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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Tuesday, March 17, 1992

62-Across : Martini base

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 239 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 13, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,470
Across
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Harry Hope's place in an O'Neill play : BAR
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Actor ___ O'Brien : PAT
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Morse-code sound : DAH
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Watering place : SPA
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Suffix with Siam : ESE
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___ Khan I : AGA
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Diminutive suffix : ULE
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Corn unit : EAR
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Burro : ASS
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Preakness-winning jockey: 1943 : LONGDEN
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Pie ___ mode : ALA
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R.F.K. Stadium areas : TIERS
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Bring up : REAR
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Chess V.I.P.'s : GMS
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A son of Isaac : ESAU
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Lawn, e.g. : GREENYARD
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Cleo's favorite color? : NILEGREEN
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Flash : GLEAM
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Soft leather : ROAN
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Lively dances : REELS
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"Odyssey" enchantress : CIRCE
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"Nova" network : PBS
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Anglo-Saxon slaves : ESNES
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Pupil: Fr. : ELEVE
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Fencing sword : EPEE
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___ marbles : ELGIN
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Beginner : GREENHORN
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Color of malachite : IRISGREEN
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Canal or city : ERIE
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Ethyl finish : ENE
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Undiluted : NEAT
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Wrong : AMISS
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Female rabbit : DOE
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More restless : ANTSIER
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O.T.B. action : BET
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Martini base : GIN
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He wrote about Irish nationalism : KEE
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"The ___ of Wonderful Nonsense": Pegler : ERA
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One's Irish, in a way : IRE
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Stanford letter : ESS
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Movie alien et al. : ETS
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Johnny ___ : REB
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Soviet Union pt., once : SSR
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Much traveled : BEATEN
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Saint Francis of ___ : ASSISI
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Close an envelope anew : RESEAL
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Gleason and Carney on TV : PALS
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"Long ___ ... " : AGO
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Color of 48 Down : TAN
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Irish pipe : DUDEEN
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" ... ___ and hungry look" : ALEAN
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"Party Going" author : HENRYGREEN
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Color of the Emerald Isle's waters : SEAGREEN
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Los Angeles suburb : PALMDALE
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Fighting Irish's Parseghian et al. : ARAS
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Wayne's "The ___" : GREENBERETS
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Regret : RUE
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Shipper's abbr. : GRO
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Harvest : REAP
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Pub orders : ALES
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Irish evictee? : GREENSNAKE
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Pub. orders : MSS
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Cork has one : CEE
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Champaign's here : ILLINOIS
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Paints Fifth Ave. for St. Patrick's Day? : REGREENS
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Cato's 107 : CVII
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Graf ___ : SPEE
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Velvet ending : EEN
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Shreds cabbage : GRATES
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___ and haw : HEM
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Some antelopes : ORIBIS
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Stair parts : RISERS
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Aerie builder : NESTER
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Civet's cousin : GENET
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"The Razor's ___" : EDGE
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Spirited horse : ARAB
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Cash closing : IER
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Before, in poesy : ERE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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