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Norma Steinberg
Norma Steinberg

New York Times, Saturday, November 25, 1989

9-Across : Long stories

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,627
Across
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Alas! : AHME
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Heavyweight Willard : JESS
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Long stories : SAGAS
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Cajole : COAX
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" ... a lamp ___ my feet" : UNTO
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Ludicrous : INANE
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Barbara Eden movie : HARPERVALLEYPTA
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House painter's concern, at times : EXTERIOR
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" ... east ___/The Phoenix builds ... ": Carew : ORWEST
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Not final, in law : NISI
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Penumbra : AURA
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Balance : OFFSET
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Avenger's activity : REPAYING
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It's after Pisces : ARIES
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Lourdes events : CURES
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Actress Remick : LEE
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Sailors : TARS
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"Ora pro ___" : NOBIS
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Price or Sutherland : DIVA
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Play by e. e. cummings : HIM
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Macabre : EERIE
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Penny-ante player? : PIKER
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Michael Jordan feat : SLAMDUNK
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Meadowlands competitors : PACERS
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Well-ventilated : AIRY
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Separate : PART
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___ Rico : PUERTO
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Barr of TV : ROSEANNE
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Historic sight at Boston : USSCONSTITUTION
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Bury : INTER
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Flat tableland : MESA
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Upon : ONTO
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Irishmen : GAELS
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Functions : USES
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Aussie hoppers : ROOS
Down
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Twinge's cousin : ACHE
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Ruse : HOAX
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Emporium : MART
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Outlays : EXPENSES
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Jay was one : JURIST
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Literary postscript : ENVOI
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Sabik or Salm : STAR
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Memorable showman Hurok : SOL
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Spanish mackerels : SIERRAS
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Nonetheless : ANYWAY
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Stare agog : GAPE
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Book by Julian Huxley : ANTS
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Bergère, e.g. : SEAT
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N.Y. Indians : ERIES
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Jewelers' glasses : LOUPES
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Lofty nest : AERIE
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Juratory statements : OATHS
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Basket for raisins : FRAIL
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Terra ___ : FIRMA
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Cubist? : RUBIK
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"___ Ike" : ILIKE
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"I ___ Sang for My Father" : NEVER
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First and second, e.g. : GEARS
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Hackneyed : CORNY
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Nerve cell : NEURON
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His word is law : DICTATOR
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Diaskeuasts : EDITORS
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Tahitian loincloth : PAREU
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Kind of wave : MARCEL
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Tortellini, etc : PASTAS
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Equilibrium : POISE
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" ... Spider Woman" author : PUIG
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Annapolis inst. : USNA
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Ariosto's patron : ESTE
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Hwys. : RTES
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Child, in Chile : NINO
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Famous, in Firenze : NOTO
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Author Mills : ENOS
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Dallas inst. : SMU

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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