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Thomas Sheehan
Thomas Sheehan

DRESS CIRCLE

New York Times, Sunday, December 27, 1970

20-Across : Impulses

Author:
Thomas Sheehan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 573 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 116, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20 Grid has duplicate clues.
Thomas Sheehan has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,806
Across
1
NKVD's predecessor : GPU
4
Affix : TIETO
9
Wrap : STOLE
14
Invasion craft : LSTS
18
Victorian mouthwash : SOAP
19
Cigarettes, at times : UNLIT
20
Impulses : URGES
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Okla. Indian : OTOE
22
Percolator's relatives : URNS
23
Reverses in a way : SHIFTSGEARS
25
Asta's mistress : NORA
26
Junction of note : PETTICOAT
28
Blood: Prefix : HAEM
29
Showing an emotion : ANGRY
31
Intrepid, for one : YACHT
32
Apiece : PER
33
Brazilian plant : YAJE
34
Pastry order : BOWTIE
36
Screen fare : SELECTEDSHORTS
43
Zoological suffix : INAE
44
Bugaboo : BETENOIRE
45
Like some sheep : SHORN
46
Actor Dullea : KEIR
47
Song of joy : PAEAN
48
Chilean seaport : ARICA
50
P. M.'s address : NOIO
51
"___ Magic" : ITS
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Gridiron seizure : NECKTIETACKLE
55
Scene for bit players : MOB
56
NBC and CBS : NETWORKS
58
Riverfront Stadium team : REDS
59
Snake charmer : EVE
61
Placed: Lat. : INSITU
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Chemical compound : AMIDE
64
Gushed : WELLED
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Kind of jet : GAS
69
Scottish slope : BRAE
70
N. Y. street : THIRDAVE
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Met performer: Abbr. : SOP
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Bar offerings : LAWYERSBRIEFS
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First-down yardage : TEN
80
Shipshape : TRIM
82
Playwright Jones : LEROI
83
Name in evangelism : AIMEE
84
Coin : CENT
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Ludden : ALLEN
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Words to a sentry : DONTSLEEP
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Bedouin : ABSI
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Cowards : YELLOWSNEAKERS
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Charles ___ Stengel : DILLON
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Rumanian coins : BANI
95
Pioneered : LED
96
Opposite of a busy signal? : HELLO
97
"___ Go Gentle into ... " : DONOT
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S.A. monkey : TITI
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Slows down : SLACKSOFF
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Kind of dancer : TAXI
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Capt. Corcoran's command : HMSPINAFORE
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Melville romance : OMOO
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Arrow poison : INEE
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Degrade : ABASE
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Spoken for : TAKEN
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House plant : FERN
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Look a ___ : MESS
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Roman spirits : LARES
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Occur : EXIST
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Religious title : FRA
Down
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Tennessee's Albert : GORE
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Milquetoasts : PANTYWAISTS
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Resident of Buffalo, e.g. : UPSTATER
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Lithographer's liquid : TUSCHE
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___ water (hard put) : INHOT
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Literary pseudonym : ELIA
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Gust, in Scotland : TIFT
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Baseball great : OTT
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Deceitfully agreeable : SUGARCOATED
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Gum or rubber : TREE
11
Irish writing : OGAM
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Celtic Neptune : LER
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Output of 6 Down : ESSAYS
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Silver : LONGJOHN
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Holder of many records : STOREROOM
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Heath, for one : TORY
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Great amount : SEA
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Higher: Abbr. : SUP
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Luster : SHEEN
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Here: Fr. : ICI
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Slangy denials : NAHS
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Full: Prefix : PLENI
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Atoll : BIKINI
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Late-show time on TV : ONETEN
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Ventures upon : SEEKS
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French political unit : ETAT
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Bitter words : TIRADE
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Norse hero and others : ERICS
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Kings, queens, etc. : DECK
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Small combo : TRIO
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Uppity one : SNOB
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Shirt holder : BACK
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Examination : PERUSAL
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Herring : ALEWIFE
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Of the back : NOTAL
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Indians : ERIES
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Chance's partner : EVERS
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Barrister's accessory : WIG
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Old times : ELD
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"Will and intellect ___ and the same ... " : AREONE
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Certain bonds : MARITALTIES
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Grandma Moses, for one : LATEBLOOMER
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Nevertheless : EVENSO
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Make a ___ (impress) : DENTIN
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Justice White : BYRON
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Math term : TIMES
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Dickens's Uriah : HEEP
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Take up quarters : STAY
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Heraldic bearing : ORLE
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Glorified foxholes : PILLBOXES
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Joins a union : WEDS
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Bundled : BALED
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Whale-oil cask : RIER
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Scarlett's in-law and others : MELANIES
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Enumerates : CALLSOFF
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Taboo, new style : NONO
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Coil of yarn : SKEIN
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Nevertheless : WITHAL
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Adequate : DECENT
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Of that ___ : ILK
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Leverets : HARES
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Kierkegaard : DANE
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Godunov : TSAR
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___ dixit : IPSE
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Tunisian port : SFAX
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Norse god : LOKI
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___ song (cheaply) : FORA
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Dahomey native : FON
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Cratchit : TIM
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Executive's degree : MBA
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Used up : ATE

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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