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Jesse Roarke
Jesse Roarke

New York Times, Friday, April 12, 1991

21-Across : City on the Neckar

Author:
Jesse Roarke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jesse Roarke has 48 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,130
Across
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Large star in 11 Down : SPICA
6
Matched group : TEAM
10
Augustan poet : OVID
14
Jeweler's unit of weight : CARAT
15
River in Ireland : ERNE
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What L. Taylor backs : LINE
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Sharp : ACUTE
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Pinot ___ (a table wine) : NOIR
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Ambracia, today : ARTA
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Insipid : BANAL
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City on the Neckar : ESSLINGEN
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Painter Mondrian : PIET
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City in Madhya Pradesh : INDORE
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Less fresh : STALER
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Sell : VEND
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Caused sharp divisions : POLARIZED
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Frequently : OFTEN
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Castor's slayer : IDAS
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Mont ___, Alpine pass : CENIS
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Assumed character : ROLE
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A work of 45 Down : NORMA
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Students' purchases : NOTEBOOKS
46
Space : ROOM
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Milk curdler : RENNET
49
Intrados of an arch : SOFFIT
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Deliquesce : MELT
54
Sleuth : OPERATIVE
57
Arboreal beast of Madagascar : LEMUR
61
Poor boy or grinder : HERO
62
State solemnly : AVER
63
Harden : INURE
64
"Man of ___, " 1934 film : ARAN
65
Lament : WAIL
66
Jewish month : NISAN
67
Weaken : GELD
68
Queen who disliked Jonathan Swift : ANNE
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Fiber for cordage : ISTLE
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Plant disease : SCAB
2
S. A. rodent : PACA
3
Spanish port of entry : IRUN
4
Poultice : CATAPLASM
5
Studio for Seurat : ATELIER
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Unit of orthodoxy : TENET
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Psyche's lover : EROS
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Black cuckoos : ANIS
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Magician or falcon : MERLIN
10
A Chan of filmdom: 1931 : OLAND
11
A neighbor of Leo : VIRGO
12
Entomb : INTER
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Diplomat Silas : DEANE
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___-European languages : INDO
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Leif's dad : ERIC
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Revolve : SPIN
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Fuss : TODO
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Winglike : ALAR
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Poison : VENOM
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Make the copy right : EDIT
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Founder of Stoicism : ZENO
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Latin American court game : FRONTENIS
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Jet pass catcher : TOON
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Actress Sommer : ELKE
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Snug place : NEST
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" ... ___, the yellow leaf": Shak. : SERE
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Song for Freni : ARIA
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Composer of 42 Across : BELLINI
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Capital of Canada : OTTAWA
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Town S of Cairo : SOHAG
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___ citato : OPERE
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Undomesticated : FERAL
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Palm leaf : FROND
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Blackbird : MERLE
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Rival of Abdul the Bulbul : IVAN
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Lode : VEIN
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New wine : MUST
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U.S.S.R. river : URAL
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Poet Sully-Prudhomme : RENE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 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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