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Petersen
Petersen

New York Times, Wednesday, December 1, 1976

42-Across : Record again

Author:
Petersen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Petersen has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,972
Across
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Mops : SWABS
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Cart : DRAY
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Like Cooper's Mohican : LAST
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"To ___ Mockingbird" : KILLA
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Blurb : RAVE
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Unique thing : ONER
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Grant- ___ (fellowship) : INAID
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Game for teams of six : ICEHOCKEY
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Wet-suiter : SKINDIVER
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Commits a basketball violation : PALMS
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Glance of a kind : LEER
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Most feeble : PALEST
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Golf or bridge aces : MASTERS
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One of the Colonies: Abbr. : DEL
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Works the aisles : USHERS
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Footballs : PIGSKINS
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Loch Ness resident : SCOT
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Forbid : BAN
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Nipa palm : ATAP
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Bishop or knight : CHESSMAN
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Record again : RETAPE
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Children's game : TAG
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Winter-sports vehicle : BOBSLED
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Imitated : ECHOED
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Math-test unit: Abbr. : PROB
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___ khan (tiger) : SHERE
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Demolished, as a record : SHATTERED
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Small-ball bowling target : CANDLEPIN
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Wrathful : IRATE
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Queenly name : ANNE
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___ lang syne : AULD
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Alighieri : DANTE
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Sports ace : STAR
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Helen of ___ : TROY
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Organic compound : ESTER
Down
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Vail equipment : SKIS
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Eye maneuver : WINK
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After jai : ALAI
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Pancake : BLIN
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Stable supplier : SADDLER
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Golf strokes : DRIVES
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Bobby Unser, for one : RACER
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Declare : AVER
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Relative of uh-huh : YEH
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Commuter train : LOCAL
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Athlete's vulnerable point : ANKLE
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Appears : SEEMS
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Lovers' date : TRYST
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Gems : OPALS
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Suffixes for cash and bombard : IERS
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Heart girl : PEG
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Moss: Prefix : MUSC
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Writer Sholem : ASCH
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Brake part : SHOE
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Vietnam festivals : TETS
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Noise : DIN
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Rotate, as a camera : PAN
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Krazy and others : KATS
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Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Neck part : NAPE
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Hurried : SPED
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Bean or punching : BAG
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Wool or mill : STEEL
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Like the Chaillot woman : MAD
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Cheer : ROOT
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Period of decline : EBBTIDE
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Drink : BRANDY
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Grapevine diseases : ESCAS
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Gregorian, for one : CHANT
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Hair dye : HENNA
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Social class : ORDER
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Vance : PHILO
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Rider's prod : SPUR
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Periods : ERAS
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Carry on : RANT
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Diminutive suffix : ETTE
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Animal : DEER
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___ crow : EAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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