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AGE 35: AAUGH!
New York Times, Sunday, September 29, 1985
Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170 , Blocks: 94 , Avg Word Len: 5.12 , Missing: { J Q X } , Scrabble score: 676 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 133 , Cheaters: 6 , FITB: 14 , XRef: 13 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1985, The New York Times No. 13,109
Across
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___-être (comfort, in Châlons) :
BIEN 23
½ or 1/3 of a Latin dance :
CHA 24
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___-mehola, Elisha's birthplace: I Kings :
ABEL 35
Between siete and nueve :
OCHO 36
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Child of the Highlands :
BAIRN 48
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Park of the N.H.L. :
BRAD 51
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Do a classroom chore :
ERASE 71
Hawaiian honeycreeper :
IIWI 72
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Like some statistics :
GRIM 75
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Japanese wrestling :
SUMO 90
Loser to R.M.N.: 1968 :
HHH 92
Winter Olympics site: 1952 :
OSLO 93
Wild sheep of India :
URIAL 97
He wrote "I Like It Here" :
AMIS 99
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Color-change specialist :
DYER 102
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Have an ___ the ground :
EARTO 106
Sacred representation :
ICON 107
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Hallucinogens, for short :
LSDS 117
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The Pied Piper's river :
WESER 133
City once called Hadria Picena :
ATRI 134
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Rock producer-musician Brian :
ENO 147
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Hit song from "Funny Girl" :
PEOPLE 149
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Waterston and Donaldson :
SAMS 152
Some of Clive's soldiers :
SEPOYS 153
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Swedish discoverer of chlorine :
SCHEELE 2
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"The ___-King," Goethe poem :
ERL 5
Underpinning for ham :
RYE 6
Former L.A. manager and family :
ALSTONS 7
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How some bills are paid :
INCASH 9
Ending for auto or eisen :
BAHN 10
Together or separately, in music :
ADUE 11
Palermo preposition :
NEL 12
Nonbelligerent mil. area :
DMZ 13
Electrical-potential unit :
ABVOLT 14
Long Chinese river :
LIAO 15
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No ifs, ___ or buts :
ANDS 17
"Well, but what's ___?": Richard III :
OCLOCK 18
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"___ man answers, hang up" :
IFA 39
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Sal or Susie of songdom :
GAL 41
Creator of Mrs. Tanqueray :
PINERO 42
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Otolaryngologist's concern :
SINUS 50
Ted Husing's medium :
RADIO 52
"Ladders to Fire" author :
NIN 53
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Hugh Johnson's org. :
NRA 57
Partners of don't's :
DOS 58
Beauvais beast of burden :
ANE 59
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Western Samoa capital :
APIA 62
Very, very long time :
EON 64
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Philosophical member of 79 Across :
LINUS 74
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Ludwig-loving member of 79 Across :
SCHROEDER 78
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___-dieu, prayer bench :
PRIE 80
Dallied amorously :
TOYED 82
Containing element 53 :
IODIC 83
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Former Congolese prime minister :
ILEO 85
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Cadence-counting word :
HUT 93
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Daiquiri ingredient :
RUM 95
"Floor" for an Orr score :
ICE 96
Scottish county, river or port :
AYR 98
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Catches and detents :
TRIPS 109
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Author Laurence and archbishop Richard :
STERNES 118
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Anne or Marguerite :
REINE 120
Like some expense accounts :
PADDED 121
The lady from Astolat :
ELAINE 122
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"There's ___ in Your Eyes," 1924 song :
YESYES 128
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First recorded Chinese dynasty :
HSIA 137
Gossip-column component :
ITEM 138
___ royal, highest rear deck :
POOP 139
El ___, cheap cigar :
ROPO 142
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Answer summary: 8 unique to this puzzle , 5 debuted here and reused later , 19 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 6 cheater squares.
The grid has normal (rotational) crossword symmetry.
It has 8 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 5 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
These words have only appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
These 78 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:
Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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