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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

New York Times, Thursday, December 29, 1977

24-Across : Inland duty on commodities: Abbr.

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { H J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,365
Across
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Coating for apples : CARAMEL
8
U.S. observatory : PALOMAR
15
Human being or nudist : ADAMITE
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Stir, in Sicilia : AGITARE
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Enjoyed the highways : MOTORED
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Achromatic : NEUTRAL
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Five geological periods : ERAS
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Marine detector : SONAR
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"Ma—He's Making Eyes ___" : ATME
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Tennis term : LET
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Inland duty on commodities: Abbr. : FET
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Singer Janis : IAN
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Place to caulk : SEAM
28
Tender : OFFER
30
State of annoyance : SNIT
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Word with mate or work : TEAM
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Bands that stretch across the country : ELASTICS
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Deviation : ABERRANCE
37
Jersey bay : BARNEGAT
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___ Carlo Menotti : GIAN
42
"How now! ___?": Hamlet : ARAT
43
Flavorsome herb : ANISE
45
Swimmer Spitz : MARK
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Part of R.S.V.P. : SIL
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Agnes or Bernadette: Abbr. : STE
50
Small wooden peg : TEE
51
Powder base : TALC
53
Sanctums : LAIRS
55
Fret : FUME
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Featherbrained : IDIOTIC
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Banking mechanism for a pilot : AILERON
60
"Beware the man of ___": D'Israeli : ONEBOOK
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Surrounding influence : CLIMATE
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Ron and family : NESSENS
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Franco Harris, e.g. : STEELER
Down
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Pack seen in the Sahara : CAMELS
2
Renee of the silents : ADOREE
3
Imitative knocking sound : RATATAT
4
Otis of baseball fame : AMOS
5
"Bei ___ Bist du Schön," 1937 song : MIR
6
Somme summers : ETES
7
Was the first batter : LEDOFF
8
Slender smoke : PANATELA
9
Dyeing apparatus : AGER
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The Blackbirds of N.Y.C. : LIU
11
Norwegian town : OTTA
12
It's wet even when very dry : MARTINI
13
Semitic language : ARAMAIC
14
Becomes mollified : RELENTS
21
Wife of Amenhotep IV : NEFERTITI
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Intended : MEANT
28
Series termination : OMEGA
29
Cowboy's milieu : RANGE
30
Type of heat : STEAM
32
Vigoda : ABE
34
High-school subj. : SCI
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Searches thoroughly : RANSACKS
37
Stronghold : BASTION
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She helped Theseus to escape : ARIADNE
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Calls to arms : RALLIES
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White key on a piano : NATURAL
44
Glacial blocks : SERACS
46
Outside broadcast : REMOTE
47
Not so obtuse : KEENER
52
Short, thickset horses : COBS
53
Beast helped by Androcles : LION
54
Sandy deposit : SILT
55
Woman, in lawyers' lingo : FEME
57
Word with hold or nail : TOE
59
Take a recumbent position : LIE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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