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Betty Leary
Betty Leary

CALLING ALL MEN

New York Times, Sunday, January 10, 1971

62-Across : Silk from France

Author:
Betty Leary
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 81, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 562 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 112, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
Betty Leary has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,820
Across
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Le Mans sight : RACER
6
Traveled in a way : CANOED
12
Norwegian saint : OLAF
16
Convict's goal : PAROLE
17
Appropriated : USURPED
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Adriatic wind : BORA
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Summer boon to parents : DAYCAMP
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Fond of music : PHILHARMONIC
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Kick ___ : AGOAL
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Card game : LOO
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Late afternoon, usually : TEATIME
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Jewish month: Var. : ZIF
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Umps' companions : REFS
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False gods : BAALS
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Team members: Abbr. : HBS
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Ranger's status : LONE
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Letter : ESS
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Whippersnapper : JACKANAPES
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Silver : CHANGE
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Joins : UNITES
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Sea call : AVAST
45
Teeth : CANINES
47
Strong emotion : TERROR
49
Chinese guild : HUI
50
Old car : ESSEX
51
Exudes : OOZES
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Recondite : ESOTERIC
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Eight: Ger. : ACHT
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Words of annoyance : FORPETESSAKE
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Upward: Prefix : ANO
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Silk from France : SOIE
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Other: Prefix : ALLO
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Egyptian heaven: Var. : IALU
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Recipe abbr. : TBSP
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Cosmic cycle : EON
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News item : OBIT
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Outpourings : SPEWINGS
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"There was ___ woman ... " : ANOLD
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One of an evil seven : PRIDE
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Ms. men : EDS
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Pointed instrument : STYLUS
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Alarm clock for some : ROOSTER
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Add up : TOTAL
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A thou : ONEG
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Emotion : SORROW
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Censures : SCORES
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Conform : TOETHEMARK
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Gardner : AVA
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Pressure units: Abbr. : ATMS
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___ Claire : EAU
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Vehicles : SLEDS
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Sibs: Abbr. : BROS
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Nonsense! : ROT
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Dog : TERRIER
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Roman money : AES
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Soil : EARTH
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Imitate a jumping jack : BOBUPANDDOWN
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Mosaic piece : TESSERA
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Wife of Cuchullainn : EMER
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Tardy : BELATED
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Fur : ERMINE
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Letters for a hostess : RSVP
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Does a framer's job : REMATS
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Staggers : REELS
Down
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Words for Pollyanna : RAYOFSUNSHINE
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Son of Zeus : ARCAS
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Fuel : COAL
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Tree : ELM
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Succeeds : REPLACES
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House part : CUPOLA
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Item for a tray : ASH
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Night in Paris : NUIT
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Heraldic fillet : ORLE
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Hebrew measure : EPHA
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At ___ door : DEATHS
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Music maker : OBOE
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Chaney : LON
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Home of the Hopi : ARIZONA
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Garment parts : FACINGS
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Leaves : PAGES
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Fragment : DRIB
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Challenge : DARE
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Science degree : MMSC
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Trees : OAKS
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Traveler's aid : FEET
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Subside : BATE
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Familiar symptom : SNEEZE
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"C'est ___" : LAVIE
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Bad luck : JINX
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Court decree : ARRET
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Do a class chore : PARSE
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W.W. II area : ETO
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Terre ___ : HAUTE
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Blank: Ger. : NIETE
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Ends : CEASES
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___ of ice cream : ASCOOP
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Go ___ : TOPOT
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Iterated : RESAID
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Bunk : HOKUM
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More ___ : ORLESS
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Part of a casa : SALA
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Crowded quarters : RABBITWARRENS
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Gunther title word : INSIDE
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Eggbeater : COPTER
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Grovels : FAWNS
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Cassini : OLEG
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Milton of the silents : SILLS
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Body part : TORSO
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Edge furtively : SIDLE
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Duke of Hollywood : WAYNE
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Entrance : INLET
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Irish lakes : LOUGHS
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Lasts : WEARS
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Entreé order : PORK
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Word with little and late : TOO
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Old car style : ROADSTER
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Lord Boyd and family : ORRS
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Nicholas : TSAR
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Ale time : OCTOBER
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Drums : TOMTOMS
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Widgeon : SMEE
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Percolate : SEEP
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English artist : TURNER
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Antelopes : ELANDS
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Your: Fr. : VOTRE
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Somali people : ASHA
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Urchin : ARAB
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Red Square name : BASIL
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Paint thinner: Abbr. : TURP
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Move slowly : IDLE
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Cheese : EDAM
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Hurdy-gurdy : ROTA
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Girl's name : ESME
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Girl's nickname : BEV
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Soak : WET
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Before : ERE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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