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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Saturday, May 11, 1991

43-Across : Fall behind

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,159
Across
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Part of a process : STEP
5
It plays a supporting role : BEAM
9
Not feeling put out? : SAFE
13
Retiree Mandlikova of the courts : HANA
14
Kentucky bar? : INGOT
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Swerve : VEER
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Nerve-cell part : AXON
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Lot's aunt : SARAH
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Flubs it : ERRS
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Garbo didn't say it, exactly : IWANTTOBEALONE
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Flag : TIRE
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D.D.E.'s predecessor : HST
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Resulted in : CAMETO
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Starts the oven early : PREHEATS
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" ... is as good as ___" : AMILE
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European waterway : SAAR
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Drenched : WET
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You didn't exactly hear it from Weissmuller : METARZANYOUJANE
40
French article : UNE
41
Chinese principles : YINS
42
Treasury : PURSE
43
Fall behind : STRAGGLE
46
"Sophie's Choice" star : STREEP
47
Angel's favorite letters : SRO
48
Je ne sais ___ : QUOI
49
Bogie never said it : PLAYITAGAINSAM
56
Actor Holliman : EARL
57
Gives off : EMITS
58
Journey with a star? : TREK
60
Name of diamond fame : ALOU
61
Marner : SILAS
62
"___ long way to ... " : ITSA
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Den, e.g. : ROOM
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Bell the cat : DARE
65
Tinge : CAST
Down
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Rock's ___ Na Na : SHA
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Spot for hack work : TAXI
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It used to be sufficient : ENOW
4
Slender cigar : PANATELA
5
Cafe : BISTRO
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Related to Mom : ENATE
7
Combiner for soil : AGRO
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Section of Jordan : MOAB
9
Attractively slim : SVELTE
10
Dynamic beginning : AERO
11
Polypody : FERN
12
Celtic : ERSE
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R. Harris film: 1972 : THEHERO
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Gunpowder ingredient : NITER
22
Refuse : ASH
25
Pug-nosed: Fr. : CAMUS
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Catkin : AMENT
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Tall cap : MITER
28
Satin finish : PANNE
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Bather's catch : RAYS
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Cognizant : AWARE
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Jittery : TENSE
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Infuse : STEEP
34
Take the caique : SAIL
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Fertilized egg cells : ZYGOTES
38
Author Sinclair : UPTON
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Legal : JURISTIC
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Haven : ASYLUM
45
Gypsy's mount : GRI
46
Bern resident, in Soissons : SUISSE
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Persian Gulf emirate : QATAR
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Cornice, e.g. : PEAR
50
"Le Roi d'Ys" composer : LALO
51
Buck's last name? : AROO
52
Hemmed in by : AMID
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Monster of a lizard? : GILA
54
Ionian gulf : ARTA
55
Meal for Beetle Bailey : MESS
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Herriman's "Krazy ___" : KAT

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

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