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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

POTPOURRI

New York Times, Sunday, February 26, 1967

104-Across : Cheerless.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 132, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 552 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 140, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16 Grid has duplicate clues.
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,406
Across
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Elite's antithesis. : MASSES
7
Wigs, et al. : FADS
11
Relative of a bois. : FORET
16
Secretly: It. : INPETTO
18
Friend: Fr. : AMIE
19
Perfection. : FINISH
20
Creator of Maggie. : STEPHENCRANE
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Still among us. : EXISTENT
25
Casa room. : SALA
26
New word in hip talk. : PSYCHEDELIC
28
Plant genus. : ALOE
29
Rebel's cry. : YELL
30
Teutonic name. : EMIL
31
Afflict suddenly. : SMITE
32
Bona ___. : FIDE
33
Wheels: Lat. : ROTAE
35
Hardhearted. : STONY
36
Stop. : LETUP
37
Wisconsinites. : BADGERS
41
Piglet: Var. : SHOTE
42
Big name in football. : TITTLE
43
Rise from. : EMERGE
44
Comfort. : SOLACE
46
Pigskin holder for kickoff. : TEE
47
Historic name. : LEE
48
Display. : REVEAL
49
Set down. : PLANK
50
___-et-quarante. : TRENTE
52
Prospective citizen. : ALIEN
53
Escapade. : PRANK
54
Spree. : TOOT
55
Work of a kind. : OPUS
58
Awning. : TILT
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Produces. : BRINGSFORTH
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Quadragesimal time. : LENT
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Security. : EASE
63
Provolone's encasement. : RIND
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Trade names. : MAKES
65
Exult. : GLORY
66
Silvery. : ARGENT
68
In the future. : LATER
69
Force. : COMPEL
70
Solved. : DID
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Adherent: Suffix. : IST
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"West Side Story" Oscar winner. : MORENO
74
If not. : ORELSE
75
Reverse. : INVERT
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Laid with stone. : PAVED
78
Lodestones. : MAGNETS
79
Type of island. : ATOLL
80
Dames. : JANES
81
Shade of gray. : SLATE
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"Comedy of Errors" role. : LUCE
84
___ music. : BAROF
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Turkoman. : SEID
86
Rum cake. : BABA
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City in Judah. : ENAM
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Transitoriness. : EVANESCENCE
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At another time. : ANON
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Discovered. : DETECTED
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1935 Odets play. : AWAKEANDSING
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Bis! : ENCORE
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Store sign. : SALE
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Coin. : PIASTER
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Task. : STINT
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Type of ski lift. : TBAR
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Cheerless. : DREARY
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Feminine title. : MISSY
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Architectural piers. : ANTAE
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Incantation. : SPELL
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Calyx part. : SEPAL
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Suffix with know or go. : ETH
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Glissade. : STEP
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Stuffed, in French cookery. : FARCIE
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Opera role. : AMAHL
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Regale. : DINE
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Planting supplies. : SEEDSTOCK
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Steadiness. : FIXITY
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In reserve. : ONICE
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Sweetbread: Fr. : RIS
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Courier. : ESTAFET
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Beings of folklore. : THELITTLEPEOPLE
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Attacks. : ONSETS
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Stealthy. : FELINE
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Molding. : CYMA
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Small lump. : NODULE
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Home of the brave. : TEEPEE
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Act, in a way. : EMOTE
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One of Lear's daughters. : REGAN
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City on the Oka. : OREL
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Walking symbols. : SHANKSMARES
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Mortgage. : LIEN
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Upbraid. : BERATE
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Verdi role. : AMELIA
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Certain arguers. : DEVILSADVOCATES
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Official city host. : GREETER
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Argot. : SLANG
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Effective means of enforcement. : TEETH
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Burst of speed. : SPRINT
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Baltic island. : OLAND
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Races. : TROTS
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El Cordobés. : TORERO
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Bridge workers. : TOLLMEN
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Impression. : PRINT
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Perfunctory. : TOKEN
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Turmoil. : UNREST
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Gravers. : STYLES
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Port in Brittany. : BREST
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Destined. : FATED
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Narrow passage. : GORGE
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Ladylove. : GIRL
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Celebration of a kind. : LOVEFEAST
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Overlay. : COAT
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Tuned in. : DIALED
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Harmonious. : INTUNE
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Opera role. : MANON
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Component. : ELEMENT
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Exhibition. : PARADE
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Impulsive. : MADCAP
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Pursuer of Jean Valjean. : JAVERT
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Man with a goal. : SEEKER
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Short letter. : LINE
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Place a wager. : BETON
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Teatro alla ___. : SCALA
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Low: Fr. : BASSE
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Role of 73 Across. : ANITA
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Funny fluff. : BONER
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Indignant. : ANGRY
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Wipe up. : SWAB
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Arthurian heroine. : ENID
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Year in rule of Severus. : CCI
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Persian gateway. : DAR

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7 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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