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Robin D. Mayer
Robin D. Mayer

New York Times, Thursday, March 7, 1974

4-Across : Bankrolls

Author:
Robin D. Mayer
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 6, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Robin D. Mayer has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,972
Across
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Moo : LOW
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Bankrolls : WADS
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___ left feet (is clumsy) : HASTWO
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"Exodus" hero : ARI
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Handkerchief décor: Abbr. : INIT
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Flower part : ANTHER
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___ canto : BEL
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Approach : NEAR
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British essayist : STEELE
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Word with fated or advised : ILL
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River in Norway : TANA
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Spies: Abbr. : AGTS
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Fool : ASS
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Latin-lesson word : ERAT
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Work by 3 Down : HAMLET
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Composer Franz : LEHAR
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Time: Fr. : FOIS
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Mineral : ORE
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Response: Abbr. : ANS
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At present : TODAY
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Egyptian god : BES
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Revue feature : SKIT
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Mrs., in Madrid : SRA
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Began, to poets : OPED
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Single : ONE
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Certain schools: Abbr. : ACADS
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Out, to the Dutch : UIT
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Cough: Sp. : TOS
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Parrot fish : LORO
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Glass ovens : LEHRS
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Jumped : HOPPED
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Not final, in law : NISI
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Poetic contraction : EEN
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Sword : EPEE
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Frenzied : AMOK
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Panay native : ATI
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Vines : LIANES
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Weather ___ : VANE
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Bug, as a phone : TAP
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Lyricist for "My Fair Lady" : LERNER
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Today, in Rome : OGGI
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Tear : RIP
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Mountain nymphs : OREADS
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Retreat : NEST
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English cathedral town : ELY
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Of the lips : LABIAL
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Words of threat : ORELSE
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British writer : WILLSHAKESPEARE
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Work by 3 Down : WINTERSTALE
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Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
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Miss Dors : DIANA
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Birthplace of 3 Down : STRATFORDONAVON
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Common verb : HAS
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Insect : ANT
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Letter-opener, at times : STEAM
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Place associated with 3 Down : THEGLOBETHEATRE
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Tumbled : WELTERED
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Agamemnon's son : ORESTES
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Hawk parrot : HIA
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Work by 3 Down : ASYOULIKEIT
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Cuckoo : ANI
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Harem rooms : ODAS
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Emperor : TSAR
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More nosy : SNOOPIER
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Dessert : PIE
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Work by 3 Down : OTHELLO
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Fish : COD
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Kind of store : RETAIL
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Curt : SNIPPY
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Bird's feather : PENNA
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Picture : IMAGE
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Melodies : SONGS
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Obey, to a Cockney : EED
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Elders: Abbr. : SRS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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