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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Wednesday, February 3, 1988

26-Across : Hooked a fish

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,966
Across
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Sired : BEGOT
6
Male deer : STAG
10
___ morgana : FATA
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City in NW Ill. : ALEDO
15
Bamboo stem : CANE
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Pig or cast follower : IRON
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"___-Treader" (Frost poem) : ALEAF
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Rectangular pier : ANTA
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Hawaiian goose : NENE
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Small sponge cake : LADYFINGER
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Canter, e.g. : GAIT
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___ en point : ENTE
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Rumanian violinist: 1881-1955 : ENESCO
26
Hooked a fish : GAFFED
30
Consumers' advocate : NADER
32
Soviet range : ALAI
33
Islamic weight : ROTL
35
Nautical position : ABEAM
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Was frugal : STINTED
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Adopt : ESPOUSE
43
Food fish : PORGY
44
Coup d'___ : ETAT
46
Formal order : WRIT
47
Accustom : ENURE
49
Aits : ISLETS
51
Unfruitful : BARREN
54
Floating platform : RAFT
56
Elliptical : OVAL
57
Spot for a wedding band : RINGFINGER
63
Roast: Fr. : ROTI
64
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
65
Linger or loiter : TARRY
66
H.S. subj. : ECON
67
Seaport in S France : SETE
68
Derrick : CRANE
69
Resounded : RANG
70
Weight allowance : TRET
71
Harness parts : HAMES
Down
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False god : BAAL
2
Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
3
Turned right, as a horse : GEED
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Michael ___, child actor on radio : ODAY
5
British candy : TOFFEE
6
Limited; meager : SCANT
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Touching : TANGENT
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Poker stake : ANTE
9
Meshed : GEARED
10
Small table basin : FINGERBOWL
11
Regions : AREAS
12
Invigorating : TONIC
13
Highest peak in the Pyrenees : ANETO
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Loire feeder : INDRE
25
A tide : NEAP
26
Puff : GASP
27
Countertenor : ALTO
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Just : FAIR
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Small salmon or trout : FINGERLING
31
"Jacta ___ est" : ALEA
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Frankfurt an der ___ : ODER
36
Evreux is its capital : EURE
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___ were (seemingly) : ASIT
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N.Y. team : METS
40
Actress Daly : TYNE
42
Rigid : STIFF
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Arranged in threes : TERNATE
48
Disquiet : UNREST
50
Baste : STITCH
51
Auger : BORER
52
Scranton suburb : AVOCA
53
Mickey Mouse, in Mexico : RATON
55
Shoelace tip : AGLET
58
Anatomical passage : ITER
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City east of Osaka : NARA
60
Metric weight : GRAM
61
Sea eagle : ERNE
62
Pumpernickels : RYES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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