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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Friday, September 8, 1989

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 32.7
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,549
Across
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Predicament : SCRAPE
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Breakfast drinks : COCOAS
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Classroom missile : ERASER
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Vitamin C source : ORANGE
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Some execs give out these : WALKINGPAPERS
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Cries : BAWLS
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"His wife could ___ lean" : EATNO
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Believer in: Suffix : IST
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Parisian's airport : ORLY
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Mound in the Missouri : ISLET
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Baritone Alan ___ : OPIE
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Alphabetic sequence : CDE
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Mission beginning : INTER
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Fat fowl : CAPON
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___ beet : ASREDASA
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Botanical sport : MUTANT
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___ Dykstra, former Met : LEN
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Actor Vigoda : ABE
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Counsel : ADVISE
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Kind of consent : PARENTAL
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Hijacker's specialty : HEIST
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"___ long, life ... " : ARTIS
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Troy, N.Y., sch. : RPI
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Land parcel : ACRE
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Marble : AGATE
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"We'll tak a ___ kindness ... ": Burns : CUPO
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Swamp : BOG
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Colosseum section : ARENA
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Massenet opera : MANON
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Parts of flivvers : RUNNINGBOARDS
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Mercury, e.g. : PLANET
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Hangnest or firebird : ORIOLE
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Flower parts : SEPALS
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Did some rooting : YELLED
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___ Folly (Alaska) : SEWARDS
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One-year-old, usually : CRAWLER
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Auto race : RALLY
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Inquires : ASKS
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Noted architect : PEI
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Borgnine and Hemingway : ERNESTS
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Whirlybird : COPTER
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Praying figure : ORANT
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Guitar device : CAPO
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Arlen's "___ for My Baby" : ONE
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Emperor Augustus's son-in-law : AGRIPPA
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Assembly : SESSION
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Helmet-shaped part of a flower : GALEA
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___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
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Bugler's pad : TENT
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Silly : INANE
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Like some cookies : OATEN
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Helpful Latin phrase : IDEST
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Cheese chunks : CUBES
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Beethoven wrote for her : ELISE
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Madame Curie : MARIE
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Peck role : AHAB
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Esprit ___ : DECORPS
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The line in 20/20 : VIRGULE
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Bomb heavily, in R.A.F. argot : PRANG
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"Good fellow!" : ATTABOY
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Kind of bed : TRUNDLE
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Put side by side : APPOSED
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He has his pride : LION
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They often see stars : AGENTS
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Biography of Shelley by Maurois : ARIEL
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Entertainer Channing : CAROL
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Palindromic name : ANNA
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Knight clothes? : MAIL
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Catch a Z or two : NAP
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Crude metal : ORE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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