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Elaine George
Elaine George

New York Times, Monday, April 18, 1988

38-Across : Serve the coffee

Author:
Elaine George
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2
Elaine George has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,041
Across
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Shadowbox : SPAR
5
Dunces : ASSES
10
Asian nanny : AMAH
14
Kind of duck : LAME
15
Gallagher's vaudeville partner : SHEAN
16
Comedian Jay ___ : LENO
17
Ballplayer Amos : OTIS
18
Inasmuch as : SINCE
19
Famed suffragette : MOTT
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Call it quits : THROWINTHETOWEL
23
Captains' records : LOGS
24
Was a candidate : RAN
25
Demonstrated : PROVEN
28
Petered out : DWINDLED
33
Bathes : LAVES
34
Auctioneer's warning : GOING
35
A feast ___ famine : ORA
36
Elderly : AGED
37
Fetch : BRING
38
Serve the coffee : POUR
39
Buddhist sect : ZEN
40
Set straight : ALINE
41
Something worthless : TRIPE
42
Supposing : ASSUMING
44
Bed linen : SHEETS
45
Mailing stations: Abbr. : POS
46
Oil cartel : OPEC
47
Speaks the unvarnished truth : LAYSITONTHELINE
55
Medicinal plant : ALOE
56
Overact : EMOTE
57
Not new : USED
58
Brewer's need : MALT
59
Moon or Spoon : RIVER
60
Another kind of duck : DEAD
61
Clumsy boats : ARKS
62
Gawk : STARE
63
Hard to handle : EELY
Down
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Kind of machine : SLOT
2
Footway : PATH
3
Moslem V.I.P. : AMIR
4
Made a decision : RESOLVED
5
Designate : ASSIGN
6
Climbs, in a way : SHINS
7
Dispatched : SENT
8
Anagram for ache : EACH
9
Disdainful : SNEERING
10
Nutty flavoring : ALMOND
11
Kitten's cry : MEOW
12
Create a pot : ANTE
13
"The ___ Baltimore," Wilson play : HOTL
21
Troubles : WOES
22
Spicy taste : TANG
25
Shopping mall : PLAZA
26
Spreads unchecked : RAGES
27
Hot spots : OVENS
28
Busy : DOING
29
Port or sherry : WINE
30
Shavetail : LOOIE
31
Explode : ERUPT
32
Takes a risk : DARES
34
Beam : GRIN
37
Banes of tennis players : BLISTERS
38
Head off : PRECLUDE
40
To me: Fr. : AMOI
41
Quakers' pronoun : THEE
43
Disturbs : UPSETS
44
Globe or ball : SPHERE
46
Aquatic mammal : OTTER
47
Tibetan priest : LAMA
48
Winged : ALAR
49
Main part of an egg : YOLK
50
Leave out : OMIT
51
Popular PBS show : NOVA
52
"Got it!" : ISEE
53
Actress Patricia : NEAL
54
Arnold, the singer : EDDY

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