv. boat : STR
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Flash of light : GLEAM
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Hibernians : IRISH
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Rabbit's tail : SCUT
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Innermost part : CORE
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Mont. mining center : BUTTE
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Medicinal root : HEARTWORT
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Prolix one : EARBENDER
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Teheran coin : RIAL
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Writer Sarah ___ Jewett : ORNE
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Author Remarque : ERICH
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Trencherman : EATER
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Temperaments : NATURES
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Effulgent : RADIANT
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Femme ___ : FATALE
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Laborious : SWEATY
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"___ man who wasn't there" : IMETA
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Memoranda : NOTES
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Pool member : STENO
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Jewish month : ADAR
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Donate : GIVE
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Recipe amt. : TSP
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Asian holiday : TET

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

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