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Anstey
Anstey

New York Times, Wednesday, April 20, 1983

52-Across : Beseeching

Author:
Anstey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Anstey has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,216
Across
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Weather stat. : TEMP
5
Novelist John : OHARA
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Soon : ANON
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Melville opus : OMOO
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Sir Arthur ___ Doyle : CONAN
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Body : SOMA
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One serving or aiding : MINISTRANT
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Quick cut : SNIP
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Motionless : STAGNANT
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Picks : ELECTS
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Homophone for one with a habit : NONE
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Beer topper : FROTH
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Disclose : IMPART
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Mighty : PUISSANT
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Seine feeder : MARNE
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Figured playing card : TAROT
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Year in the reign of Claudius I : LII
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Metrician : POET
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Prefer : FAVOR
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Wedding site: John 2: 1-11 : CANA
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Tiny part of a joule : ERG
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He comes before the reaper : SOWER
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Less demented : SANER
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Dawdled : LINGERED
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Om, e.g. : MANTRA
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Boring apparatus : AUGER
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Steak or chop : MEAT
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Size of type : MINION
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Herringlike fish : SARDINES
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Dish for Dobbin : OATS
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Beseeching : SUPPLICANT
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Look with admiration : OGLE
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___ Pelagie (Italian islands) : ISOLE
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Old stringed instrument : LUTE
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Baubles : TOYS
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Birdhouses : COTES
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Town on the Thames : ETON
Down
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___ River, N.J. : TOMS
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Send out : EMIT
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___ Island, Puerto Rico : MONA
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Moving : POIGNANT
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An eighth of a circle : OCTANT
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Singer Lena : HORNE
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Med. school subj. : ANAT
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Emulated Bill Rodgers : RAN
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Forward : ANTERIOR
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These may be liquid : ASSETS
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Casual; detached : NONCHALANT
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Pass over : OMIT
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Piles : NAPS
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Sleep disturber : SNORE
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Mislaid : LOST
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Rage : FUROR
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Urge on : IMPEL
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New Zealand aborigine : MAORI
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In a meaningful or inventive way : PREGNANTLY
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Smoothed the way : PAVED
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Forty follower : NINER
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Formal headwear : TIARA
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Leather dresser : TAWER
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Suitable for law courts : FORENSIC
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Hymn or chant : CANTICLE
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Utah state flower : SEGO
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Persian poet: 13th century : SAADI
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False appearances : GUISES
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European blackbirds : MERLES
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Toronto ___ Leafs : MAPLE
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Debatable : MOOT
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Role for Ferrer or Plummer : IAGO
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Mark : SPOT
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Pertaining to navig. : NAUT
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Within: Comb. form : ENTO
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British carbine : STEN
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Group serving G.I.'s : USO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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