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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

EXAM TIME

New York Times, Sunday, December 5, 1976

118-Across : What does the queen do at the corner?

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176, Blocks: 90, Avg Word Len: 4.99, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 692 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 115, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,976
Across
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Yorba ___, Calif. : LINDA
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Certain football passes : SPIRALS
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Look over : SCAN
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Sine ___ non : QUA
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Affirms : AVERS
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Old French region : ALSATIA
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Ashtabula's state : OHIO
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Undersized : PUNY
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What did Hartman snack on? : MARYHADALITTLELAMB
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Pelt : HIDE
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Ever and ___ : ANON
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Yutang : LIN
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Near-winners at horseshoes : LEANERS
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Commotions : TODOS
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Yalies : ELIS
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Dramatist Akins : ZOE
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German city : ULM
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Sea eagle : ERN
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Where in church is Masterson? : BATSINTHEBELFRY
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More terse : BRIEFER
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Maroon : ENISLE
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Single : ONE
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Goose: Fr. : OIE
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Peking idol : MAO
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Loch Lomond sight : BRAE
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One ___ time : ATA
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Pile on : LOAD
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Steak order : RARE
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Inning units : OUTS
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Poetic prepositions : OERS
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Answers a reply : REJOINS
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What is put on Basie's bed? : DOWNFORTHECOUNT
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Lost or be : CAUSE
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Bathhouse : SAUNA
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London gallery : TATE
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Business abbr. : LTD
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Hagen et al. : UTAS
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Chessman : PAWN
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Chef, in Bonn : KOCH
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Swat again : REHIT
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Gazzara or Blue : BEN
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Who work in Shanghai supermarkets? : CHINESECHECKERS
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Nuclear org. : AEC
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Fanatical : RABID
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Old Norse estate : ODAL
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Places for Grecian writings : URNS
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"___ a rose ... " : ONLY
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Rug occupant : BUG
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Prognosticator : SEER
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Siberian district : OIRAT
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Goose genus : ANSER
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Where do Sandburg's pirates hide? : CARLSBADCAVERNS
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Italian mutiny : RIVOLTA
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Shah's coin : RIAL
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Pakistan tongue : URDU
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Do a Tuesday chore : IRON
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Talking bird : MYNA
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Fleming : IAN
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Org. : ASSN
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Con vote : NAY
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Draft initials : SSS
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V-mail destination : ETO
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Syrian city : ALEPPO
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Implore : BESEECH
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What does the queen do at the corner? : VICTORIACROSSES
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___-Magnon : CRO
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Ask alms : BEG
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Function : USE
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Declaim : RANT
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Similar : ALIKE
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Swiss resort : ZERMATT
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Month: Abbr. : AUG
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Murdoch : IRIS
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One-liner : JOKE
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What is Elizabeth's tennis forte? : HERMAJESTYSSERVICE
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Made a tennis coup : ACED
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Opposed : ANTI
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Aromatic plant : ALECOST
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Atiptoe : EAGER
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Before omicrons : XIS
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Bank deal : LOAN
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Primes the piano again : RETUNES
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Wintry gust : BLAST
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Tibetan V.I.P. : LAMA
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One of the Karamazovs : IVAN
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Pianist Peter : NERO
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Thirst : DRYNESS
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Smoker's concern : ASH
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Mean one : SADIST
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Diagram : PLAN
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Ellis or Fire: Abbr. : ISL
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Beam, in Lyon : RAI
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Laborite P.M. : ATTLEE
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Mineral suffix : LITE
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Room in a casa : SALA
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Exclusively : SOLELY
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Bracelet adjunct : CHARM
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Draws a bead on : AIMS
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___ Hill : NOB
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Tobacco chaw : QUID
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Annul : UNDO
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Pro votes : AYES
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How do you contact Tarkington? : PHONEBOOTH
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Get ___ (find out about) : ALINEON
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Acclimate: Var. : ENURE
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Before pod or color : TRI
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Comedienne Bea : LILLIE
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Buddhist sect : ZEN
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Fairy king : OBERON
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Notched : EROSE
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Smokey Jr. : BEARCUB
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Aardvark : ANTEATER
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Who guard the Mexican border? : TIAJUANABRASS
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Mason's gear : HOD
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After love or for : LORN
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Feudal land grant : FIEF
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Use the tub : BATHE
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Where does Sigmund park his ferries? : FREUDIANSLIPS
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Be a breadwinner : EARN
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Musical stop : REST
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Jeff's pal : MUTT
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Very, in music : ASSAI
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Became active : AWAKED
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Mouths : ORA
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Donovan's gp. : OSS
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Beach sight : DUNE
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Will-___-wisp : OTHE
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French keys : CLES
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Arista : AWN
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Graduate degree : PHD
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Wood sorrel : OCA
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Prefix for phyll : CHLORO
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Carriers: Abbr. : RRS
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Coded transmission feeder : TELETAPE
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Smokes, for short : CIGS
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Wading bird : SORA
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Lowlifes : CURS
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Long-tailed ape : KRA
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Item recorded : ENTRY
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Rostand hero et al. : CYRANOS
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What did Taurus do in the balcony? : BULLNECKED
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Yoko ___ : ONO
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Miss Vaughan : SARAH
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MacDonald's vis-à-vis : EDDY
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Old French coin : ECU
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Soccer positions : INNERS
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Arthurian Eden : AVALON
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Grass or apple : CRAB
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Comfort: Fr. : AISE
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Con game : BUNCO
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Peer: Abbr. : VISC
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Formerly, once : ERST
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Furious : INARAGE
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Extinct bird : MOA
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Greek letter : SIGMA
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Even score : TIE
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Of summer : ESTIVAL
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___ long (soon) : ERE
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Noxious ones : VERMIN
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Start : OUTSET
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Pie parts : CRUSTS
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Fraulein's name : BERTA
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Greek warrior : AJAX
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Places : LOCI
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Alibi and D.D.E. : IKES
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Greek philosopher : ZENO
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Partly open : AJAR
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Before gram or cast : TELE
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Hartebeest : ASSE
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Latvian capital : RIGA
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Tops off the cake : ICES
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Spanish muralist : SERT
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Holbrook : HAL
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Fort Worth campus : TCU
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Partner of hither : YON
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C.S.A. man, for short : REB

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 12 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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