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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Monday, September 10, 1979

40-Across : Talk excessively

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,898
Across
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Croatian's cousin : SERB
5
Own up : ADMIT
10
Fearful : DIRE
14
Hercule Poirot lead : CLUE
15
Ex-president of Italy : LEONE
16
Tennysonian lady : ENID
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Swedish pop quartet : ABBA
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Material for cabinetwork : SANDALWOOD
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Picture puzzle : REBUS
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Dauphin's father : ROI
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Gossipy woman : YENTA
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Live : EXIST
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Off-color : RACY
28
Hockey great : ORR
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Olympics competitor : ATHLETE
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"___ Clown" : BEA
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Hat or Hattie : PANAMA
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Flying formations : ECHELONS
39
Word before or after break : EVEN
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Talk excessively : PRATE
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Suffix with gas and court : EOUS
43
Conserves materials, in a way : RECYCLES
45
"Peer Gynt" dancer : ANITRA
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Eastern neighbor of Okla. : ARK
48
Tedious reprimand : LECTURE
50
Conducted : LED
51
South Sea staple : TARO
52
Forestall, with "off" : STAVE
54
Combustion residue : ASHES
57
Pulpy fruit : UVA
59
"___ Love Song": 1929 : PAGAN
62
Outfielder's ___ catch : SHOESTRING
65
Kind of duckling : UGLY
66
___ at windmills : TILT
67
Humane org. : ASPCA
68
___-majesté : LESE
69
Part of a foot : INCH
70
Harass : BESET
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Introduce, with "out" : TROT
Down
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Rocky spot in the Rockies : SCAR
2
Dresden's river : ELBE
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Crane like a Dane in Spain : RUBBERNECK
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Word with arts and esprits : BEAUX
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Pacino and Smith : ALS
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Scarcity; famine : DEARTH
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Prefix with rail and gram : MONO
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Oblique : INDIRECT
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Samovar brew : TEA
10
Victim of an upset in the 40's : DEWEY
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Participate, with "be" : INON
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Opposite of a party pooper : RIOT
13
Icelandic work : EDDA
19
Secondary school, in France : LYCEE
21
Yul's "kingdom" in 1956 : SIAM
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Fastening device : STAPLER
27
Basically : ATHEART
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"Fidelio" is one : OPERA
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Delirious person : RAVER
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Opposite of the lion's share : LEAST
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Roaring Twenties' character : BOOTLEGGER
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Harden : ENURE
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President of Syria : ASSAD
36
Unspecified number : ANY
38
Kauai neckpiece : LEI
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Access to a paraclete : RECOURSE
44
Elegance in bearing : CLASS
46
Tide term : NEAP
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Shylock's interest : USANCE
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Baby or milk follower : TEETH
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Underground chamber : VAULT
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___ spumante : ASTI
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Where a kick hurts to the quick : SHIN
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New Deal loan agcy. : HOLC
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Red-carpet guests : VIPS
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"The Sun ___ Rises" : ALSO
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Kremlin thumbs down : NYET
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Reckoning at a restaurant : TAB
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Channel for craft : GAT

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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