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Jim Page
Jim Page

EMPLOYEESE

New York Times, Sunday, January 10, 1982

77-Across : Strong Greek brandy

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 79, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 498 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 130, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 28-Across, the word should be "kattanker," with no hyphen; left as in the original.

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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,751
Across
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Khayyám : OMAR
5
Cleric's title: Abbr. : MSGR
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Kind of knight or sweeper : CARPET
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Attend Exeter, e.g. : PREP
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Deep mud : MIRE
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River at Leeds : AIRE
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Chicago-fire name : OLEARY
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Tony of fairway fame : LEMA
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"Farewell" and "goodbye," to a stagehand : EXITLINES
25
EKG's, to a watchmaker : TICKERTAPES
27
Righted the tenpins : RESET
28
___-anker (Ger. kedge) : KATT
30
Wedding-report word : NEE
31
"Gunsmoke" et al. : OATERS
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Subject of Pope's mock-heroic : TRESS
33
Ripley's "Believe ___ Not" : ITOR
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Noted friend of da Vinci : ESTE
36
Jittery : TENSE
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Dep. : ASST
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Hawaiian goose : NENE
39
Pen name : STY
40
Lodge, as a protest : ENTER
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Bolger, Bailar et al. : PMGS
43
Critic Huxtable : ADA
46
Wielded the baton : LED
48
Former campus org. : SDS
49
Tucker's partner : BIB
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Special concern of a tailor : VESTEDINTEREST
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Ballroom dance : ONESTEP
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Actor Greene : LORNE
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Fuliginous : SOOTY
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Porgy : SCUP
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Type of farmer : TENANT
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Fairy queen : MAB
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Crystal gazer's opening : ISEE
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Prime Oregon land, to a realtor : SALEMSLOT
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Higgins or Moriarty : PROFESSOR
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State of nonexistence : NADA
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Hilo neckwear : LEI
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Strong Greek brandy : METAXA
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"Woe ___!" : ISME
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Thanksgiving Day: Abbr. : THURS
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Portly : OBESE
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Bani-Sadr, for one : IRANIAN
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Exerting influence, as a puppeteer : PULLINGSTRINGS
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Ending for ethyl : ENE
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Holders of i.o.u.'s : CRS
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Yang's counterpart : YIN
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Mao ___-tung : TSE
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"Fire in the Lake" family : NGOS
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"Wiener Frauen" composer : LEHAR
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Jungfrau, etc. : MTS
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Actor Jannings : EMIL
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Hines or Siepi : BASS
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"___ told by an idiot ... " : ATALE
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River of Greece : ARTA
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Jane, to Tarzan : MATE
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Televox : ROBOT
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Poilu : SOLDAT
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Long time span : EON
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Part of être : SUIS
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Book by Read : ALIVE
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Objective of a Dover fisherman : SOLEPURPOSE
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Newspapers, radio and TV, to a Boston ad exec : MASSMEDIA
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College in N.C. : ELON
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Grayish tans : BEIGES
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Yucca's kin : ALOE
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Titubate : REEL
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Planes once barred from J.F.K. : SSTS
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Kraits : ADDERS
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Its grads are often at sea : USNA
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Scraps for Spot : ORTS
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Sicilian code of silence : OMERTA
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Get-togethers : MIXERS
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Rebels : ARISES
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SAT, given again : RETEST
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Avril follower : MAI
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Bear market, to a stockbroker : SINKINGSPELL
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Ali, to himself : GREATEST
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Virginia city : RESTON
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Foldaway : COT
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Type of skirt : ALINE
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Grade-schooler's break : RECESS
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"Ma and ___," 1949 movie : PAKETTLE
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Homophone for air : ERE
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Beginner : TYRO
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Typewriter part : PLATEN
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Is contrite : REPENTS
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Like some aquatic plants : EMERSED
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Jaworski and Todd, e.g. : PASSERS
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O.T.S. grads : LTS
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Poet Nahum : TATE
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"Don't ___ me" : TREADON
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Ogler : EYER
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Certain G.I. : PVT
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Faces : MEETS
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Malicious talk : DIRT
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Blyth, from Mt. Kisco : ANN
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___ Plaines : DES
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Dithers or Tweed : BOSS
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Charm : INCANT
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Bondi, from Chicago : BEULAH
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High spirits : ELATION
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Mephistopheles, e.g. : TEMPTER
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Lyon product : SOIE
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___ the towel (cede) : TOSSIN
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Stepped on the gas : SPEDUP
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Music-hall star O'Shea : TESSIE
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Petty officer : YEOMAN
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Ham's father, to Italians : NOE
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Parseghian : ARA
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Training tip, to a cigar packer : BOXINGLESSON
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Merchant ship, in Tokyo : MARU
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N.D. city : FARGO
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Story by Chateaubriand : RENE
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Fort spread : MESS
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Regards highly : ESTEEMS
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Stallone's nickname : SLY
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Purchased: Abbr. : BGT
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Silly one : ASS
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City in Ohio : LIMA
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America's Cup challenger : INTREPID
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Signs a memo : INITIALS
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Reunion groups : CLASSES
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Adapts factory machinery : RETOOLS
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Small onion : SHALLOT
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Pilgrim couple : ALDENS
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Cut grain : REAP
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Moe or Curly : STOOGE
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Kenyan secret society : MAUMAU
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Ravel classic : BOLERO
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Resident : ABIDER
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It's Supreme in Moscow : SOVIET
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Purloins : STEALS
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Goose genus : ANSER
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Fordham's mascot : RAM
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Big horn : TUBA
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Barber or Ruffing : RED
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Snaky curve : ESS
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China, e.g. : SEA

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7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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