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Hallie Parsons
Hallie Parsons
Gerald Parsons
Gerald Parsons

New York Times, Saturday, September 5, 1981

38-Across : Sour

Author:
Hallie & Gerald Parsons
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 47, Avg Word Len: 4.94, Missing: { F J W X }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 5, XRef: 2
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,624
Across
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Party popper : CORK
5
Flit : DART
9
Nervy : DARING
11
Becomes different : VARIES
13
Steeplejack, at times : RIVETER
14
Data for the I.R.S. : INCOMES
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Swinburne's "___ Atque Vale" : AVE
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Enthusiasts : ZEALOTS
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With 8 Down, for now : PRO
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To some extent: Prefix : SEMI
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Klein creation : STYLE
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Spiral : COIL
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Dido : PRANK
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Silkworm : ERI
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Ten ___ (stop transmitting) : THREE
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Obvious derision : SNEER
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Contestants : ENTRIES
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Borrower's interest re interest : RATE
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Juncture : SEAM
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Winter wear : MITTENS
38
Sour : ACERB
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Former Barbary state : TUNIS
42
Flash often accompanying a dash : DOT
44
Cornered : TREED
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___ muchacha (this girl): Sp. : ESTA
47
One-eighth of a peck : QUART
49
Wan : ASHY
50
Golfer's concern : LIE
51
Grotesque : SURREAL
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Free electron : ION
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Home of the collegiate Cowboys : LARAMIE
56
Bedeck with small stars : SPANGLE
58
Circumscribes : LIMITS
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Motion support : SECOND
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Tetranychid : MITE
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They lost a Rose to Philadelphia : REDS
Down
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Alley Oop, for one : CAVEMAN
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Prospector's prospect : ORE
3
Swiss owner of a posh hotel : RITZ
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These are bent in orisons : KNEES
5
Subject of a Giotto painting : DANTE
6
Parts of ellipses : ARCS
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Brazilian coffee : RIO
8
See 19 Across : TEMPORE
9
Several : DIVERS
10
Fireplace : GRATE
11
Some possessions of Itzhak Perlman : VIOLINS
12
Baseball-season climax : SERIES
13
File : RASP
15
Fish : SOLE
18
"Toute la ___," Hugo work : LYRE
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Sluggard's problem : INERTIA
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Impossible dream : CHIMERA
25
Subject of Shelley's "Adonais" : KEATS
27
Pamphlet : TRACT
29
Beat for a P.O. man : RTE
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Export from Calcutta : TEA
33
Bears : ENDURES
35
Cardinal Cardinal in the 40's and 50's : MUSIAL
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Provisional, as a council : INTERIM
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Emulate the eagle : SOAR
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Quits before becoming superannuated : RESIGNS
40
Partner of lo : BEHOLD
41
Fabled archer : TELL
43
Long lock : TRESS
45
The force is with it : DYNE
47
Completely : QUITE
48
Acuminate : TAPER
51
Clobbered, in days of yore : SMIT
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Needlepoint, for one : LACE
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"Mon ___ Pierrot" : AMI
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Silent agreement : NOD

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