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Kay Sullivan
Kay Sullivan

New York Times, Friday, January 8, 1988

16-Across : What claques do

Author:
Kay Sullivan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Kay Sullivan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,940
Across
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Furry rodents : PACAS
6
Fish, in a way : CAST
10
Parts of mins. : SECS
14
Hip : AWARE
15
Old Egyptian cross : ANKH
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What claques do : CLAP
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Pivotal : POLAR
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Clink : STIR
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Aborigine of Japan : AINU
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Outdoors : ALFRESCO
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Handel oratorio: 1720 : ESTHER
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Arensky or Bruckner : ANTON
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One of four famous concerti by 45 Down : AUTUMN
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"___ is icumen in": Pound : WINTER
29
Cordage fiber : ISTLE
31
Latin I verb : AMO
32
"Typee" sequel : OMOO
34
Brown wrapping paper : KRAFT
38
Museum display : DIORAMA
41
Squabbles : HASSLES
43
Noodle : STRUM
44
Novello : IVOR
46
Western lizard : UTA
47
Oxford university : MIAMI
49
" ... O ___ swallow": Swinburne : SUMMER
52
"___ ahead, fall back" : SPRING
55
Sheer fabric : VOILE
57
Second-best quoits pitch : LEANER
58
Mozart was one : AUSTRIAN
62
Court records : ACTA
63
Elvers' futures : EELS
65
"___ Seeing You," 1938 song : ILLBE
66
Nod dweller : CAIN
67
Mahler's "Das Lied von der ___" : ERDE
68
Memorable soprano : MELBA
69
Granny or bowline : KNOT
70
Jib : SAIL
71
Health or wealth : ASSET
Down
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Haydn's nickname : PAPA
2
Truant G.I. : AWOL
3
Young moose : CALF
4
Mountain in E Turkey : ARARAT
5
Part of H.S.H. : SERENE
6
Me. bay : CASCO
7
First name of 45 Down : ANTONIO
8
Do christies : SKI
9
Minatory statement : THREAT
10
Disperses : SCATTERS
11
Yale or Root : ELIHU
12
Cave ___ (Pompeian gate sign) : CANEM
13
Scorn : SPURN
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Senator Thurmond : STROM
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Behaves sullenly : SULKS
26
Parts of swabs : WADS
27
Artificial: Abbr. : IMIT
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A queen from the U.S.A. : NOOR
30
Section of London : SOHO
33
Disfigure : MAIM
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Grad : ALUM
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Gala : FETE
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Despot : TSAR
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Meditative : RUMINANT
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Ammonia derivative : AMINE
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Upbeat, in music : ARSIS
45
Venetian priest-composer : VIVALDI
48
Matches : AGREES
50
___ Thule : ULTIMA
51
European blackbirds : MERLES
52
Something to be taken up : SLACK
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Praline ingredient : PECAN
54
Proportion : RATIO
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European thrush : OUSEL
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What Pandora released : ILLS
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Liszt's title : ABBE
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Undiluted : NEAT
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Actian or Augustan : ERA

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