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Rae
Rae

New York Times, Thursday, April 3, 1980

39-Across : Rita ___, Met soprano

Author:
Rae
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,104
Across
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Navigator of old : ERIC
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Make time : DASH
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___ the minute (chic) : UPTO
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It goes with gas : AUTO
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It goes without gas : PINTO
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Check : REIN
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Timepiece : STEMWINDER
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Marie Wilson role : IRMA
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Menace : THREAT
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Malayan city : IPOH
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Corral : PEN
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Tijuana treat : TACO
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"Dog Day Afternoon" director : LUMET
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Greek letter : PSI
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Timekeeping instrument : CHRONOMETER
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Sugar cubes : LUMPS
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Obnoxiously proper person : PRIG
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Actress Eleonora: 1859-1924 : DUSE
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Madame Bovary : EMMA
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Rita ___, Met soprano : SHANE
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"I could ___ horse" : EATA
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U.S. native : AMER
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___ mieux (so much the better): Fr. : TANT
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After a while : LATER
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Like some periodicals : SEMIMONTHLY
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Deadline pursuers: Abbr. : EDS
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Material for a violin bow : ROSIN
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Fern spore clusters : SORI
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Type of ship: Abbr. : STR
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Took off : LEFT
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June walkways : AISLES
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Half of CVI : LIII
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Timepiece : ALARMCLOCK
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General Bradley : OMAR
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Ravine : GULLY
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Spanish for 1 Down : ESTE
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"Champagne music" man : WELK
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Fish dish : EELS
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Kind of watch : STOP
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Direction : EAST
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Baseball great : RUTH
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Roman road : ITER
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Body with a fuzzy head : COMET
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Hullabaloo : DIN
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MacDonald's "The Egg ___" : ANDI
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Something to watch : STEP
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Timepiece : HOROLOGE
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William Tell's canton : URI
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Make everlasting : PERPETUATE
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Lasting for years : TIMETESTED
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___ even keel : ONAN
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Seaver's can reach 95 m.p.h. : PITCH
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British servicewomen : WAACS
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Drone : HUM
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Child like Annie : ORPHAN
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Jason's companion : MEDEA
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Entreaties : PLEAS
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Gershwin favorite : SUMMERTIME
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Time ___ (eons) : IMMEMORIAL
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Praying figure : ORANT
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Musical chords : NINTHS
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Brings up : REARS
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City once called Lutetia : PARIS
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Early time of man : STONEAGE
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Rhapsodic : LYRIC
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Artillery unit of angular measurement : MIL
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Like certain soil : LOAMY
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"The ___ of Greece ... ": Byron : ISLES
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Behind time : SLOW
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Chimney channel : FLUE
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Like some tales : TALL
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Milton's "Paradise ___" : LOST
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Outside: Comb. form : ECTO
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Straw beehive : SKEP
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Annoy : IRK
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Monogram of "Tusitala" : RLS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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