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James E. Hinish Jr.
James E. Hinish Jr.

New York Times, Thursday, January 25, 1962

20-Across : Moderation.

Author:
James E. Hinish, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
James E. Hinish Jr. has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
James E. Hinish, Jr. is an alias for James E. Hinish Jr..
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,577
Across
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Dross. : SLAG
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"Taffy ___ thief ... " : WASA
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City in N. Italy. : PARMA
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Extinct Hawaiian bird. : MAMO
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Thine: Fr. : ATOI
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Assyrian war god. : ASHUR
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Old Greek coin. : OBOL
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Scene of opera. : GOLDENWEST
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Moderation. : GOLDENMEAN
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River islands. : AITS
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Canadian officials. : REEVES
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"Treasure Island" character. : GUNN
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Negative conjunction. : NOR
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Golden ___, California trees. : FIRS
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Italian girl's name. : GIA
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Epithet for Clemenceau. : TIGRE
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Something sought but never found. : POTOFGOLD
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Slangy suffix. : EROO
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Blends. : MIXES
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Spanish jar. : OLLA
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Spokesman for conservatism. : GOLDWATER
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Shrub or tree. : ALDER
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Puget, for one: Abbr. : SND
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Alackaday! : ALAS
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Ampersand. : AND
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Italian seaport. : BARI
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Namesakes of juvenile heroine. : ALICES
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Biblical twin. : ESAU
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Heroine of the nursery. : GOLDILOCKS
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Matthew vii. 12. : GOLDENRULE
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August in Paris. : AOUT
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Arabian Satan. : EBLIS
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Biblical farmer. : CAIN
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Bridge bid. : SLAM
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"The defense ___." : RESTS
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Centers. : HUBS
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Girl's nickname. : TESS
Down
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Smoke plus fog. : SMOG
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Goldberg's concern. : LABOR
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Soap plant. : AMOLE
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Nebraska symbol. : GOLDENROD
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See 11 Down. : WAGNER
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Nuclear items. : ATOMS
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Food fish. : SOLE
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Opera role. : AIDA
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Vessel used by gold seekers. : PAN
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Dam project. : ASWAN
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One of a musical tetralogy. : RHEINGOLD
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Ought to. : MUST
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Liberal ___. : ARTS
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On the whole: Fr. : ENGROS
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Bacchanal's cry. : EVOE
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German "etc." : USF
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Silver ___. : FOXES
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Roman road. : ITER
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"Winnie ___ Pu." : ILLE
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Jewish month. : ADAR
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Two-year-old sheep. : TEGS
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Shade of gray. : IRON
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Trio on a pawnbroker's sign. : GOLDBALLS
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Istle fiber. : PITA
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Former name of Ghana. : GOLDCOAST
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Slander. : MALIGN
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Cold ___. : WAR
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Indigo. : ANIL
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Strangers. : ALIENS
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Examination of the books. : AUDIT
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Improvisation. : ADLIB
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Lycée's relative. : ECOLE
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Gull-like birds. : SKUAS
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River of Hungary. : EGER
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___ it. : SOBE
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Philharmonic: Abbr. : ORCH
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Kind of feast. : LUAU
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Theological degrees. : STMS
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Sigmoid. : ESS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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