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Elaine George
Elaine George

New York Times, Monday, October 7, 1985

22-Across : Pulled the plug

Author:
Elaine George
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Elaine George has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,117
Across
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Allah's lands : ISLAM
6
Showy flower : IRIS
10
"___ Tall Sally," 1956 song : LONG
14
Gleamed : SHONE
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Art ___ : DECO
16
Russian sea : ARAL
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Nerissa, to Portia : HANDMAIDEN
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Aloha, in Britain : TATA
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Adam's ___ (water) : ALE
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Chinese horn : OBOE
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Pulled the plug : OPENED
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Big Mo meal : MESS
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Exits from a grotto : EMERGES
28
Stone of many colors : OPAL
30
Race (usually about 26 miles) : MARATHON
34
Metallic fabrics : LAMES
36
Oriental or Arabian : ASIAN
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U.N. labor arm : ILO
38
Member of a certain college : ELECTOR
40
Smears : SMUDGES
42
Expanse east of the U.S.A. : ATL
43
Opportunely : ONCUE
45
Western lake resort : TAHOE
46
Dawn : DAYBREAK
48
Adherents : ISTS
49
Far from figurative : LITERAL
51
Plot of land : ACRE
54
Give a performance : APPEAR
57
Clumsy craft : ARKS
59
Rorvik's "In ___ Image ... " : HIS
60
Soy or Roy : BEAN
61
Disney cartoons : ANIMATIONS
64
Impart : LEND
65
Rattan : CANE
66
Originated : AROSE
67
Units of energy : ERGS
68
Astute : KEEN
69
Famed Greek physician : GALEN
Down
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Bandleader Jones : ISHAM
2
Layered rock : SHALE
3
How some exiles live : LONESOMELY
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Furthermore : AND
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Exec's note : MEMO
6
Language student's problem : IDIOM
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Liberates : REDEEMS
8
Rink flooring : ICE
9
A medical scanning record : SONOGRAM
10
Gossip's delight : LATEST
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Algerian port : ORAN
12
Archibald of the N.B.A. : NATE
13
Happy : GLAD
18
Fourth person : ABEL
23
Comic strip by Schulz : PEANUTS
25
Detailed description, for short : SPEC
27
Poker term : RAISE
29
Seaport in Ore. : ASTORIA
31
Regis or Hunter, in N.Y.C. : HIGHSCHOOL
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Butter's cousin : OLEO
33
Word with dive or drops : NOSE
34
Conduct : LEAD
35
Prov. in Canada : ALTA
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Alms boxes : ARCAE
39
Kind of mind : ONETRACK
41
Computer "food" : DATA
44
U.S.S.R. republic : UKRAINE
47
Combines : BLENDS
48
Actress-writer Chase : ILKA
50
Kay ___, "Stop the Music" singer : ARMEN
52
Dishwasher cycle : RINSE
53
Krupp works site : ESSEN
54
Homophone for 18 Down : ABLE
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Lord or baron : PEER
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Twinge : PANG
58
Hart : STAG
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Refusal in Renfrew : NAE
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Sen. citizen's nest egg : IRA

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