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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Monday, November 28, 1983

42-Across : Seafood

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,438
Across
1
One way to draw : ETCH
5
Venison source : DEER
9
Elbe feeder : EGER
13
Seafood : SOLE
14
Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
15
Party's choice : SLATE
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Seafood : SWORDFISH
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Italian dish : PASTA
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Those in a race : ENTRIES
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Seafood : SNAPPER
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Before, poetically : ERE
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Hesitant sounds : ERS
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Seafood : SMELTS
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Seafood : MACKEREL
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Pieces of gossip : TALES
34
Regain one's spirits, with "up" : PERK
35
Greek letter : ETA
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Some can't make them meet : ENDS
37
Salty drops : TEARS
38
Thai monetary unit : BAHT
39
Pandowdy : PIE
40
Samovars : URNS
41
Menu word for "embellished" : GARNI
42
Seafood : SARDINES
45
Seafood : SALMON
46
Pub order : ALE
47
Day of rest: Abbr. : SAB
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Seafood : OYSTERS
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Interweaves : ENLACES
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Sound : VALID
58
Seafood : WHITEFISH
60
Full of pep : ALIVE
61
Superb : AONE
62
City NNW of Carson City : RENO
63
Mandolin's cousin : LUTE
64
Aviary sound : TWEE
65
Butter's rival : OLEO
Down
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To be, to Virgil : ESSE
2
Shut-Eye, in a Field poem : TOWN
3
Blob, as of cream : CLOT
4
German title : HERR
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Postpones : DEFERS
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Beethoven's "Für ___" : ELISE
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They loop the Loop : ELS
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Cheers : RAHS
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Pass, as time : ELAPSE
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Catch one's breath : GASP
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Small: Suffix : ETTE
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Bring up : REAR
15
Fire starter : SPARK
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Consumes less : DIETS
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Narrow stretches of land : NECKS
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___ out (leaves for a short time) : STEPS
25
Craze : MANIA
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Church governor : ELDER
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French pronoun : LES
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Money : MEANS
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Air-terminal signs: Abbr. : ARRS
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Fortify again : REARM
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Race: Comb. form : ETHNO
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Nero's tongue : LATIN
34
Marquette's title : PERE
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Piano worker : TUNER
38
French dance : BAL
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House part : GABLE
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A case (see 32 Down) : DATIVE
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___ France : ILEDE
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Wes, the miler : SANTEE
47
Cod catcher : SEINE
48
Track : OVAL
49
River to Korea Bay : YALU
50
Thin opening : SLIT
51
Ruthian wallop : SWAT
53
A hairdo : AFRO
54
Pale blue hue : CIEL
55
A.-S. domestic slave : ESNE
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Scat's cousin : SHOO
59
Mel Allen's "___ about that!" : HOW

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