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Kevin Boyle
Kevin Boyle

New York Times, Saturday, November 9, 1991

38-Across : Aromatic teas

Author:
Kevin Boyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 25, Avg Word Len: 5.88, Missing: { J K X }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Kevin Boyle has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,341
Across
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Foreshadow : ADUMBRATE
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A son of Jacob and Zilpah : ASHER
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Monologue : SOLILOQUY
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Instrument for Nero : PIANO
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Characteristic : ATTRIBUTE
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Hurries : PELTS
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Nostrils : NARES
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Main trunk : AORTA
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Calendar abbr. : FRI
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General, to a Turk : AGA
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Theater gallery : TIER
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Mexican politician-historian: 1792-1853 : ALAMAN
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Sonnet section : SESTET
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Otolith : EARSTONE
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German chancellor Willy and family : BRANDTS
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Aerial bombs : ROCS
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According ___ (correctly) : TOHOYLE
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Aromatic teas : TISANES
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Placid : EVEN
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Begin, e.g. : ISRAELI
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Banish : RELEGATE
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Colman of Hollywood : RONALD
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Gone up : ARISEN
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Kind of waist : WASP
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Sun. speech : SER
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Philippine tree : TUA
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Emulate Electra : MOURN
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In roulette, 19-36 : PASSE
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Killer whales : ORCAS
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Foreheads : SINCIPITA
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"___ at the office" : IGAVE
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Perpetuated : ETERNIZED
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Site of an oracle of Apollo : DELOS
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They may create scenes : DESIGNERS
Down
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Yoga postures : ASANAS
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Excessive fondness : DOTAGE
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Extremists : ULTRAS
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Sink in : MIRE
5
Having bubbles, as paint or glass : BLISTERY
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Rifle : ROB
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Waters, to pharmacists : AQUAE
8
What Aristotle did for Alexander the Great : TUTORED
9
One with a view? : EYER
10
Chills the blood : APPALS
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She, in Stuttgart : SIE
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Hudson vessel : HALFMOON
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Spellbind : ENTRANCE
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Optimism; cheerfulness : ROSINESS
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Nocturnal primates : TARSIERS
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Roman resident : ITALIANO
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"Take the ___," 1941 song : ATRAIN
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Beefy entrees : TBONES
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Leaf-cutting ant : ATTA
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Fit together : NEST
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Monsterlike : TERATOID
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Press excessively : OVERURGE
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Occurring near the sun : HELIACAL
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Feeding farm fauna : SLOPPING
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Edit, in a way : REWRITE
44
Chamois : GEMSES
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Judicial inquest : ASSIZE
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Musical Flatt : LESTER
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Fears : DREADS
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Shirley and Sexton : ANNES
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Adhibited : USED
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"See ___ and pick it up ... " : APIN
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Money in Macao : AVO
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Dernier ___ : CRI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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