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Roger H. Courtney
Roger H. Courtney

New York Times, Saturday, October 31, 1992

19-Across : Concerning

Author:
Roger H. Courtney
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Roger H. Courtney has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,698
Across
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Sarcastic remark : BARB
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Fervent : RABID
10
Breakfast food : BRAN
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Upper crust : ELITE
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Forfeit : LOSE
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Sorceress with a tan? : WITCHHAZEL
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Concerning : ASTO
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More unreliable, as a boat : LEAKIER
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TV's "___ Impossible" : MISSION
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Mrs., in Madrid : SRA
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The electorate : VOTERS
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Emaciated lock openers? : SKELETONKEYS
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Musical closings : CODAS
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Pope's crown : TIARA
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"My ___ Sal" : GAL
36
Off-center : ALOP
37
Idiots : BOOBS
38
Apple, e.g. : POME
39
Sign of Aries : RAM
40
___ di Cosimo, Italian painter : PIERO
41
Home-run king : AARON
42
Phantom disassemblers? : GHOSTBUSTERS
44
Where the ark landed : ARARAT
47
Never, in Bonn : NIE
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Of a unit of heat : CALORIC
50
In on : AWAREOF
54
Early desk or pulpit : AMBO
55
Cigarette? : COFFINNAIL
57
Appear : SEEM
58
Indo-European : ARYAN
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Italian wine region : ASTI
60
North Sea feeder : TEES
61
Scottish squire : LAIRD
62
Certain year : LEAP
Down
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Weep and wail : BAWL
2
"It's a Sin to Tell ___" : ALIE
3
Comedienne Rudner : RITA
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Be very cordial to : BACKSLAP
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Warm up leftovers : REHEAT
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Ripening agent : ALAR
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Show ___ : BIZ
8
Piece of merchandise : ITEM
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Emancipates : DELIVERS
10
Very merry parties : BLASTS
11
The Riveter : ROSIE
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Philanthropist Brooke ___ : ASTOR
13
Broadway lights : NEONS
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Charters : HIRES
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A bean : SOYA
25
Parrot fish : SCAR
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Some kind of nut : KOLA
27
Region Obadiah said was doomed : EDOM
28
Amerindians : OTOES
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Capital of Deux-Sèvres, France : NIORT
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Meat on a skewer : KABOB
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Clinton's running mate : GORE
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Love god : AMOR
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Eye part : LENS
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Of life : BIOTICAL
38
Fatherly : PATERNAL
40
Drugstore: Abbr. : PHAR
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Tibetan, e.g. : ASIAN
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Honeymoon-struck men : GROOMS
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Take five : UNWIND
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___ of thousands : ACAST
45
Author Ouida's real name : RAMEE
46
He wrote "Fam and Yam" : ALBEE
49
Actress Witherspoon : CORA
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At a distance : AFAR
51
Labor Day delight : EASE
52
Seaport in S Japan : OITA
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Toss a pancake : FLIP
56
Murphy Brown's show : FYI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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