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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Wednesday, October 3, 1984

17-Across : New England custom or trait

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,748
Across
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Spy Zelle's alias : HARI
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Nile fauna : ASPS
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Philatelic prize : STAMP
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___ impasse : ATAN
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___ cheese : BLEU
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Insects-to-be : PUPAE
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New England custom or trait : YANKEEISM
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Besides : AGAIN
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Elder Saarinen : ELIEL
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Ceremonial splendor : POMP
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Cheeky type : BRAT
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Parodies: Slang : SENDUPS
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Brougham, for one : AUTO
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Braces : DUOS
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Seasonal discards : LEAVES
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Celebrant's robe : ALB
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First name in jazz : ELLA
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Most delayed : LATEST
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Sitology subject : DIET
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White: Comb. form : LEUCO
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Surfeit : SATE
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North Pacific Eskimos : ALEUTS
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Fluid rock : LAVA
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Word with dog or board : LAP
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Maxwell's "___ Bright Water" : RINGOF
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___ bien : TRES
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Emission from a greenhouse : ODOR
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Gann and Borgnine : ERNESTS
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Breakers, en masse : SURF
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Rabble : RAFF
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Chris ___ Lloyd : EVERT
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Skis' forward ends : PROWS
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Remote, as a hamlet : JERKWATER
68
Held and Moffo : ANNAS
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Tar's term : ALEE
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Nary a soul : NONE
71
Godunov and his ilk : TSARS
72
Daube, e.g. : STEW
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Inspiration for a J.R. Lowell poem : SNOW
Down
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Nineteenth U.S. President : HAYES
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Start of a Dickens title : ATALE
3
Hooked a crook : RANIN
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Signed a contract : INKED
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B'way's Burrows : ABE
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Cobbler's insert : SLIPSOLE
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Cuban coin : PESO
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___ cum laude : SUMMA
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Hot Springs, Ark., e.g. : SPA
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Maritime tows : TUGBOATS
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On ___ with (comparable) : APAR
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Mother of Hermes : MAIA
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Confined : PENT
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Baffle : ELUDE
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Sweater type : PULLOVER
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Champions : PULLSFOR
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Yerba mate : TEA
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___ Sainte Marie Canals : SAULT
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Scaloppine input : VEAL
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This girl, to Castilians : ESTA
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Coupé, e.g. : STEP
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Hebrew month : ADAR
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Caron role : LILI
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"I've ___ to London ... " : BEEN
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Contest : TUGOFWAR
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Footloose : CAREFREE
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English weight unit : TOD
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As good ___ : ASNEW
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Bombay magnates : RAJAS
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Dale or Maurice : EVANS
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Instigate; urge : SETON
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Milano-Roma transport : TRENO
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What litterbugs do : STREW
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Tiff : SPAT
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Spigoted vessels : URNS
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Author Jaffe : RONA
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Fez material : FELT
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Army induction org. : SSS
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Royal Botanical Gardens site : KEW

Answer summary:
3 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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