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Alex K. Justin
Alex K. Justin

New York Times, Friday, October 22, 1993

48-Across : "The Real McCoys" star

Author:
Alex K. Justin
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 3, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Alex K. Justin has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,054
Across
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"Fight till the last ___": Shak. : GASP
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Takes by storm : RAIDS
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___-logic (evasive reasoning) : CHOP
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"You can't pray ___": Twain : ALIE
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Play place for toys : ATTIC
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Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
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Unexpected gift : MANNAFROMHEAVEN
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Mackenzie's "___ Street" : SINISTER
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Cook up : INVENT
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Biblical second person : THEE
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Temperamental Met soprano: 1908-29 : ALDA
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"Greet the unseen with ___": Browning : ACHEER
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Police journal : BLOTTER
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Ushering-in age : TEEN
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Upper, in Bonn : OBER
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Kyrgyz city : OSH
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Collection of poems by William Morris, with "The" : EARTHLYPARADISE
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A king of Judah : ASA
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Roof border : EAVE
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"___ a Song Go..." : ILET
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Marsh gas : METHANE
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Say yes : ASSENT
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Greek Discordia : ERIS
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Baseball ploy : BUNT
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"The Real McCoys" star : CRENNA
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Private instruction : TUTORING
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Come-what-may choices : HELLORHIGHWATER
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Oil-yielding tree of C.A. : EBOE
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Wild dog Down Under : DINGO
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Pintado : CERO
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Jack-pudding : ZANY
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Pan follower : SATYR
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Think, in the Bard's day : TROW
Down
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Social visits : GAMS
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Trans ___, Pamirs range : ALAI
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___ Fein : SINN
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Prodigal son, e.g. : PENITENT
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Flock of turkeys : RAFTER
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"A billboard lovely as ___": Nash : ATREE
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"Take ___ leave it!" : ITOR
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Kind of view taken, at times : DIM
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Author of "The Maid of Orleans" : SCHILLER
10
Four-in-hand : CRAVAT
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Hold : HAVE
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Part of a range : OVEN
13
Package-store purchase : PINT
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Wimbledon champion: 1975 : ASHE
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Samantha's mother in "Bewitched" : ENDORA
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Palindromic clerical title : ABBA
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TV's soldiers of fortune : ATEAM
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Knock it off : CEASE
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Afghan rug : HERAT
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Transparent fabric : TOILE
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Home of the Krupp works : ESSEN
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Butler of fiction : RHETT
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East Ender's wish : OPE
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"___ evil..." : HEARNO
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Ropes with deadeyes : LANIARDS
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Actor Montand : YVES
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Throw off the scent : DISTRACT
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Regatta locale : HENLEY
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Creator : AUTHOR
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"I'm Movin' On" singer : SNOW
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Jalopy : BUGGY
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At the home of, in Le Mans : CHEZ
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Country singer McEntire : REBA
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A son of Zebulun : ELON
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Color slightly : TINT
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Seneca's way : ITER
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Character in "Quo Vadis?" : NERO
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Wax : GROW
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Hawk parrot : HIA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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