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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Monday, February 24, 1992

20-Across : Hinder growth

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,448
Across
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Energy source : ATOM
5
Trolley's "garage" : BARN
9
Bassoon's kin : OBOE
13
City on the Rimac : LIMA
14
Goes offstage : EXITS
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___ avis : RARA
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Gamble intuitively : PLAYONESHUNCHES
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Hinder growth : STRANGLE
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In a tidy way : NEATLY
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Union, in D.C. : STA
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Cartoonist Goldberg : RUBE
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Townsman : CIT
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Kind : ILK
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Emulated Greg LeMond : PEDALED
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State on the edge of the Himalayas : ASSAM
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"___ De-Lovely" : ITSA
39
Choler : BILE
40
Bought stocks : PLAYEDTHEMARKET
43
Antler part : TINE
44
Kind of gun : RIOT
45
Persistent attack : SIEGE
46
Laconic : SPARTAN
48
Call at sea : SOS
50
Isr. neighbor : SYR
51
Basket items? : EGGS
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Of inferior quality : BUM
55
Space project: 1968 : APOLLO
59
Homer et al. : EPICISTS
64
Taking chances : PLAYINGWITHFIRE
66
Demolish, in Devon : RASE
67
Chef's specialty : SAUCE
68
Continued movement : FLUX
69
Picnic pests : ANTS
70
Wrangle : SPAR
71
Weaver's reed : SLEY
Down
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Where Saint Moritz is : ALPS
2
Fight on horseback : TILT
3
Bridge expert Sharif : OMAR
4
Yucatán natives : MAYAS
5
Any Cincinnati gridder : BENGAL
6
Jump for Katarina Witt : AXEL
7
Upward movement : RISER
8
A degree : NTH
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Killer whale : ORCA
10
Money in Thailand : BAHT
11
Russian city : OREL
12
Free's partner : EASY
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Ray of light : SUNBEAM
18
Prompt : ONTIME
19
Requirement : NEED
24
Unexpected defeats : UPSETS
25
Lts.' bosses : CAPTS
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Resort on Long Island : ISLIP
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Ethiopian lake : TSANA
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Forger's activity : KITING
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Dugout : ABRI
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Enjoys : LIKES
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Lamentation : ELEGY
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Discourage : DETER
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Yesterday: Sp. : AYER
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However, for short : THO
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Puff and others : DRAGONS
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In itself : ASSUCH
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Low Hindu caste member : TELI
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___ dicta (incidental remarks) : OBITER
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Close, as a deal : SEWUP
54
Annoys : MIFFS
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Guam's ___ Harbor : APRA
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Orderly arrangement : PLAN
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Brewery kiln : OAST
58
Cleansing solutions : LYES
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Typewriter type : PICA
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Threshold : SILL
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Faithful : TRUE
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Risqué : SEXY
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Empty talk : GAS

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

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