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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Thursday, September 27, 1990

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { G Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 36.8
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,933
Across
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Type of pear : BOSC
5
Put through a strainer : SIFT
9
Green stone : JADE
13
Forearm bone : ULNA
14
Groups of three : TRIOS
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Pelvic bones : ILIA
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Get married : TIETHEKNOT
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Red planet : MARS
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Up-front part of a shoe : TOECAP
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Atrociousness : ENORMITY
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"Hallelujah, I'm ___" : ABUM
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Chou En-___ : LAI
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Hoodwink : SLIPONEOVERON
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For grown-ups : ADULT
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Actress Irene : DUNNE
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Follower: Suffix : ITE
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Not so much : LESS
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Trumpeter Al's family : HIRTS
38
Some sandwiches, briefly : BLTS
39
Hard wood : ASH
40
___ nova (Brazilian dance) : BOSSA
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Give as one's share : ALLOT
42
Avoid taking a stand : SKIRTTHEISSUE
45
No longer burning : OUT
46
Henry or Clare Boothe : LUCE
47
Heater fuel : KEROSENE
52
Play ___ (dissemble) : POSSUM
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Boesky or Tors : IVAN
57
"Laugh-In" catch phrase for Judy Carne : SOCKITTOME
59
Father : SIRE
60
Italian automotive center : TURIN
61
Swiss peaks : ALPS
62
Amuse immensely : SLAY
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In the altogether : NUDE
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Lanny or Diana : ROSS
Down
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Cigar remnant : BUTT
2
Miscellany : OLIO
3
Snick-or-___ : SNEE
4
Derisive whistles : CATCALLS
5
Accelerate : STEPUP
6
Annoy : IRK
7
Dandy : FINE
8
Roger Rabbit, for one : TOON
9
Comic actor Walker : JIMMIE
10
Turkish regiment : ALAI
11
Gossip's interest : DIRT
12
The Big ___ (New Orleans) : EASY
15
Rootlike runners : STOLONS
18
Monk's garb : HABIT
22
Kind of review : RAVE
24
Fashionable : MODISH
26
Rice-and-fish dish : SUSHI
27
Clara Barton was one : NURSE
28
Involve necessarily : ENTAIL
29
Lunar valley : RILLE
30
Astronomer Knopf : OTTO
31
TV's "Empty ___" : NEST
32
Word of sorrow : ALAS
33
Vargueno, e.g. : DESK
37
Most popular : HOTTEST
38
Heavenly body such as Rigel : BLUESTAR
40
Heat units, for short : BTUS
41
Neckwear for Henry Higgins : ASCOT
43
Andy, Annie or Mickey : ROONEY
44
Lying on one's back : SUPINE
47
Smooch : KISS
48
Wickedness : EVIL
49
___ avis : RARA
50
Part of speech : NOUN
51
Beige : ECRU
53
Student flier's goal : SOLO
54
Base V.I.P.'s : UMPS
55
Word with hall or kit : MESS
58
Rib : KID

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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