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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Thursday, December 3, 1992

63-Across : Falsify

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,731
Across
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Better : AMEND
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Batters : RAMS
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It ends in Oct. : DST
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Quay : LEVEE
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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A-to-U trio : EIO
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Workaholics' offices? : PRESSURECOOKERS
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"The Godfather" character : SANTINO
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"Dat ole ___ sea": O'Neill : DAVIL
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Tuck away : STOW
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Mont.'s capital : HELENA
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Workaholic's beads? : SWEATOFONESBROW
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Base place : HELL
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Lugs of jugs : EARS
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Right a grounded ship : REFLOAT
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Clinch : GRAPPLE
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Over: Ger. : UBER
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Algerian port : ORAN
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N.F.L. workaholics' delights? : OVERTIMEPERIODS
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Hairy : PILOSE
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Kindle : FIRE
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Crest : ARETE
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Like a workaholic's workday? : NONSTOP
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Workaholic's telegram? : HIGHTENSIONWIRE
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Falsify : LIE
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Night light : NEON
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Sea duck : EIDER
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French connections : ETS
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Bell sound : DONG
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Silvery fish : SMELT
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Jungfrau's locale : ALPS
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Ecuadorean novelist Juan León ___ : MERA
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Flat : EVEN
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___ egg : NEST
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Abstain : DESIST
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Furnish with a new housetop : REROOF
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"Talkers ___ no good doers": Shak. : ARE
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Singer Davis : MAC
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Tale: Abbr. : STO
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Ill. city : DEKALB
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One who sifts : SIEVER
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City near Milano : TORINO
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Biblical preposition : UNTO
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Tex. city : ODESSA
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Side dish : SLAW
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Anguish : WOE
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Mister, in Bonn : HERR
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Stk. holding : SHR
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Like Winkie : WEE
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Poleman? : ELF
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Go ___ out (hustle) : ALL
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Henpeck : NAG
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Start : OUTSET
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Hershfield hero : ABIE
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Pro ___ : TEM
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Hawaiian dish : POI
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Pat Bradley, e.g. : PRO
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Young man : LAD
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U.S.N.A. grad. : ENS
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Ump's kin : REF
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Moonfish : OPAH
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Manly : VIRILE
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Writ against a debtor : ELEGIT
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Family of a 19th-century Lutheran theologian : ROTHES
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Languishing : PINING
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Switch ending : EROO
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City of Brittany : RENNES
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Dip : SWIM
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Neap or ebb : TIDE
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City on the Oka : OREL
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Saucy : PERT
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Pass catcher : END
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___-Darwinism : NEO
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Piper's issue : SON

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

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