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Brink
Brink

New York Times, Saturday, February 12, 1983

31-Across : They take care of caries

Author:
Brink
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J M Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Brink has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,149
Across
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" ... ___ like the pard": Shak. : BEARDED
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Grates : SCRAPES
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Hercules, 12 times : LABORER
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Writer who was fond of a pond : THOREAU
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Forte of Isocrates : ORATORY
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Parachutist's need : RIPCORD
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Antique : OLD
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Fishy : PISCINE
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Dir. from Tampa to Ocala : NNE
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Bird with a bird brain : DODO
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Merits : EARNS
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What you eat : DIET
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Hard wood : EBONY
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Carry : LUG
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Quinks, e.g. : GEESE
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They take care of caries : DENTISTS
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Most of Noah's passengers : BEASTS
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Soaks flax : RETS
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Rod : WAND
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Syracuse is here : SICILY
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Tanks for rain water : CISTERNS
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"Don't ___ on Me" : TREAD
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Spice of life: Abbr. : VAR
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Beezer : SNOOT
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Drummer's feat : ROLL
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Goddess of agriculture : CERES
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Andrews of films : DANA
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Suffix with Paul or Joseph : INE
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Chandler's products : CANDLES
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Brazil or hazel : NUT
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Stance : POSTURE
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Fence in : ENCLOSE
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Muse whose name means "to delight well" : EUTERPE
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Pool game : SNOOKER
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He purposely kills time : STALLER
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They work on boards : SAWYERS
Down
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Pedigreed : BLOODED
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Piercing place : EARLOBE
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Biblical nether world : ABADDON
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Decay : ROT
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Showdown edge : DROP
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Scary : EERIE
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Cures meat in a certain way : DRYSALTS
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Kind of bean : STRING
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Unwanted twosome : CHINS
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Rodeo item : ROPE
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Rainbow : ARC
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Showy flowers : PEONIES
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End of a Wilde title : EARNEST
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Czech range : SUDETES
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Shank : CRUS
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Being judged : ONTRIAL
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Kingsley play: 1935 : DEADEND
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Give : YIELD
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Restroom sign : GENTS
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Swine's confines : STY
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___-relief : BAS
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Telly's predecessor : WIRELESS
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Stars' followers : STRIPES
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Eliminate : IRONOUT
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Small keyboard instrument : CELESTA
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Kind of queen : CARD
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Colony site: 1585-87 : ROANOKE
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Addict's antithesis : NONUSER
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Old Greek coins : STATERS
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Form of fakery : VENEER
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"___ diem!" : CARPE
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Pea's relative : SENNA
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Undulate : CURL
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Tug's tow : SCOW
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___ Aviv : TEL
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She played Nora Charles : LOY

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

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