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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Friday, May 10, 1991

70-Across : Stratagems

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,158
Across
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Leakey find : SHARD
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Swiftly : APACE
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No. of lbs., e.g. : WGT
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Subtle emanations : AURAE
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Osprey's gripper : TALON
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Paul Bunyan's cook : OLE
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What Mr. and Mrs. Stork did? : THEYFLEWTHECOOP
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___ shadow : EYE
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___-Darwinism : NEO
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River at Leeds : AIRE
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Parker of football fame : ACE
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___ Dolorosa : VIA
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Cartoonist Bushmiller : ERNIE
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Where the Storks went? : GAMBLINGINVEGAS
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Singer Bryant : ANITA
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Change of ___ : VENUE
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One in an S.R.O. audience : STANDEE
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Seventh-inning ritual : STRETCH
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Tooth: Comb. form : DENTI
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Poet García ___: 1899-1936 : LORCA
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Mr. Stork's traveling attire? : HISBIRTHDAYSUIT
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Napoleon's Grande ___ : ARMEE
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Cash ending : IER
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Adam's apple-giver : EVE
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"Serpico" author : MAAS
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Shell gear : OAR
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Bustle : ADO
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Mrs. Stork's post-trip comment? : IDROPPEDABUNDLE
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Asian festival : TET
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Some peers : EARLS
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Old World finch : SERIN
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Prow ending : ESS
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Stratagems : PLOYS
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Kind of buster : TRUST
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Minded the baby : SAT
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Word of disbelief : HUH
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Live : ARE
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Comedienne Martha : RAYE
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Challenge : DEFY
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Messed : ATE
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Act of hocking : PAWNAGE
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Old man, in Bonn : ALTE
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Silver salmon : COHO
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Ethyl trailer : ENE
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Court maneuver? : WOOING
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Meathead's mate : GLORIA
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Sioux tents : TEPEES
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First name in jeans : LEVI
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Part of T.L.C. : CARE
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Turkish chiefs : AGAS
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Slope : CANT
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Blood condition: Comb. form : EMIA
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Fabricate : INVENT
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Songdom's ___ Brothers : EVERLY
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Mil. unit : BTN
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___ Boy, Harding's Airedale : LADDIE
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Kind of track : INSIDE
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Kola, e.g. : NUT
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Ending for puppet : EER
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Lover of Cephalus : EOS
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Steadfast : TRUE
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Cato's 204 : CCIV
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"I ___ war": F.D.R. : HATE
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Adverb in a countable series : THIRDLY
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Berber, for one : HAMITE
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Muslim decrees : IRADES
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Stings : SMARTS
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"You'd ___ Nice to Come Home To" : BESO
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Swift horse : ARAB
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Oculus mundi : OPAL
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Drome preceder : AERO
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Kind of bowl : DUST
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Lollapalooza : ONER
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Zip : PEP
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Fool : ASS
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Actress Joanne : DRU
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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Tolkien character : ENT

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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