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John F. Byrne
John F. Byrne

New York Times, Monday, March 25, 1963

67-Across : African hartebeest.

Author:
John Byrne
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
John F. Byrne has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
John Byrne is an alias for John F. Byrne.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,986
Across
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Work squad. : CREW
5
Provoke. : STIR
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At pleasure: abbr. : ADLIB
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Indian of the snake dance. : HOPI
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Conflans' river. : ORNE
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___ Janeiro. : RIODE
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Dark. : EBON
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Vended. : SOLD
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Immature seed. : OVULE
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Fingerflowers. : FOXGLOVES
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Mosquito genus. : AEDES
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Elegance. : STYLE
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Volatile liquids, in chemistry. : ETHERS
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Miss St. Clare. : EVA
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Gluttony, for one. : SIN
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Lofty. : TALL
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Most threadbare. : TRITEST
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Literary monogram. : RLS
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Shade. : HUE
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Suffix with infer and super. : IOR
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Baton Rouge campus. : LSU
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Make lace. : TAT
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___ Arbor. : ANN
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Big ___, California resort. : SUR
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Penmen. : SCRIBES
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Conveyed. : SENT
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Wasp's cousin. : ANT
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Poet's word. : EEN
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Pound's relatives. : OUNCES
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Sailor's call. : AVAST
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Mops. : SWABS
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Fringe areas. : OUTSKIRTS
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Pirogue. : CANOE
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"Nobody loves ___ man." : AFAT
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African hartebeest. : TORA
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Zeal. : ARDOR
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Head: Fr. : TETE
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Vizier's prince. : EMIR
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___-foot oil. : NEATS
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A raft. : SLEW
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Drops bait gently on the water. : DAPS
Down
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Cuisiniers. : CHEFS
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Automechanism. : ROBOT
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New-type resin, used in adhesives. : EPOXY
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Little pinion. : WINGLET
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Not good, not bad. : SOSO
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Something found. : TROVE
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Fiords. : INLETS
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Garibaldi's men. : REDSHIRTS
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Bellowing. : AROAR
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Deprive (of rank, rights, etc.). : DIVEST
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Flashy. : LOUD
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Vain. : IDLE
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Kin of 50 Across. : BEES
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Speaks candidly (with): Colloq. : LEVELS
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Interweave. : ENLACE
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Nile dam site: Var. : ASSUAN
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Jezebel's spouse. : AHAB
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Half-moon. : LUNE
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Burning glass. : LENS
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Attachments. : TIES
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By ___. : ROTE
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Where Yezd is. : IRAN
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Renegades. : TURNCOATS
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Rocket. : STREAK
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Welcomed. : INVITED
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Over and above. : TOBOOT
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Devil: Ger. : TEUFEL
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Consumers. : USERS
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Body politic. : STATE
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Flavor. : AROMA
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Dismantle. : STRIP
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Relatives of tycoons. : TSARS
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Examine closely. : SCAN
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Word used with dinner and table. : WARE
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Time ___ half. : ANDA
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One-dish dinner. : STEW

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

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