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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, January 21, 1988

35-Across : Some mass-media employees

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,953
Across
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Soprano Frances ___ : ALDA
5
Spanish home : CASA
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Shocking : AWFUL
14
Enlist again, as a G.I. : REUP
15
Current units, for short : AMPS
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Nemo's creator : VERNE
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Relative of a via : ITER
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Da's opposite in the Kremlin : NYET
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Zones : AREAS
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Part of H.R.E. : EMPIRE
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Bitter vetch : ERS
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Sniggler's catch : EELS
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"Vive ___" : LEROI
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French politician Daladier : EDOUARD
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Cantankerous : ORNERY
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New Orleans cuisine : CREOLE
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Kin of 5 Across : HACIENDA
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Some mass-media employees : ADMEN
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Brewer's product : ALE
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Thick : DENSE
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Cereal grass : OAT
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Unit of magnetic induction : TESLA
44
Flax holders : DISTAFFS
47
Oil-yielding seed : SESAME
49
Emulates a peacock : PREENS
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Sinister : OMINOUS
52
Thicket : COPSE
55
Canapé : SOFA
57
Bench warmer : SUB
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Former Dodger pitcher Claude ___ : OSTEEN
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A.F.B. near Valparaiso : EGLIN
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Wend, e.g. : SLAV
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Towel word : HERS
64
Obliterate : ERASE
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Buster Brown's dog : TIGE
66
Natural linen color : ECRU
67
Tritons : NEWTS
68
Disfigurement : SCAR
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President of South Korea: 1948-60 : RHEE
Down
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Rebel angel in "Paradise Lost" : ARIEL
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"___ Go, Lover," 1954 song : LETME
3
Guarantee in the Fifth Amendment : DUEPROCESSOFLAW
4
Deductive : APRIORI
5
Bamboo stem : CANE
6
A Carter : AMY
7
Describing a trial guarantee in the Sixth Amendment : SPEEDYANDPUBLIC
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Houston athlete : ASTRO
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Gardner of films : AVA
10
"Her lips ___ ... ": Coleridge : WERERED
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Guarantee in the First Amendment : FREEDOMOFSPEECH
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Single : UNAL
13
Minus : LESS
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Russian hemp : RINE
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Juice, to Pierre : SUC
26
Wilhelm's ground : ERDE
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Macaw : ARA
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Terminate : END
31
Page : LEAF
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Tolkien group : ENTS
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Things to tip : HATS
34
Word in a log : ALEE
38
Letter opening : SIRS
39
Siam or Sudan ending : ESE
42
Tibetan monk or nun : LAMAIST
43
"___ Blue?": 1929 song : AMI
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Gumshoes : TECS
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Franken's "___ Language" : ANOTHER
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Print measures : ENS
51
Bounces : OUSTS
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Talon, in Tours : SERRE
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Follow : ENSUE
55
Spotted : SEEN
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Scarebabe : OGRE
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Atop : OVER
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Readings on vanes : NES
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Ottoman V.I.P. : AGA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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