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Jones
Jones

New York Times, Thursday, December 9, 1982

53-Across : TV staples

Author:
Jones
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jones has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,084
Across
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Bergman role in "Casablanca" : ILSA
5
County ___ : SEAT
9
Crookedly : ASKEW
14
Indian queen : RANI
15
Dresden's river : ELBE
16
Pool adjunct : SLIDE
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Ending for comment : ATOR
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Energetic one : DOER
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NASA purchase : TILES
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Headlined item : NEWSPAPERREPORT
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Establish : INSTATE
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Flying: Comb. form : AERO
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Way to go: Abbr. : RTE
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Aqueous animator : SPA
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Nutcracker's suite : NEST
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Time of greatest depression : NADIR
34
Kind of fence : SPITE
36
Pedro's aunt : TIA
37
Adage for those needing a refuge : ANYPORTINASTORM
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Call ___ day : ITA
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Cousins of the Greek Fates : NORNS
42
Met basso : HINES
43
Singer Cantrell : LANA
45
McClellan's foe at Sharpsburg : LEE
46
What George Brett wields : BAT
47
Yard event : SALE
49
Portuguese name for Taiwan : FORMOSA
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TV staples : SPECTATORSPORTS
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Kin of stomata : PORES
58
Singer Laine : CLEO
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___ Bator, capital of Mongolia : ULAN
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Get ___ on (find out about) : ALINE
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Orison finale : AMEN
62
Unique : SOLE
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Oscar de la ___ : RENTA
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Disencumbers : RIDS
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"Yours as ___" : EVER
Down
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Isfahan native : IRANI
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Grow toward sunset : LATEN
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Glibly misleads : SNOWS
4
Temporary runway : AIRSTRIP
5
Composed : SEDATE
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Emulate Jessica and Lorenzo : ELOPE
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Busy as ___ : ABEE
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Diamondbacks : TERRAPINS
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Suffix for poet or critic : ASTER
10
Type of shoe : SLIPON
11
Thousand: Comb. form : KILO
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Fritzlar's river : EDER
13
Kang's "East Goes ___": 1937 : WEST
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Role of many a Medici : PATRON
22
Lariat for León : REATA
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Quill : SPINE
28
School Orwell attended : ETON
29
Title for King Arthur : SIRE
30
Clan caps : TAMS
31
Sparable, e.g. : NAIL
32
Acronym on Broadway : ANTA
33
Actress Cannon : DYAN
34
Williams vehicle : STREETCAR
35
Symbol for Sousa : ESHARP
38
Campus town in Mo. : ROLLA
39
Small bird : TITMOUSE
44
Slope : ASCENT
46
Subatomic particles : BOSONS
48
Perplexed : ATSEA
49
Out of bondage : FREED
50
A paramour of Catherine II : ORLOV
51
Commonplace : STALE
52
President of the Screen Actors Guild : ASNER
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Go a round : SPAR
54
Copernicus or Chopin : POLE
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Mary McDonough TV role : ERIN
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"Il Posto" director: 1961 : OLMI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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