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Anthony Morse
Anthony Morse

GOOD SPORT

New York Times, Sunday, November 13, 1966

95-Across : Run: Slang.

Author:
Anthony Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 668 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 171, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18 Grid has duplicate clues.
Anthony Morse has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed 127-Across as MOORS in the answer key. Changed to COOTS. Perhaps Margaret Farrar changed MOORS to COOTS at the last minute.

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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,301
Across
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___ guard. : RIGHT
6
Builds. : MAKES
11
Stone: Lat. : LAPIS
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Beloved: It. : AMATO
21
Football fields. : AREAS
22
Signs. : OMENS
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1,760 yards. : IMILE
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___ never. : NOWOR
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Short planks. : HALFTIMBERS
27
Best way to load a ship. : FULLANDDOWN
29
One on the aisle. : SEAT
30
Shade of green. : KELLY
31
Frost: Fr. : GELEE
32
Threatening phrase. : ORELSE
33
Famous Casey. : JONES
34
Did a cobbler's job. : SOLED
35
J. C. Harris word. : BRER
36
Followers of a series. : SEQUENTS
40
Permitted. : LICIT
41
Unsettled. : DERANGED
45
Homely dessert. : PRUNES
46
Thermoplastic. : SARAN
47
Author of "Mila 18." : URIS
48
Tropical tree. : ULE
49
"Bombs bursting ___ ... " : INAIR
50
Intransigents. : BITTERENDERS
54
Digits: Scot. : TAES
55
Vehicles. : CARTS
56
Shipshape: Naut. : ATAUNT
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Too smooth. : OILY
58
Pitcher's specialty. : CURVE
59
Being: Sp. : ENTE
60
Keen. : BRISK
61
In a quiet spot. : ALEE
62
Bright red. : MADDER
63
Wither. : DIE
64
Smart rig. : COACHANDFOUR
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Scram, old style. : AROINT
68
Division of a match. : ROUND
70
Expert. : ACE
71
Fauna's relative. : FLORA
72
Cling. : COHERE
74
Washington institution. : GRIDIRONCLUB
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Snooze. : NAP
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Used a mangle. : IRONED
84
Terza ___. : RIMA
85
Weights, for short. : KILOS
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Nazi philosophy. : HATE
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One of ten satellites. : TIROS
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African lake. : TANA
89
Code of a kind. : SEALAW
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Natives of Suomi. : FINNS
92
Antarctic sea. : ROSS
93
Hale fellows well met. : BACKSLAPPERS
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Run: Slang. : LEGIT
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Bravo! : OLE
97
Ruin: Poet. : BANE
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Small cases. : ETUIS
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Word in a royal title. : SERENE
100
Savings accounts. : NESTEGGS
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Times. : HOURS
103
Cousin of a stool pigeon. : SQUEALER
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Constellation. : ARGO
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Type. : GENRE
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Petulant expressions. : MOUES
108
Thinly spread. : SPARSE
111
Intelligence center. : BRAIN
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Locust. : CICAD
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___ guard. : LEFT
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Sailboat device. : CENTERBOARD
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Hook holders. : TACKLEBOXES
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Chancel feature. : ALTAR
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Napoleon's sister. : ELISA
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Legal term. : INREM
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Soul. : ANIMA
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Piece of wood. : PLANK
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Baltimore footballers. : COLTS
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Water birds. : COOTS
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Inhibit. : DETER
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Stadium sound effects. : RAHS
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Rages: Lat. : IRAE
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Sicilian city. : GELA
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End of a sword. : HAFT
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Listen! : TST
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Importance. : MOMENT
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Easy gaits. : AMBLES
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Ships: Poet. : KEELS
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Friend of 'Arriet. : ENRY
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Washington outfit. : SSS
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Safety rig. : LIFELINE
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Charm. : AMULET
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Accumulated. : PILED
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He: Lat. : ILLE
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Largest area on the earth. : SEA
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Del Sarto and others. : ANDREAS
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Au courant. : MODERN
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Army acronym. : AWOL
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Harbor sights. : TOWS
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Where Alençon is. : ORNE
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Religious ornaments. : IKONS
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TVA dam. : NORRIS
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Stroller. : GOCART
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Taunts. : JEERS
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Sea nymph. : SIREN
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Tomato. : BERRY
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Peppery. : SPICED
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Verdi opera. : ERNANI
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U.S. range animals. : QUARTERHORSES
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Fuse. : UNITE
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People of NE Africa. : LATUKA
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Fighter of a kind. : DUELER
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Invisible helper. : GUARDIANANGEL
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Type of team. : ELEVEN
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Mojave. : DESERT
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Hide away: Slang. : STASH
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Unit of pressure. : BARAD
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Adjective suffix. : ITIC
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To be unwilling: Lat. : NOLO
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Le bon ___. : DIEU
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British royal name. : TUDOR
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Tree. : CAROB
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Like some garments. : BONED
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Southwest wind. : AFER
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Apple family. : MALUS
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Preserves. : CURES
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Nothing: Sp. : NADA
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7th-century date. : DCI
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Combining forms for "wine." : OENOS
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Courses. : FLOWS
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Fruit. : CITRON
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Series star. : ORIOLE
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Attendants of Eros. : GRACES
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Sports area. : RINK
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"___ corny ... " : IMAS
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Giraffe-like animals. : OKAPIS
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Ohio city. : NILES
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Wind instrument: Abbr. : CLAR
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When the doors open. : ATNINE
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Be a nuisance. : PESTER
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Ancient Greek temples. : HIERA
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Dance. : TANGO
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Harvest god. : SATURN
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Pattern: Fr. : EPURE
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Takes to the hills. : FLEES
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Two or three, in baseball. : BAGGER
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Heroic king of Sparta. : LEONIDAS
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Frenzied. : BERSERK
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Cloth. : SUEDE
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Cloth. : TARTAN
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Name in journalism. : HEARST
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Candle holder. : SOCKET
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Misgivings. : QUALMS
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Chalice. : GRAIL
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Small: Prefix. : MICRO
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W. W. II title. : SCAP
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___-mell. : PELL
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B'way group. : ANTA
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Large knife. : BOLO
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I sing: Lat. : CANO
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Isolated. : LONE
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Stadium sign. : EXIT
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Woman, in law. : FEME
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Pete Rozelle to the NFL. : TSAR
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Bird's bill: Fr. : BEC
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Obsession. : TIC
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Unpleasant. : BAD

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 12 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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