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John Vezendy
John Vezendy

ENCORES

New York Times, Sunday, February 1, 1976

20-Across : Philip Nolan, for one

Author:
John Vezendy
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 81, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 537 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
John Vezendy has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,668
Across
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Dental degree : DDS
4
T.E. Lawrence et al. : ARABISTS
12
Parts of acts: Abbr. : SCS
15
Nabokov novel : ADA
18
Do rodeo work : ROPE
20
Philip Nolan, for one : DEPORTEE
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Asian dye shrub : AAL
22
Hurok : SOL
23
Ancient Mariner's plaint : ALONEALONEALLALLALONE
27
Funeral song : MONODY
28
Early laborer : ESNE
29
Swindlers : BILKERS
30
Dispute : ARGUE
31
Clod : OAF
33
Leitmotifs : THEMES
34
Portion: Abbr. : SEG
35
Wicked one : SATAN
37
Rang : PHONED
38
Truth evasion : FIB
41
Kind of talk : HEARTTOHEART
44
Art subject : NUDE
45
Tedious : BORING
48
Moss and Lorenz : HARTS
49
Mrs. Kowalski of "Streetcar" : STELLA
51
In ___ (untidy) : AMESS
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A ___ (deductive) : PRIORI
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Wailed : YOWLED
56
French writer : GIDE
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Behavioral comment : BOYSWILLBEBOYS
61
Shock : STUN
62
Alike, in France : EGAL
63
Berra : YOGI
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Gem : OPAL
67
Invitation : COMEONECOMEALL
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Director Clair : RENE
73
Cider time : AUTUMN
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Successful, in Paris : REUSSI
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Old Greek theater area : SKENE
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Produces : STAGES
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Elegance : CLASS
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Vulture : CONDOR
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Window part : SASH
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Stein logic : AROSEISAROSE
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Article : THE
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Evaluate : ASSESS
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Explorer of 1400's : CABOT
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Haggard : WAN
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African fly : TSETSE
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Butterfly ___ : NET
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Actor Lew : AYRES
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"Vincit omnia ___" : VERITAS
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Stepped on : TROD
102
"He's ___ yokel" : ALOCAL
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Willful cultivator : MARYMARYQUITECONTRARY
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Onassis : ARI
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Can. province : ONT
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Conceal : ENSHROUD
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Hole or cap : KNEE
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Color : DYE
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"___ victis" : VAE
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Ones who testify : DEPOSERS
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Go amiss : ERR
Down
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Arts branch : DRAMA
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Feelings of anguish : DOLORS
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Moocher : SPONGE
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Call it ___ : ADAY
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Electric unit : REL
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Mil. address : APO
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Grease base : BONEFAT
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Irritates : IRES
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Musial or Kenton : STAN
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Distant: Prefix : TELE
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Salt, at Maxim's : SEL
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Conspicuous : SALIENT
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"___ Ishmael" : CALLME
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Quenched : SLAKED
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Hebrew lyre : ASOR
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Oxford tutors : DONS
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Brew : ALE
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"I've had it!" : ENOUGHISENOUGH
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Dutch town : EDE
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Detests : ABHORS
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"Sous ___ Toits de Paris" : LES
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Shell adjunct : OAR
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Siamese coin : ATT
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"___ was no lady ... " : THAT
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Sink : SAG
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Emphatic refusal : NOHOW
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Jeopardy : PERIL
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What Farragut ordered ahead : FULLSPEED
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Leisured : IDLE
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Draw a ___ on : BEAD
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Print measures : ENS
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Mata ___ : HARI
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B'way show tune : NEWYORKNEWYORK
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Under-eye woes : BAGS
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Overlook : OMIT
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Catalyzing enzyme : REDUCTASE
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Thorndike of stage : SYBIL
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Extremely : TOO
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Kind of stick : POGO
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O'Neal : RYAN
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Wight, for one : ISLE
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Snake-charmers' clarinets : BEENS
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Caustics : LYES
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Scarves : BOAS
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He, in Italy : EGLI
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
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Oblique look : LEER
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Defarge : MME
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Stupid : CRASS
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Platinum wire loop : OESE
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"Food of love" : MUSIC
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Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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State : UTAH
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Help! : SOS
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Full of a salad green : CRESSY
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Trail the field : LOSE
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Camper's need : COT
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Semitic goddess : ASTARTE
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One of Zsa Zsa's husbands : SANDERS
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Beame : ABE
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Go bad : ROT
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Isaac of sci-fi : ASIMOV
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Hokkaido town : SETANA
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Esoteric : ARCANE
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More convenient : NEARER
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Afflict : TRY
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Height: Abbr. : ALT
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More sneaky : SLYER
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Change : VARY
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Lake : ERIE
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Change one's ___ : TUNE
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Stem, in England : RISP
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German king : OTHO
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Conjunctions : ANDS
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Dog or Hatter : MAD
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Math initials : QED
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Iowa college : COE
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"___ Town" : OUR

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