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Jean M. Hunt
Jean M. Hunt

New York Times, Tuesday, March 27, 1990

56-Across : Salad ingredient

Author:
Jean M. Hunt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1
Jean M. Hunt has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,749
Across
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Roman statesman : CATO
5
Swarms : TEEMS
10
Kiln : OAST
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Continent east of the Urals : ASIA
15
Mountains in 14 Across : ALTAI
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Brownish purple : PUCE
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Native country : MOTHERLAND
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___, crackle and pop : SNAP
20
Friend of Anatole France : PROUST
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Seine : NET
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Three, in Trieste : TRE
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Flap : TAB
26
Herringlike fish : ALEWIFE
28
Disagreed : DIFFERED
33
___ fixe : IDEE
34
Bellows : ROARS
35
Dobbin's deterrent : REIN
37
Sherman Hemsley sitcom : AMEN
40
Opposed : ANTI
41
What reasonable people make : SENSE
42
Do road work : PAVE
43
Sambar : MAHA
44
Acclaim : HAIL
45
Cupolas : DOMES
46
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
48
Seattle baseball team : MARINERS
50
Kit and Johnny : CARSONS
53
"All the King's ___" : MEN
54
Rowan : ASH
55
Japanese admiral : ITO
56
Salad ingredient : CELERY
61
Rampage : RIOT
63
Joel Chandler Harris storyteller : UNCLEREMUS
66
Olfactory stimulus : ODOR
67
Water nymph : NAIAD
68
Clamp : VISE
69
"___ and the Swan": Yeats : LEDA
70
Coup de ___ : GRACE
71
Roman road : ITER
Down
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Bivouac : CAMP
2
Hebrew lyre : ASOR
3
Josip Broz : TITO
4
Honolulu is here : OAHU
5
Type of sauce : TARTAR
6
Annex : ELL
7
Greek letter : ETA
8
Miraculous menu : MANNA
9
Avocation : SIDELINE
10
Goddess of harvests : OPS
11
Rosalind Russell role : AUNTIEMAME
12
Muffler : SCARF
13
Wickiup's cousin : TEPEE
18
___ Park, Colo : ESTES
22
Koppel or Kennedy : TED
25
College in Ky : BEREA
27
Sword or spear : WEAPON
28
Small amount : DRAM
29
Scottish isle : IONA
30
Bill Cosby best seller : FATHERHOOD
31
Franciscans, e g : FRIARS
32
Sturdy fabric : DENIM
36
Muslim faith : ISLAM
38
Always : EVER
39
Promontory : NESS
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Silky fabric : SHANTUNG
45
Eating establishment : DINER
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"L'état c'est ___" : MOI
49
Ebb : RECEDE
50
Burnett or Channing : CAROL
51
Private line : ASIDE
52
U-boat locater : SONAR
57
Jacob's third son : LEVI
58
Discharge : EMIT
59
Trick : RUSE
60
Belgian river : YSER
62
Refrain syllable : TRA
64
Org. headed by Allen Dulles 1953-61 : CIA
65
Resinous substance : LAC

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