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Christopher Sherwood
Christopher Sherwood

New York Times, Monday, March 14, 1988

26-Across : Concealed matters

Author:
Christopher Sherwood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0
Christopher Sherwood has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,006
Across
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Diner's faux pas : BURP
5
Pompous one : PRIG
9
Helen's abductor : PARIS
14
___ Minor : ASIA
15
Verdi classic : AIDA
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Much too heavy : OBESE
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Dignitary's grand welcome : REDCARPET
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Soup scoop : LADLE
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Oppose boldly : BREAST
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Truck of a sort : SEMI
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Haw's companion : HEM
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What a cheerleader has : PEP
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Concealed matters : SECRETS
28
China of Germany : DRESDEN
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Buck or hart : DEER
33
Idyl or sonnet : POEM
34
Computer's diet : DATA
36
Agamemnon's war god : ARES
39
Actor Ray : ALDO
40
Part of U.S.N.R. : NAVAL
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Hangchow export : SILK
42
Bothersome individual : PEST
43
Kudos at the corrida : OLES
44
"___ You," Platters hit : ONLY
45
Salamander : NEWT
47
Orchestra section : STRINGS
50
Cut prices drastically : SLASHED
53
Matador's trophy : EAR
54
Thread-forming tool : TAP
55
Osiris's wife : ISIS
57
Bone filler : MARROW
62
Vail competitor : ASPEN
64
St. Basil's Cathedral site : REDSQUARE
66
Gaggle members : GEESE
67
Shoe or family follower : TREE
68
Thrust : STAB
69
Miscue : ERROR
70
Longbows-in-the-rough : YEWS
71
Snakelike fish : EELS
Down
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Nasty remark : BARB
2
Unscrupulous person : USER
3
Astronaut Sally : RIDE
4
S.A. rodent : PACA
5
Broke up : PARTED
6
Actor Torn : RIP
7
Mid-month, to Virgil : IDES
8
Portcullises' kin : GATES
9
Shield carriers : POLICE
10
Bedouin garment : ABA
11
Whodunit ingredient : REDHERRING
12
Tiny land mass : ISLET
13
Appears : SEEMS
18
African snakes : ASPS
22
Hero's award : MEDAL
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Part of a trike : PEDAL
27
Paine's "The Age of ___" : REASON
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A rival of Bush : DOLE
29
Gulf Coast menu item : REDSNAPPER
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Shows rage or sorrow : EMOTES
31
Church parts : NAVES
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Mush relative : PAP
35
A sense : TASTE
37
Edifice extensions : ELLS
38
TV King of the 50's : SKY
40
Observes : NOTES
46
Puling person : WHINER
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Big name in old Egypt : RAMSES
49
Mesopotamian nation : IRAQ
50
Repertory showplace : STAGE
51
Theodore Maiman's invention : LASER
52
Soiled : DIRTY
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Withered : SERE
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Clever trick : RUSE
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The going ___ : RATE
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Exam type : ORAL
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Arachnids' traps : WEBS
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Inner: Prefix : ESO
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Dawn's droplets : DEW

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