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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Wednesday, March 22, 1978

43-Across : Worms greeting

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,448
Across
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Male swans : COBS
5
Heavenly Bears : URSAE
10
Stinger : WASP
14
Inter ___ : ALIA
15
Enter a harbor : PUTIN
16
Slab at the base of a column : ORLO
17
G.&S. character : LITTLEBUTTERCUP
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Signaled by gesturing : MOTIONED
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Makes a mess of : HASHES
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What hobos ride : RODS
23
Washout : BUST
24
Comedy acts : SKITS
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"10-6," in C.B. lingo : BUSY
27
Marshall Plan initials : ERP
30
What "syne" means : SINCE
31
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Notion : IDEA
33
Dickens character : THEARTFULDODGER
36
Droop : LOLL
37
Give an inkling : HINT
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Have a Lucullan treat : FEAST
39
Morsel for Rover : ORT
40
QB Jones of the Colts : BERT
41
Fixed look : STARE
42
"Battle Hymn" poet : HOWE
43
Worms greeting : HEIL
44
Cat or wool : ANGORA
47
Units of distance for ships : SEAMILES
51
U.S. folk character : JOHNNYAPPLESEED
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Suits to ___ : ATEE
54
Threadbare : TRITE
55
Like most basketball players : TALL
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Bamboolike grass : REED
57
Group of eight : OCTAD
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"The ___ the limit!" : SKYS
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Smooth : CALM
2
Medley : OLIO
3
Post for fastening towlines : BITT
4
Adjective for "Gulliver's Travels" : SATIRICAL
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Affects radically : UPENDS
6
Chawbacons : RUBES
7
An upright in a wall : STUD
8
River islet : AIT
9
Went gaga over : ENTHUSED
10
Defeat : WORST
11
Washington Square sight : ARCH
12
Twist about : SLUE
13
Boston ___ Orchestra : POPS
18
Post-riot thief : LOOTER
19
Word with chair or mark : EASY
23
Put up : BUILT
24
The Nile, to Isaiah : SIHOR
25
Genuflected : KNELT
26
Mincing no words : BLUNT
27
Poe or Guest : EDGAR
28
One-time Dodger : REESE
29
Fragment or fraction : PART
30
Historic town in Normandy : STLO
31
Like Chicago in 1871 : AFIRE
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Dreamers : IDEALISTS
34
"Show Me ___ Go Home," 1925 song : THEWAYTO
35
Wolfe's "___ and the River" : OFTIME
40
Nobelist in Physics: 1954 : BORN
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Part of S.W.A.K. : SEALED
42
Made keen : HONED
43
Seven: Comb. form : HEPTA
44
Open a bit : AJAR
45
Missive : NOTE
46
Indian butter : GHEE
47
Rotisserie need : SPIT
48
Need a caulking : LEAK
49
Hard to handle : EELY
50
Seats for jockeys: Abbr. : SDLS
52
Rainbow : ARC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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