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William Coburn
William Coburn

New York Times, Friday, October 12, 1984

19-Across : Lurches

Author:
William Coburn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0
William Coburn has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,757
Across
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Conceal in the hand : PALM
5
Illegal grass : POT
8
Early man : ABEL
12
Song for Domingo : ARIA
13
Growth celebrated in a musical : HAIR
14
Hammett's P.I. : SPADE
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Simian soldier? : GUERRILLA
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Ieper, to the French : YPRES
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Copy a flightless bird? : EMULATE
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Lurches : CAREENS
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Overflow : SPILL
22
Chanteuse Edith ___ : PIAF
23
Do-well predecessor : NEER
25
Marine mammal route? : SEALANE
28
Snakes : ASPS
31
Cheats : ROOKS
33
Carangid fish : SCAD
34
Ballad : LAY
35
Wildebeest : GNU
36
Work unit : ERG
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Bacon's associates : EGGS
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13 to 19 : TEENS
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Vortex : EDDY
42
Bedouin parking area? : CAMELOT
44
Oven : KILN
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Gardner's namesakes : AVAS
47
TV puppet : MADAM
50
Oval : ELLIPSE
53
Cringed like Elsie? : COWERED
55
Tracks : RAILS
56
Like a cat's oniony dish? : LYONNAISE
58
Soap plant : AMOLE
59
The Iron ___ (Mrs. Thatcher) : LADY
60
Nobelist poet Sully-Prudhomme : RENE
61
Rational : SANE
62
Heaven : SKY
63
Coaster : SLED
Down
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Verso or recto : PAGE
2
Flowering plants : ARUMS
3
Stay in bed, as an invalid : LIEUP
4
Game fish : MARLINS
5
Stake : PALE
6
Bribe : OIL
7
Agr. vehicle : TRAC
8
Court of ___ : APPEALS
9
Yogi unmasked? : BAREFACED
10
First place : EDEN
11
Of lower degree : LESS
13
Schicklgruber, allegedly : HITLER
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Site of Latakia : SYRIA
16
Breathing sound : RALE
20
Gibbons : APES
24
Thesaurus maker : ROGET
25
Give out goose eggs : SKUNK
26
Aromatic plant : NARD
27
Irritable : EDGY
28
Guinness, for one : ALEC
29
Story : SAGA
30
Shaw's porcine play? : PYGMALION
32
Monad : ONE
38
Home of Mozart's barber : SEVILLE
39
Flip : TOSS
40
Sale of church property : SIMONY
41
Wins affection : ENDEARS
43
Slip : LAPSE
45
Fine fabric : LAWN
48
Prospero's sprite : ARIEL
49
Intermediate, in law : MESNE
50
Periods : ERAS
51
Mongolian monk : LAMA
52
Old measures of length : ELLS
53
Buffalo Bill : CODY
54
Exploit : DEED
57
Chatter like an ox? : YAK

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