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Virginia P. Abelson
Virginia P. Abelson

STERLING STEEDS

New York Times, Sunday, May 11, 1986

48-Across : Away from the mouth

Author:
Virginia P. Abelson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 656 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 161, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Virginia P. Abelson has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,333
Across
1
Triple Crown winner: 1935 : OMAHA
6
Chinese cinnamon : CASSIA
12
Branches, to a biologist : RAMI
16
Rainbows : ARCS
20
Kind of energy : SOLAR
21
Climb : ASCENT
22
"___! poor Yorick" : ALAS
23
Grenoble's river : ISERE
24
Leading money winner: 1951 : COUNTERPOINT
26
Triple Crown winner: 1930 : GALLANTFOX
28
"___ and the Man" : ARMS
29
Galley words : STETS
30
AM or FM : RADIO
32
Simplest : BAREST
33
Matter, in law : RES
34
On the left side : APORT
35
Card pile : TALON
36
Panel : JURORS
37
Par ___ : AVION
38
Elizabeth I's Lord ___ : CECIL
39
Cuban coins : PESOS
40
Famous filly : RUFFIAN
43
Triple Crown winner: 1977 : SEATTLESLEW
45
Bleat : BAA
48
Away from the mouth : ABORAL
49
"The coward does it with ___" : AKISS
50
Early O'Neill play : GOLD
51
Parent's word : DONT
52
City near Buenos Aires : MORON
53
Silent greeting : SMILE
54
Heroic tales : SAGAS
56
Five-time Horse of the Year : KELSO
57
Fox's feet : PAWS
58
Fruit of the blackthorn : SLOE
59
"___ Diary": Twain : EVES
60
Huarache : SANDAL
61
Penn, e.g. : STA
62
A Mary O'Hara horse : THUNDERHEAD
66
Wither : SHRIVEL
67
___ to go : RARING
69
Skins : PEELS
70
Delectate : PLEASE
71
Nuptials : WEDDING
73
Triple Crown winner: 1973 : SECRETARIAT
75
Sister : NUN
78
Ascribe : IMPUTE
79
Jets' former home : SHEA
80
Quaff in Bonn : BIER
81
Usher follower : ETTE
82
Balance : SCALE
83
Agraffe : CLASP
84
Tulwar : SABER
86
Donald Sutherland role : KLUTE
87
Nudnik : PEST
88
Thin-skinned place : SHIN
89
Sharpened : HONED
90
Bucked : REARED
91
Aye : YES
92
Sewell's horse : BLACKBEAUTY
95
Cake mixtures : BATTERS
96
World-weary : BLASE
97
Files : RASPS
98
Subsequently : SINCE
99
Addison's associate : STEELE
101
Faction : PARTY
102
Slider, e.g. : PITCH
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Concorde : SST
106
Sound system : STEREO
107
Get up : ARISE
108
Conductor Georg : SOLTI
109
Shopper stopper : SALE
110
Triple Crown winner: 1937 : WARADMIRAL
112
Leading money winner: 1953 : NATIVEDANCER
115
Aides: Abbr. : ASSTS
116
Whimper : MEWL
117
Rubber : ERASER
118
Ponti's wife : LOREN
119
Quaker's pronoun : THEE
120
Sheet of stamps : PANE
121
Hinders : DETERS
122
Kentucky Derby winner: 1955 : SWAPS
Down
1
Hammerstein : OSCAR
2
Marianne or Melba : MOORE
3
Styptics : ALUMS
4
Arp or Conried : HANS
5
Buchwald : ART
6
Capp creation : CARTOON
7
"The ___ Papers": H. James : ASPERN
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"Redgauntlet" author : SCOTT
9
Six in Sevilla : SEIS
10
Boniface's place : INN
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Lures : ATTRACTS
12
Ann or Andy : RAGDOLL
13
Pen name of Emile Chartier : ALAIN
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Saint-___, French seaport : MALO
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N.Z. is one : ISL
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One-time Colt .45's : ASTROS
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Allude : REFER
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Word before patch or word : CROSS
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Canonical hour : SEXT
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"And pretty maids all ___" : INAROW
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Observation : ESPIAL
27
Mistreated : ABUSED
31
Got off Swale : ALIT
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Pertaining to birds : AVIAN
35
Hector : TEASE
36
Coagulates : JELLS
37
Hair styles : AFROS
38
Overlay with boards or plaster : CEIL
39
Lumbar muscle : PSOAS
40
Sloping walkways : RAMPS
41
One of Tirpitz's menaces : UBOAT
42
Preakness winner: 1968 : FORWARDPASS
43
Performed christies : SKIED
44
Urged, with on : EGGED
45
Winner of Derby and Preakness: 1936 : BOLDVENTURE
46
Looped handles : ANSAE
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Tarawa is one : ATOLL
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In the midst of : AMONG
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Patron saint of France : DENIS
53
Thrown : SLUNG
54
Soul, in Stuttgart : SEELE
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Nautical "Stop!" : AVAST
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Jeweler's unit : KARAT
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Polish : SHINE
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Clip : SHEAR
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Hackneyed : TRITE
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Fencing weapons : EPEES
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Summary : RECAP
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Ferlinghetti novel : HER
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Craftier : SLIER
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Grown-up : ADULT
70
Snooped : PRIED
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Strawlike : WISPY
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Role Jessel often played : EMCEE
73
Cut of beef : SHANK
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"___ Road," Beatles album : ABBEY
76
Absolute : UTTER
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Exigencies : NEEDS
79
Duffer's problem : SLICE
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Make euphoric : ELATE
83
Word after steeple : CHASE
84
Comedian Sales : SOUPY
85
Pangolin's diet : ANTS
86
Sailing vessel : KETCH
88
Winding course for Mahre : SLALOM
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Hied : HASTENED
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Turned, as butter : RANCID
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Feels sympathy : BLEEDS
93
Tactile writing : BRAILLE
94
Lamb subject : EARS
95
Drink flavoring : BITTERS
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Scold : BERATE
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Lone Ranger's horse : SILVER
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Hide : STASH
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Brief : TERSE
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Shrimp's kin : PRAWN
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Composure : POISE
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Pelvic bones : SACRA
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Chandler's "The Big ___" : SLEEP
105
Darrs : TERNS
106
Clout : SWAT
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Kind of code : AREA
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E.r.a., e.g. : STAT
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C. P. or Phoebe : SNOW
111
Young demon : IMP
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"You ___ There" : ARE
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Hirt and Kaline : ALS

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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