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Scott
Scott

New York Times, Monday, October 4, 1993

43-Across : Skimpy skirts

Author:
Scott
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Scott has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,036
Across
1
Sinister : DARK
5
Gawks : GAPES
10
Khayyám or Bradley : OMAR
14
Spirit : ELAN
15
Previous to, old style : AFORE
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Encore! : MORE
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L.S.U. site : BATONROUGE
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Sicilian resort : ENNA
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Legator : TESTATOR
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Soda-fountain order : MALTED
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Waste allowance : TRET
24
Catch some Z's : SLEEP
25
Argyle maker : HOSIER
28
Long dozen : THIRTEEN
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Europe-Asia boundary : URALS
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Lieutenant, G.I. style : LOOEY
33
Virgo's predecessor : LEO
34
Risqué : RACY
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Lethargic state : SOPOR
36
Wash : SILT
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Initial: Abbr. : LTR
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Diagonal spar : SPRIT
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Former bull : STEER
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Nautical distances : SEAMILES
42
Coyote State hub : PIERRE
43
Skimpy skirts : MINIS
44
Coxcomb : DUDE
45
Readied beforehand : PRESET
47
Without a heart? : CORELESS
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Dispatched : SENT
52
Roger Williams founded it: 1636 : PROVIDENCE
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Gratify : SATE
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Loosens : EASES
56
Search about : ROOT
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Tramped : TROD
58
Separate : APART
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Concordes : SSTS
Down
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Liability : DEBT
2
Wings : ALAE
3
Stoolies : RATS
4
With complexity : KNOTTILY
5
Hose holder : GARTER
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"...Watson, come! The game is ___" : AFOOT
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Teem : POUR
8
Work unit : ERG
9
Better looking : SEEMLIER
10
Western or Spanish : OMELET
11
Vt. birthplace of Adm. Dewey : MONTPELIER
12
English composer : ARNE
13
Study palms : READ
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Nasal passages : NARES
22
Ethereal : AERY
24
Spring sprout : SHOOT
25
Launches : HURLS
26
Declaim : ORATE
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Western terminus of the pony express : SACRAMENTO
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Sun hats : TOPIS
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Sniggler : EELER
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___ Dame : NOTRE
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Bodies of knowledge : LORES
35
Kind of soup : SPLITPEA
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Four-time Super Bowl champs : STEELERS
38
___ qua non : SINE
39
Supported : SIDED
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Fogged up : MISTED
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Strict traditionalist : PURIST
44
First State capital : DOVER
45
Attention getter : PSST
46
Aft : REAR
47
Pedro's thing : COSA
48
Seth's famous son : ENOS
49
Midlothian native : SCOT
50
Coteries : SETS
53
Rhythmic rhyming patter : RAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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