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Frances Hansen
Frances Hansen

LUNCHEON LIMERICK

New York Times, Sunday, October 7, 1973

70-Across : Vassal: Var.

Author:
Frances Hansen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 88, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 662 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 150, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 15, XRef: 5, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Frances Hansen has 81 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 40 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original had ALIVE and TEVTH at 26-Across and 13-Down, respectively; corrected these to ALINE and TENTH.

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L
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I
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N
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G
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O
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P
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R
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O
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W
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S
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M
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A
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T
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H
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I
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N
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A
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N
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E
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A
D
E
A
L
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R
I
V
A
L
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R
A
M
E
E
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N
O
H
I
T
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V
A
G
U
E
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A
G
O
R
A
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A
L
I
N
E
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E
N
O
C
H
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A
H
U
N
G
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R
Y
O
L
D
M
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A
N
A
T
T
H
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E
Z
O
O
H
A
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L
O
S
T
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A
E
R
O
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M
A
R
Y
H
A
D
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S
T
E
N
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A
P
R
S
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W
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H
A
T
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W
I
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N
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T
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I
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V
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O
L
I
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S
O
I
T
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T
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A
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P
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T
I
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T
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L
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E
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S
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S
D
E
C
I
D
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E
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D
T
O
D
I
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N
E
W
I
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T
H
T
H
E
G
N
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A
I
R
A
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S
T
R
A
F
E
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E
R
A
T
O
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S
U
T
R
A
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R
O
T
L
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S
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C
U
T
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S
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C
U
M
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Y
A
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W
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L
I
E
G
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S
T
E
A
L
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S
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P
U
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B
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A
R
I
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D
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L
A
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M
E
N
T
S
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U
T
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H
E
R
E
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S
N
O
T
E
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L
L
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N
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S
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O
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L
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E
M
I
O
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E
S
T
A
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E
W
E
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L
O
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G
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R
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U
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N
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T
R
A
V
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R
U
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G
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T
I
L
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E
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L
A
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W
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P
R
O
N
E
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A
T
T
A
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R
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N
O
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T
