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James E. Hinish Jr.
James E. Hinish Jr.

New York Times, Wednesday, February 6, 1963

8-Across : Agreements, in ancient Rome.

Author:
James E. Hinish, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
James E. Hinish Jr. has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
James E. Hinish, Jr. is an alias for James E. Hinish Jr..
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,946
Across
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The mail, in India. : DAK
4
Pounds, for short. : SOVS
8
Agreements, in ancient Rome. : PACTA
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Asian land: Abbr. : ISR
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Conception. : IDEA
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Name akin to Louis. : ALOIS
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Galbraith's calling. : ECONOMIST
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Attains: Colloq. : LANDS
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Certain business men. : MANUFACTURERS
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Kitchen device. : PARER
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Renaissance humanist. : ERASMUS
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Puget and others: Abbr. : SDS
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Missile. : DART
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Year in the 11th century. : MIV
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Type of dwelling. : TEPEE
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Refer to. : CITE
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Recent: Suffix. : CENE
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Embellish. : ADORN
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Suffix in chemistry. : ENE
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Type of comedy. : FARCE
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Muddy. : MIRY
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Ship channels. : GATS
39
Goose genus. : ANSER
40
Baseball great. : OTT
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Gardener's gear. : HOSE
42
Poetic verb form. : ART
43
German city. : HANOVER
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Nonsense. : TRASH
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Position for action. : BATTLESTATION
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Comedian's line. : ADLIB
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Artificial language. : ESPERANTO
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Canadian official. : REEVE
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Terminals: Abbr. : STAS
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Language: Abbr. : GER
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Looked over: Slang. : CASED
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Intensified sibilant sound. : SSST
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Street name in New England. : ELM
Down
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Per ___. : DIEM
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Tin-pan Alley group. : ASCAP
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Coin of Sweden. : KRONA
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Old-time robes for women. : SIMARS
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Of a poem. : ODIC
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Bankers' concern. : VESTEDINTERESTS
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Loads to capacity. : SATURATES
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Dimmest. : PALEST
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Rouse to action. : ALARM
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Target of 20 Across. : CONSUMERS
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Thrice a day: Lat. abbr. : TID
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Quadruped. : ASS
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Room of a sort. : NURSERY
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"East ___." : OFEDEN
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Distinctive. : RARE
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In as much as. : SINCE
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Shift. : VEER
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___ shanter. : TAMO
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Nurse Cavell. : EDITH
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Certain radios. : PORTABLES
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Interminable. : CEASELESS
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Musical offering. : CANTATA
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Famous soprano. : FARRAR
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Polit. sci. : GOVT
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Growth environment. : HOTBED
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Certify. : ATTEST
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Artless. : NAIVE
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Scorch. : SINGE
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Type of dwelling. : HOTEL
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Warm and Hot Springs. : SPAS
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Standard. : NORM
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Curve. : ARC
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Roman goddess. : DEA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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