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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Tuesday, January 8, 1991

49-Across : Distress signal

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,036
Across
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Sun hat of India : TOPI
5
Mock : JAPE
9
Lyre's relative : HARP
13
The red ape : ORANG
15
An older brother of Seth : ABEL
16
Gallimaufry : OLIO
17
Highland fling, e.g. : DANCE
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Fleming's 007 : BOND
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___ Bator, city in Mongolia : ULAN
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Free : ONTHEHOUSE
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Dispatch : SEND
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Scottish tartan pattern : SETT
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Odor : SCENT
26
Household appliance : WASHER
30
Arrest : STOP
31
Exchange premium : AGIO
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Unenthusiastic : DAMP
35
Philippine island : SAMAR
39
Amassed : RANUP
41
Org. Bush once headed : CIA
42
Figure of speech : TROPE
43
Thackeray's forte : PROSE
44
Dangle : HANG
46
" ... ___ and trouble" : TOIL
47
Hamburg's river : ELBE
49
Distress signal : MAYDAY
51
What David did to Goliath : SMOTE
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Skedaddled : FLED
55
Box : SPAR
56
Wipe out corruption : CLEANHOUSE
62
Sharp taste : TANG
63
Flaw : KINK
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Held : OWNED
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Poet Millay : EDNA
66
Formerly : ONCE
67
Region, often poetic : CLIME
68
Petty or shabby : MEAN
69
___-do-well : NEER
70
Slammer : STIR
Down
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Commotion : TODO
2
Algerian seaport : ORAN
3
Gasp : PANT
4
Rainfall measure : INCH
5
Lacy ruffle on a shirt front : JABOT
6
Concerning : ABOUT
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Writes : PENS
8
Firstborn : ELDEST
9
Frat gathering : HOUSEPARTY
10
Host before Paar and Carson : ALLEN
11
Cheerful : RIANT
12
Small body of water : POND
14
Honkers : GEESE
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Drove : HERD
25
Outlay : COST
26
Bias : WARP
27
Ice-cream thickener : AGAR
28
China: Comb. form : SINO
29
Company's newsletter to employees : HOUSEORGAN
30
Pair of horses : SPAN
33
Feel a yearning : ACHE
34
Actress Farrow : MIA
36
Indicative, for one : MOOD
37
West Samoan capital : APIA
38
Depend (upon) : RELY
40
Stone : PELT
45
Some Feds : GMEN
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Signal : BECKON
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Type of committee : ADHOC
51
Deck part : SPADE
52
Divine food : MANNA
53
Loot dealer : FENCE
54
L.A. hoopster : LAKER
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Stalk : STEM
57
Furrow : LINE
58
Temple team : OWLS
59
Single thing : UNIT
60
Vehicle or prefix : SEMI
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Large dam in Germany : EDER

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