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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, September 6, 1984

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 52.0
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,721
Across
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Pipkins' cousins : PAILS
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Scientists' notes : DATA
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Irish-Gaelic : ERSE
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"Believe it ___" : ORNOT
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"Cielo ___," Ponchielli aria : EMAR
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Yum-Yum, e.g. : MAID
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Succeed : GOFAR
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Small : PINTSIZED
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TV's "___ a Time" : ONEDAYAT
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Mother of Minos : EUROPA
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Shredded once more : RETORE
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Helen's abductor : PARIS
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Cull : WEEDOUT
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A receiver : SET
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Baruch's "My ___ Story" : OWN
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G or treble : CLEF
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Angry : IREFUL
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Part of R & R : REC
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Deflected a polo opponent : RODEOFF
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Agcy. administrating Amtrak pensions : RRB
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Greek personification of darkness : EREBUS
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Within: Comb. form : ENTO
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Author Tarbell : IDA
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Palter : LIE
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Lethargy, in Lyon : TORPEUR
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Breed of cattle : ANGUS
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Invalid : SHUTIN
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Yanked from Morpheus's arms : ROUSED
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Certain vacuum tubes : TETRODES
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He may devise or fabulize : CONTRIVER
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Rabble's antithesis : ELITE
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French celestial being : ANGE
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Merchant ship in Tokyo : MARU
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Man from Mallorca : SENOR
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Brand : SEAR
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Sheppard-Turpin weapon : STEN
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Arnold from Chelsea, Mass. : STANG
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Kind of stick : POGO
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Elvis's middle name : ARON
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Deduction : INFERENCE
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Rolling in dough : LOADED
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Left : DEPARTED
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___ City, La. : AMITE
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Paddle : TAN
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A Johnson : ARTE
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Arab jurisdiction : EMIRATE
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One cause of a close shave : RAZOR
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Cesare of Milano : SIEPI
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Collections of Old Norse works : EDDAS
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"Heads I win, tails ___" : YOULOSE
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Endured : WORE
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Pitcher : EWER
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Screen : SIFTOUT
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Fixed charge : FEE
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"One ___ lifetime is much": H.B. Adams : FRIENDINA
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Indic language : URDU
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Angle iron's kin : LBAR
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In retreat : ONTHERUN
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Talk nonsense : BLUSTER
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Alpinist's ice ax : PIOLET
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Son of Zeus and Callisto : ARCAS
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Bandleader Jimmie ___: 1895–1944 : NOONE
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Din created by Kipling : GUNGA
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Cubic meter : STERE
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Darkens : DIMS
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School Orwell attended : ETON
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An NCO : SERG
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Cistern : VAT

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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