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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Wednesday, October 25, 1989

37-Across : Nocturnal animal

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,596
Across
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" ... the home of the ___" : BRAVE
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Cringe : WINCE
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___ to it (rush) : HOP
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Do a paving job again : RETAR
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Like the Tower of Pisa : ATILT
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Antoine's soul : AME
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"To fetch her poor dog ___" : ABONE
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One of the "Great" five : LAKEHURON
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Part of the Bay State : CAPECOD
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Dodge : EVASION
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Thurmond of senatorial fame : STROM
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Alfonso XIII's queen : ENA
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___ Pointe Woods, Mich. : GROSSE
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Overbearing : ARROGANT
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Verdi opera : AIDA
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___ time (never) : ATNO
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Nocturnal animal : LEMUR
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Spring month in Metz : MAI
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Take exception : DEMUR
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Wrath : IRE
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Musical study : ETUDE
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Classify : RATE
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Part of A.M.A. : ASSN
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___ Pythias : DAMONAND
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Hit violently : BASHED
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___ Antilles: Abbr. : GTR
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Ornate pitchers : EWERS
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Heckles : BADGERS
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New Zealand is part of it : OCEANIA
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Mississippi tributary : OHIORIVER
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Nights, in Sedan : NUITS
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Actor Chaney : LON
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Between Tinker and Chance : EVERS
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Parcel out : ALLOT
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Use henna : DYE
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Thick : DENSE
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One in an office pool : STENO
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Bric-a-___ : BRAC
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Midianite king : REBA
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At the peak : ATOP
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A Redgrave : VANESSA
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Constructs : ERECTS
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Ralph ___ Emerson : WALDO
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Call ___ day (retire) : ITA
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Greek goddess of victory : NIKE
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Ingenious : CLEVER
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The "spirit" in intoxicating liquors : ETHANOL
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Mata ___ : HARI
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Melville book: 1847 : OMOO
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Ivy League team : PENN
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Custom : USAGE
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Echo was one : OREAD
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Like Lake Mead : MANMADE
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Patronized a casino : GAMED
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Lasso : RIATA
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Disrepute : ODIUM
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Disorderly retreat : ROUT
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Amman's sect : AMISH
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Nightingale, e.g. : NURSE
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Drift : TREND
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Sea swallow : TERN
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Violin forerunner : REBEC
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Lie ___ (in hiding) : DOGGO
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Enrolled : ENTERED
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Attack : ASSAULT
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Succeed : ARRIVE
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Spots for matches : ARENAS
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Opposite of better : WORSE
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Daring : BOLD
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"Ship ___!" : AHOY
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Break bread : DINE
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Explorer Hedin : SVEN
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Ibis's habitat : NILE
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Take ___ the chin : ITON
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Regarding : ASTO
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Sounds of hesitance : ERS

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