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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Friday, March 26, 1993

50-Across : End of the quip

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,844
Across
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Tiff : SPAT
5
C.S.A. soldiers : REBS
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Dependable : SOLID
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Solitary : LONE
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Part of a 19th-century signature : ELEE
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Slightest bit of evidence : TRACE
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Second to none : AONE
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Dish out : METE
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More unusual : ODDER
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Start of a quip : WHENLOVERSLEARN
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Mine find : ORE
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They tell tales from the dockside: Abbr. : ILA
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Quip: Part 2 : THEYCANNOTELOPE
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Proportion : RATIO
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Scene of Camus's "The Plague" : ORAN
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Nickelodeon's "___ and Stimpy" : REN
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Memorable times : ERAS
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Mechanic's concern : MOTOR
40
Top of the abbé : TETE
41
Warbucks's henchman : ASP
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Fruit with a hard rind : PEPO
43
Saarinen's tulip, e.g. : CHAIR
44
Quip: Part 3 : THEYAREFORCEDTO
48
"___ tu," Verdi aria : ERI
49
Japan ingredient : LAC
50
End of the quip : ALTARTHEIRPLANS
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A clavier : PIANO
60
It hangs about the house : EAVE
61
"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
62
Irish patriot: 1778-1803 : EMMET
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Sale stipulation : ASIS
64
Tarzan transportation : VINE
65
Cooper role: 1936 : DEEDS
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Dried fuel : PEAT
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Town NE of Cincinnati : ENON
Down
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A side dish : SLAW
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Milne's Winnie : POOH
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Author Tyler : ANNE
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Harold of comics : TEEN
5
Shark's hitchhiker : REMORA
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One plus one? : ELEVEN
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___ noire : BETE
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Helenus was one : SEER
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Sweetened bread : STOLLEN
10
Terrible experience : ORDEAL
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"___ Dog": Terhune : LADA
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Jack Frost role? : ICER
13
Bruce or Laura : DERN
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Bananas : LOCO
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Shankar's strings : SITAR
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Pay for all : TREAT
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Strident : HARSH
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Storehouse : ETAPE
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Cries of surprise : YIS
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___ sound mind (21 Down) : NOTOF
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Carlos's treasure : ORO
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Mt. Ida maiden : OREAD
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Small, in Sarcelles : PETIT
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Año starter : ENERO
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Be worthy of : MERIT
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Unclose, to the Bard : OPE
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Tea, in Tours : THE
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Feathered repeaters : PARROTS
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Initials on a U.S.S.R. player's jersey : CCCP
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Bore young : YEANED
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De Havilland : OLIVIA
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Least common : RAREST
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Imitated : APED
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Gardener's need : LIME
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Unexciting : TAME
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Jalopy : HEAP
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Bed of roses : EASE
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Start of N.H.'s motto : LIVE
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Not "fer" : AGIN
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Something taboo : NONO
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Gun for Atkins : STEN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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