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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Friday, March 12, 1982

40-Across : Like Einstein's mind

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,812
Across
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Fine fiddle, for short : STRAD
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Tie hand and foot : LASH
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Frolicsome attitude : JEST
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Marie Curie's daughter : IRENE
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Ski resort in Utah : ALTA
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Wised up : ONTO
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Thematic element : MOTIF
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Male guinea pig : BOAR
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Munich's river : ISAR
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Enthralled : SPELLBOUND
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Starlight time in Paris : NUIT
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Bernese Alps river : AAR
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Some residents of Leavenworth : LIFERS
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___ sleep : BEAUTY
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Uniform fabric : CHINO
32
Kipling's "Mother ___" : OMINE
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Metalworking plants : FOUNDRIES
37
Put a ring around Rosie : GIRD
38
W.W. I battle scene : SOMME
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Prince Albert or chesterfield : COAT
40
Like Einstein's mind : STEELTRAP
42
Painting category : GENRE
43
Peregrinates : ROAMS
44
Take umbrage : RESENT
45
"O! wither'd is the garland of ___": Shak. : THEWAR
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___ Pablo Bay, Calif. : SAN
49
Grayish white : HOAR
50
Do a J.P.'s job : TIETHEKNOT
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Rialto acronym : ANTA
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___ Astor : LADY
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Rhone feeder : SAONE
60
Cry : WEEP
61
Pianist Gilels : EMIL
62
Prefix with lope or lock : INTER
63
Ants.' opposites : SYNS
64
Get-together of a sort : DATE
65
Breathe fire and fury : STORM
Down
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Rear admiral of W.W. I : SIMS
2
Turning: Comb. form : TROP
3
Anatomical mesh : RETE
4
Blue dye : ANIL
5
Put a pin in a balloon : DEFLATE
6
Kind of grind : LABOR
7
Diamond family name : ALOU
8
Laurel : STAN
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Unyielding position : HARDLINE
10
Go cahoots : JOINFORCES
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Eventuate : ENSUE
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Kind of way or well : STAIR
13
Wrongful acts : TORTS
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Michigan's ___ City : BAY
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Nat. of Nagpur : IND
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___ down (slows) : BOGS
27
Vent : EMIT
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Leeds's river : AIRE
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Hush-hush : UNDERWRAPS
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Unaware states : COMAS
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Dromedary feature : HUMP
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Configuration : FORM
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Bulwer-Lytton heroine : IONE
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Bring home the bacon : EARN
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Bit of marginalia : STET
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Given a turn : STARTLED
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Seat of Wayne Co., Utah : LOA
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It starts with "In" and ends with "Egypt" : GENESIS
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Oval utterance : RAH
45
Unbends : THAWS
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Queen's bread spread : HONEY
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___ away (eroded) : EATEN
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Prevailing taste : STYLE
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"___ Roman citizen": Cicero : IAMA
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Revamp, in a way : EDIT
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Author of "Critique of Pure Reason" : KANT
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South: Comb. form : NOTO
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Corker : ONER
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Type of paper : TERM

Answer summary:
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