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Mark Diehl
Mark Diehl

New York Times, Wednesday, September 30, 1987

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 81.1
Mark Diehl has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 69 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,840
Across
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Garfield, for one : CAT
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Stockbroker's advice, at times : SELL
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"Old MacDonald ___ ... " : HADA
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Parseghian of coaching fame : ARA
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Lusitania's undoer : UBOAT
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"___ Work It Out," Beatles hit : WECAN
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Noisemaker of sorts : LOUDMOUTH
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Hopping mad : IRATE
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Hit song in 1945 : AUTUMNSERENADE
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Rhone feeder : ISERE
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Stunted plant, e.g. : RUNT
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Wallach or Whitney : ELI
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Latin lass's title : SENORITA
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Green alga : DESMID
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Parisian's "Eureka!" : VOILA
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Acropolis sight : RUINS
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Famous American twin? : STPAUL
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Gordon or Duncan : MACRAE
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Impassive : STOIC
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Tomato blight : EDEMA
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Beauticians' purchases : HENNAS
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Set loose : UNBRIDLE
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A Riviera season : ETE
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P.G.A. supporters? : TEES
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Can.-U.S. defense org. : NORAD
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Baseball warm-up : SPRINGTRAINING
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Myriad, numerically : IOOOO
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Injustice : GRIEVANCE
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___ a million : ONEIN
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Spinal bases : SACRA
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Sound with choo or plunk : KER
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Speedy travelers : SSTS
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The pokey, to Wilde : GAOL
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Wall, Sesame and Easy: Abbr. : STS
Down
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French seaport : CALAIS
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Sound the alarm : AROUSE
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Make tight : TAUTEN
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Common essay theme : SUMMERVACATION
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Black, to Byron : EBON
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Gossett and Gehrig : LOUS
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Wishbone-offense option : LATERAL
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Ares' mother : HERA
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Ivory-tower milieu : ACADEMIA
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News-flash intro : DATELINE
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Chemical ending : ANE
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By way of, for short : THRU
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Place to find ice sculptures : WINTERCARNIVAL
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Silver peso : DURO
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Word with tail or dead : END
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Driver's lic. et al. : IDS
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Chit : IOU
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Mah-jongg piece : TILE
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Big ___, Calif. : SUR
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So be it! : AMEN
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They often top J. R. : STETSONS
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Composer of program music : TONEPOET
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Brooch : PIN
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Embassy dipl. : AMB
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Haggard heroine : SHE
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Maid's implement : DUSTRAG
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E.M.K. is one : SEN
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Island off Scotland : IONA
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Quaffs : DRINKS
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Kind of arch : LANCET
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Yardwork equipment : EDGERS
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" ... ___ in one basket" : EGGS
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Chartres chessmen : ROIS
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Costa ___ : RICA
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Aircraft-related prefix : AERO
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Hawaiian hawks : IOS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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