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Ann Jenkins
Ann Jenkins

New York Times, Thursday, February 9, 1978

53-Across : Scoffs at

Author:
Ann Jenkins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Ann Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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R
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O
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M
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P
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A
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B
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O
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A
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R
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D
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P
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D
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Q
14
E
V
E
R
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V
A
S
S
A
R
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L
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U
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P
U
T
O
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N
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H
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P
P
Y
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F
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C
E
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A
L
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M
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S
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T
R
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N
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Y
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L
P
S
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S
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R
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O
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O
C
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N
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T
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M
P
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R
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A
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F
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O
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P
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S
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R
V
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R
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T
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O
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J
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O
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E
G
A
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D
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L
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S
S
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S
A
A
R
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Z
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B
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N
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T
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F
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L
A
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D
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R
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O
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S
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B
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R
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T
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F
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A
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C
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V
A
L
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O
T
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G
A
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C
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N
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T
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R
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R
E
S
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E
L
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D
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E
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D
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,407
Across
1
Easy victory : ROMP
5
On a jet : ABOARD
11
Pronto : PDQ
14
At any time : EVER
15
Brewer who founded a college : VASSAR
16
Item in a Bucharest bank : LEU
17
Song from "Bye Bye Birdie": 1960 : PUTONAHAPPYFACE
20
Los ___, A.E.C. property : ALAMOS
21
Hypnotist's "creation" : TRANCE
22
Kennel clamor : YELPS
23
Sign of a full house : SRO
26
Unlimited quantity : OCEAN
27
Self-restrained : TEMPERATE
30
Man after a fashion : FOP
33
Acolyte or credenza : SERVER
34
War criminal executed in 1948 : TOJO
38
Victorian's expletive : EGAD
40
Clayey deposit formed by wind : LOESS
41
Birthplace of composer Drdla : SAAR
42
Gridiron defense : ZONE
43
Actor from South Wales : BURTON
45
Unpopular bill : TWO
46
Knocked out : FLATTENED
49
The O'Grady girl : ROSIE
52
Conscription agcy. : SSS
53
Scoffs at : GIBES
57
Book of poems by Robert Penn Warren : ORELSE
59
Ease up on : RELENT
60
Judge by appearances : TAKEATFACEVALUE
64
Ear: Prefix : OTO
65
Boy, in Brest : GARCON
66
Site of Mitchell's classic : TARA
67
Legal matter : RES
68
On cloud nine : ELATED
69
Word with eagle or owl : EYED
Down
1
Indemnify : REPAY
2
Rudimentary seed : OVULE
3
Good conductor of electricity : METAL
4
Cue in : PROMPT
5
N.Z. beverages : AVAS
6
Phooey! : BAH
7
Explorer Johnson : OSA
8
Nile denizen : ASP
9
Spellbound : RAPT
10
Decay of seasoned timber : DRYROT
11
Sycamore : PLANE
12
British radio navigational aid : DECCA
13
Whodunit hero : QUEEN
18
Items to count : NOSES
19
Items counted by jewelers : FACETS
23
Brussels ___ : SPROUTS
24
Becomes atavistic : REVERTS
25
Tragedy by Euripides : ORESTES
28
Toast for Dame Nellie : MELBA
29
Deliberate firing : ARSON
30
Relative of a tarboosh : FEZ
31
U.S. satellite : OGO
32
Captain Hook's foe : PAN
35
Feed-bag morsel : OAT
36
Yak or chin : JAW
37
Spanish Main booty : ORO
39
Narrow passage : DEFILE
44
Partially reclaimed Israeli wasteland : NEGEV
47
"Gil Blas" author : LESAGE
48
Expand pupils : DILATE
49
Helicopter blade : ROTOR
50
Grandiloquize : ORATE
51
Part of an Egyptian temple : SEKOS
54
Hold fast, to a mariner : BELAY
55
Habituate : ENURE
56
Advantage : STEAD
58
Relative of etc. : ETAL
59
Splinter or sunder : REND
61
Angelico, for one : FRA
62
Emulate Brando : ACT
63
College in Cedar Rapids : COE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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