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Hess
Hess

New York Times, Saturday, October 9, 1993

24-Across : Advances

Author:
Hess
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Hess has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,041
Across
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Winter flimflam? : SNOWJOB
8
Biblical battle horns : SHOFARS
15
Deck : TERRACE
16
Hardly worth mentioning : NOMINAL
17
Goes back, unfortunately : REVERTS
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Employ a trocar : OPERATE
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Aesir ruler's namesakes : ODINS
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Minaret : TOWER
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"But ___ me a canny hour...": Burns : GIE
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Symbol of simplicity : PIE
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Advances : HELPS
25
Galosh : BOOT
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___ up (highly agitated) : HET
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Sculpt : MODEL
28
Uses one's John Henry : SIGNS
29
Abraded : ERODED
31
Emulates W. J. Bryan : ORATES
33
Dingy duds : RAGS
35
Carry on : WAGE
36
Typewriter roller : PLATEN
38
Wordy : VERBAL
42
Bark and carrack : SHIPS
43
Popish Plot perjurer : OATES
46
Conceit : EGO
47
Snow ___ (ice and syrup treat) : CONE
48
Serve as drum majorette : TWIRL
49
Emulate 56 Across : LIE
50
Ocho minus siete : UNO
51
Bogus : FALSE
52
Germinated grains : MALTS
54
1902 song heard at weddings : BECAUSE
56
Sapphira's guilty spouse: Acts 5 : ANANIAS
58
Gris-gris : AMULETS
59
International relaxation : DETENTE
60
Comes to rest : SETTLES
61
Like Buffalo winters, comparatively : SNOWIER
Down
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Division of a choral ode : STROPHE
2
More impoverished : NEEDIER
3
Umbrian wine : ORVIETO
4
"Beau Geste" author : WREN
5
Bumps : JARS
6
This mo. : OCT
7
Conquered : BESTED
8
V-shaped ski maneuver : SNOWPLOW
9
Great expectations : HOPES
10
One-tenth of an ephah : OMER
11
Spruce, e.g. : FIR
12
Spiritual interpretation of Scripture : ANAGOGE
13
G.I. fare : RATIONS
14
Storms icily : SLEETS
21
Pamplona huzzah : OLE
24
British farm worker : HODGE
25
Nipper : BITER
27
Jerky and pemmican, e.g. : MEATS
28
Emersonian plants? : SAGES
30
Hang carelessly : DRAPE
32
Fray : RAVEL
34
Like a bare mountaintop : SNOWLESS
36
Basic linguistic unit : PHONEME
37
A block print : LINOCUT
39
"Norma" composer : BELLINI
40
Churn : AGITATE
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"Guys and Dolls" composer : LOESSER
42
Diving apparatuses : SCUBAS
44
Plank for Pierre : AIS
45
Groovy patterns : TREADS
48
Critical discernment : TASTE
51
Energize : FUEL
52
___ Grosso, Brazilian state : MATO
53
Once more : ANEW
55
Hgt. : ALT
57
River of Inner Mongolia : NEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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