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Jack Jumonville
Jack Jumonville

New York Times, Saturday, October 24, 1992

57-Across : Thurber's forte

Author:
Jack Jumonville
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jack Jumonville has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,691
Across
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Palindromic exercise : PULLUP
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Set of kettledrums : TIMPANI
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Emulates Rip : SLEEPSLIKEALOG
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Of a study of animal and human behavior : SOCIOBIOLOGICAL
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An anagram for rose : ORES
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Of yore : OLDEN
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Trademark : LOGO
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Calpurnia's watchman? : LAR
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Flag-raising site, for short : IWO
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Bible ed. : RSV
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Speedwagon initials : REO
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Puku's cousin : ELAND
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Like Marvell's mistress : COY
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Arbor lead-in : ANN
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Swift and brillliant : METEORIC
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L-P connection : MNO
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Compass readings : NNES
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What solons do : ENACT
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Doxies : ISMS
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Digital-watch acronym : LED
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Art of calculating : LOGISTIC
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Bottom line : NET
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Half a dance : CAN
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Left-hand page : VERSO
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"Winterset" hero : MIO
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Bodkin : AWL
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Porky's place : STY
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East, in Essen : OST
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Burden of proof : ONUS
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Thurber's forte : HUMOR
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Flutter : FLIT
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Adverb re a John Napier invention : LOGARITHMICALLY
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Type of data processor : ANALOGCOMPUTER
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Lustful : RUTTISH
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Sniggler's milieu : EELERY
Down
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Substance used in treating acne : PSORALEN
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Cause a corrupting influence : ULCERATE
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Neck wreaths : LEIS
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Fifth sign : LEO
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Stroke on a violin : UPBOW
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A hallucination : PSILOCIN
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Type of kiln : TILERY
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Sacred images : IKONS
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Golfer Mallon : MEG
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Fetching vessel? : PAIL
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___ State U, in Miss. : ALCORN
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"He is of ___ ... ": Coleridge on Shakespeare : NOAGE
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Ice castle? : IGLOO
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Israeli city : LOD
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Saturnine : SOLEMN
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Marriage starter : IDO
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Rock's ___ Halen : VAN
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Town in France : NESLE
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Fla. city : OCALA
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Ran-tan : NOISE
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Incarnadine : RED
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Sess. : MTG
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Broth : CONSOMME
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Itinerant actor : STROLLER
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A weaponry science : MISSILRY
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Fala was one : SCOTTY
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J.F.K. initials : ETA
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A certain clinger : IVY
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Sweet thing? : NOUGAT
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Handbag; purse : CLUTCH
48
Back biter : MOLAR
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Atatürk's first prime minister : INONU
51
Harrison and Taylor, e.g. : WHIGS
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Potboiler's product : TRIPE
56
Pungency : SALT
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Electrical unit : MHO
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The inevitable : FATE
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Reine's mate : ROI
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___-de-sac : CUL

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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