I
N
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A
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B
A
S
E
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S
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I
L
L
E
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G
H
E
S
A
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I
D
W
H
A
T
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I
M
A
P
T
T
O
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B
E
F
E
D
114
S
O
N
E
A
R
115
N
I
L
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V
O
L
S
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R
O
G
E
T
S
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D
E
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L
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L
A
N
K
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A
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I
R
Y
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E
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S
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S
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O
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N
I
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N
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E
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T
E
N
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A
R
N
O
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F
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B
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I
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S
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B
U
T
W
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H
A
T
E
V
E
R
I
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T
139
I
S
I
T
W
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I
L
L
D
O
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O
R
A
L
E
142
C
R
E
D
O
143
R
A
I
S
E
144
R
O
U
E
N
145
A
G
N
E
S
146
H
A
N
D
Y
147
O
G
D
E
N
148
A
U
R
A
S
149
T
E
S
T
S
150
I
L
A
Y
151
N
O
E
N
D
152
Q
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L
Y
© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,821
Across
1
Dialect : LINGO
6
Ship parts : PROWS
11
School subject: Abbr. : MATH
15
Fatuous : INANE
20
"It's ___!" (agreed) : ADEAL
21
Compete : RIVAL
22
Novelist Ouida : RAMEE
23
Pitcher's dream game : NOHIT
24
Undefined : VAGUE
25
Where Greeks met : AGORA
26
Straighten : ALINE
27
Arden : ENOCH
28
Limerick, with 54, 79, 110 and 136 Across : AHUNGRYOLDMANATTHEZOOHA
32
Kind of cause : LOST
33
Prefix for dynamics : AERO
34
Start of a nursery song : MARYHAD
35
British gun : STEN
36
Spring mths. : APRS
37
Eh? : WHAT
39
Conquer : WIN
41
Gardens of Copenhagen : TIVOLI
45
"Honi ___ ... " : SOIT
46
Kind of dance or room : TAP
49
Don, Dame, Sir, etc. : TITLES
54
See 28 Across : SDECIDEDTODINEWITHTHEGN
59
Grass genus : AIRA
60
Rake with gunfire : STRAFE
61
Muse of poetry : ERATO
62
Buddhist scripture : SUTRA
63
Weights of Mideast : ROTLS
65
Snub : CUT
66
Stagnant-pond topping : SCUM
68
Veer, in space : YAW
70
Vassal: Var. : LIEG
71
Hot bargains : STEALS
73
Andy Capp's hangout : PUB
75
Parched : ARID
77
Breast-beatings : LAMENTS
79
See 28 Across : UTHERESNOTELLIN
83
"O ___" (Neapolitan song) : SOLEMIO
87
This: Sp. : ESTA
88
"Scram, lamb! Shoo, ___!" : EWE
89
Lumber output : LOGRUN
94
Tourist, for short : TRAV
95
Throw, for one : RUG
97
Mosaic piece : TILE
99
Order's partner : LAW
101
Disposed to : PRONE
102
Perfume oil : ATTAR
104
Out : NOTIN
106
Humbles : ABASES
109
"Winnie ___ Pu" : ILLE
110
See 28 Across : GHESAIDWHATIMAPTTOBEFED
114
"___, and yet so far" : SONEAR
115
Nothing : NIL
116
Tennessee players : VOLS
117
Popular thesaurus : ROGETS
118
Andrea ___ Sarto : DEL
120
Rawboned : LANK
121
Hirsute, to a cockney : AIRY
123
He, in Italy : ESSO
127
Last words of K.O. count : NINETEN
131
Pisa's river : ARNO
132
Govt. agencies : FBIS
136
See 28 Across : BUTWHATEVERITISITWILLDO
141
Pope's cape : ORALE
142
Tenet : CREDO
143
Poker move : RAISE
144
Flaubert's birthplace : ROUEN
145
De Mille : AGNES
146
Blues man W. C. : HANDY
147
First name in light verse : OGDEN
148
Atmospheres : AURAS
149
Auditions : TESTS
150
"Now ___ me down ... " : ILAY
151
Phenomenon of a circle : NOEND
152
Four times a year: Abbr. : QRTLY
Down
1
Vichy name : LAVAL
2
Potato state : IDAHO
3
Hot toddy : NEGUS
4
Haggard : GAUNT
5
Cassini : OLEG
6
Not a ___ (no chance) : PRAYER
7
Severities : RIGORS
8
Convex molding : OVOLO
9
Humorist Artemus : WARD
10
Bridge coup : SLAM
11
Of the cheek : MALAR
12
Concord : AMITY
13
Low kind of rate : TENTH
14
Ass-inine remark : HEEHAW
15
Don Juan's mother : INEZ
16
Don'ts : NONOS
17
Not give ___ : AHOOT
18
Statue's place : NICHE
19
Allen or Frome : ETHAN
22
Attacked : RANAT
29
Grand or Cedar : RAPIDS
30
Violin : AMATI
31
Wharton : EDITH
36
Heavyweight name : ALI
37
Arf! : WOOF
38
Takes cover : HIDES
40
Insects : NITS
41
Rulers : TSARS
42
Dolt : IDIOT
43
Green: Fr. : VERTE
44
Florida city : OCALA
45
Prestige : STATURE
46
Wood-chewer : TERMITE
47
Not home, in Glasgow : AWA
48
"What a ___" (too bad) : PITY
50
Ultima ___ : THULE
51
Admitted : LETIN
52
White heron : EGRET
53
Hosiery woes : SNAGS
55
Cousin of et al. : ETC
56
Peach or plum, e.g. : DRUPE
57
Kind of surgeon : NEURO
58
" ... and ___ a goodnight!" : TOALL
64
Urban problem : SLUM
67
Suez or Welland : CANAL
69
Ululate : WAIL
72
Buzz : STIR
74
Animal-like : BESTIAL
76
Jowl adjuncts : DEWLAPS
78
Between l and q : MNOP
80
Baskervilles' beast : HOUND
81
Task : STINT
82
Minimum : LEAST
83
Certain men at eve : STAGS
84
Correct: Prefix : ORTHO
85
Get on into night : LATEN
86
Urn-shaped : EVASE
90
"Anitra's Dance" composer : GRIEG
91
He married Pocahontas : ROLFE
92
Not rented : UNLET
93
Crying things : NEEDS
96
Cap's partner : GOWN
98
De Valera : EAMON
100
Kind of blanket : WET
103
Boer council : RAAD
105
Weather info : THI
107
Pitching infraction : BALK
108
" ... more in ___ than in ... " : SORROW
111
Bluebird genus : IRENA
112
Early Muscovite : IVANI
113
Kind of cott or hood : BOY
119
Chinese nut : LITCHI
120
Baby of Fields films : LEROY
121
On high : ARISEN
122
Propose : INTEND
123
British W.W. II craft : EBOAT
124
Sea swell : SURGE
125
Netman Smith et al. : STANS
126
Small hooter : OWLET
128
Lemon-oil base : NERAL
129
___ score (retaliate) : EVENA
130
Bear or boy : TEDDY
131
Stage whisper : ASIDE
132
It makes a lot of dough : FLOUR
133
Utter impulsively : BLURT
134
Excellent : IDEAL
135
Genial, in Britain : SONSY
137
Myra or Rudolph : HESS
138
Suffix for cyclo or iso : TRON
139
Villainous one : IAGO
140
Where the Tigris flows : IRAQ

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 13 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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