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Newell
Newell

New York Times, Saturday, January 22, 1983

42-Across : W. Indian shrub

Author:
Newell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,128
Across
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Kind of opera or box : SOAP
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Last of a claro : STUB
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Salt, to a pharmacist : SAL
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Sphere's leader : ATMO
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Egyptian sun god : HORUS
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"Cogito, ___ sum" : ERGO
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Make a call : DIAL
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"___ and Sane Fourth": Masson : ASAFE
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Pusher's nemesis : NARC
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Mecca for embarrassed Buckeyes? : CHAGRINFALLSOH
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At no time, to Tennyson : NEER
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Samoan seaport : APIA
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To-go, e.g. : ORDER
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Frankish king's SW hideout? : CLOVISNM
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Thin wedges : SHIMS
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Then, in Tours : ALORS
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"Come weal, come ___ ... " : WOE
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Wash : LAVE
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Cather's "___ Lady" : ALOST
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Director Clair : RENE
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___ pro nobis : ORA
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Harvest fly : CICAD
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King of filmdom : VIDOR
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Where Arnie holed out? : PALMERAK
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Gets by : COPES
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W. Indian shrub : ANIL
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Ball or strike : CALL
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Dapple's digs? : SPOTTEDHORSEWY
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Something often killed : TIME
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Author of "A Lonely Rage" : SEALE
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"___ Cheatin' Heart" : YOUR
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Deucy's mate : ACEY
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Letter-shaped fasteners : TNUTS
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Escutcheon band : ORLE
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McGrew of balladry : DAN
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Librarians' degrees : MLSS
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Dickens's "umble person" : HEEP
Down
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Disconsolate : SAD
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Auricular : OTIC
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Oriental nurse : AMAH
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Where Solidarity struck in N.E.? : POLANDME
5
One with a quota : SHARER
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"___ with Love" : TOSIR
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Iguana's cousin : URAN
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Bluffer's seat near Pierre? : BUFFALOSD
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Mmes. of Mexico : SRAS
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Kind of biology : AGRO
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Nessie's nest? : LOCH
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Venice or Singapore : SEAPORT
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Chou ___ : ENLAI
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Makes a right turn : GEES
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Ullmann and others : LIVS
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Novelist John or Mary : OHARA
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Competitor : RIVAL
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Dagger's companion : CLOAK
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Scandinavian : SWEDE
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Taboos : NONOS
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Sea: Ger. : MEER
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Spill over : SLOP
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Sonoran mayor's place up north? : ALCALDENM
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Most ethereal : AIRIEST
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Incredible Midwest village? : RIPLEYOH
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Copper : CENT
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Tenn. men : VOLS
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Brighton buddy : MATEY
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Fondle : CARESS
43
Baltimore team : COLTS
44
African native village : STAD
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Type size : PICA
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Portend : OMEN
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What teamsters do : HAUL
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Deteriorated : WORE
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Mickey Rooney, né ___ : YULE
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Kind of theater, for short : REP

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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