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Joe Clonick
Joe Clonick

New York Times, Friday, January 20, 1984

65-Across : Operatic soprano from N.Y.C.

Author:
Joe Clonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Joe Clonick has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,491
Across
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Composer of "The Pearl Fishers" : BIZET
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"Martha" composer : FLOTOW
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Chair a meeting : PRESIDE
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Having good inherited characteristics : EUGENIC
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___ Beach, Calif. : HERMOSA
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Accessory to the crime : ABETTER
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Legal thing : RES
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Beak : NEB
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Ball elevator : TEE
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Something to quaff : ALE
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With: Fr. : AVEC
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A son of Hercules and Omphale : LAMUS
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Church calendar : ORDO
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Fish's sawlike organ : SERRA
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Eur. country : GER
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Carny's pitch : SPIEL
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Aleut's cousin : ESKIMO
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Roundworm : NEMATODE
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"Prince Igor" composer : BORODIN
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Police surveillance : STAKEOUT
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Moorish drum : ATABAL
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Possessor : OWNER
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Norm: Abbr. : STD
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Where the Greeks met : AGORA
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Cut of meat : LOIN
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Awakens : STIRS
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Gallic assents : OUIS
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High mil. award : DSM
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Linden that sprouted in N.Y.C. : HAL
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Call ___ day : ITA
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___ Passos : DOS
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Lightweight cotton fabric : ETAMINE
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Skedaddle : VAMOOSE
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His day is done : RETIRER
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Avoidance by subterfuge : EVASION
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Operatic soprano from N.Y.C. : PETERS
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Composer of "The Merry Widow" : LEHAR
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Running amok : BERSERK
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Distinctive doctrine : ISM
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Jewish homeland, biblically : ZION
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A Ford : EDSEL
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Something for steeping : TEABAG
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Starring : FEATURED
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Grease jobs, informally : LUBES
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Curved molding : OGEE
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Asian holiday : TET
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Canadian province : ONTARIO
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Exercised, as power : WIELDED
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Musical passage : PHRASE
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Author of "Popo": 1980 : REEVES
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Kind of sauce : CREOLE
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Le dernier ___ : CRI
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Composer of "The Consul" : MENOTTI
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Elect : OPT
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Fossil resin : AMBER
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Polar resident : SANTA
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A tic-tac-toe winner : OOO
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"Cara ___," 1954 song : MIA
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Bad guys in a western : RUSTLERS
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Agent for fusing metal : SOLDER
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Ballroom dance : TWOSTEP
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Bring to life : ANIMATE
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Cognizance : KEN
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Give it ___ : AGO
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Lady's bedroom : BOUDOIR
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Melodious : ARIOSO
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Cascade volcanic peak : LASSEN
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Twaddle : DRIVEL
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Mentally sounder : SANER
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Poetic stanza : STAVE
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Let, with "out" : HIRE
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Nanking nanny : AMAH
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Harv. neighbor : MIT
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Spanish she-bear : OSA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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