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Jim Page
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New York Times, Friday, January 17, 1986

59-Across : Legionary ant

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 96, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has supersymmetry.
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,219
Across
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Aide : STAFFER
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Comforted : SOLACED
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Kennedy tenant : AIRLINE
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Ambiance : CLIMATE
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Like St. Peter's glass : STAINED
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Frets : REPINES
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English cavalry weapon : SABRE
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Devon river : EXE
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Steep slope : SCARP
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G.B.S. component : INIT
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Reliever's successes : SAVES
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"Ignorance ___ excuse" : ISNO
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Stuttgart skater's surface : EIS
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Tongues in building timber : SPLINES
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Make lace : TAT
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Pawl's complement : RATCHET
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Huaraches : SANDALS
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Waterproof boot : PAC
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Heroine of Debussy's "Prodigal Son" : LIA
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Ancient Hebrew kingdom : SAMARIA
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Battery terminal : CATHODE
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Tuareg's robe : ABA
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Streamers on knights' lances : PENNONS
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"Oedipus ___" : REX
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Bookie's ballgame odds : LINE
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Prop : SHORE
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File : RASP
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Sevillian souls : ALMAS
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Admit : OWN
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Pound parts : PENCE
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Less insubstantial : MEATIER
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Legionary ant : FORAGER
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Causes : INDUCES
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Clear : EVIDENT
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Infiltration : SEEPAGE
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Compendiums : DIGESTS
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More cheeky : SASSIER
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Fairy queen : TITANIA
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Sir Richard Francis Burton was one : ARABIST
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Tease of a sort : FLIRT
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Mulct : FINE
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Dir. from Nantes to Angers : ENE
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Distributed fresh hands : REDEALT
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Projectors' targets : SCREENS
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Music to Manolete's ears : OLE
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Hot ___ Houlihan of "M*A*S*H" : LIPS
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Palermo pals : AMICI
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A card game : CANASTA
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Everlasting : ETERNAL
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Tyrants : DESPOTS
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A sweet age for Calpurnia : XVI
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Kind : SPECIES
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Maritime route : SEALANE
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Kind of shooter : SHARP
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Momentary fits of pique : SNITS
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Numbers man, for short : CPA
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Lah-di-___ (genteel) : DAH
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Chief city of ancient Cyprus : SALAMIS
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Where young Ike lived : ABILENE
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Like Lake Mead : MANMADE
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" ... the strength of ___": Psalm 147 : ANHORSE
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Plump; healthy : CORNFED
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Valencias, e.g. : ORANGES
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Heritage : DESCENT
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Mavens : EXPERTS
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Without delay : NOW
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Devour avidly : EATUP
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Legible author? : READE
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Director Vittorio De ___ : SICA
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Smug type : PRIG
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Brain specialist's rec. : EEG
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Egg: Comb. form : OVI

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2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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