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Anne Fox
Anne Fox

TIMELY TOPICS

New York Times, Sunday, May 14, 1967

27-Across : Pest.

Author:
Anne Fox
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 581 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 120, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 22 Grid has duplicate clues.
Anne Fox has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,483
Across
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Not vain. : MODEST
7
Alma-___, English painter. : TADEMA
13
Legendary Cornish saint. : URSULA
19
Big name in literature. : ALEXANDREDUMAS
22
Down-Easter. : MAINER
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South-of-the-border town. : MAMANTELMEXICO
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Arm of the Atlantic. : BISCAY
25
Author of note. : ANON
26
Psychic phenomenon. : ESP
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Pest. : TORMENTOR
29
Poetic contraction. : TIS
32
Cap. : TAM
35
Et ___. : ALII
36
Poem by Mary Dow Brine, 1878. : SOMEBODYSMOTHER
44
Eve's grandson. : ENOS
47
Period. : ERA
48
Melville novel. : OMOO
49
One of a fictional trio. : ATHOS
50
School subject. : FRENCH
52
Animal of rhyme. : LAMB
54
Expression from Cervantes. : MUMSTHEWORD
57
Song: Prefix. : MELO
58
Took in. : FLEECED
60
Madrigal, for one. : POEM
61
Passageways with shops. : ARCADES
63
Initials in weather reports. : THI
64
Region: Abbr. : TERR
65
Matterhorn. : ALP
67
Take ___ (be audacious). : ADARE
68
Novel of 1956. : MAMAILOVEYOUBYSAROYAN
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Mature insect. : IMAGO
75
Deplorable. : SAD
76
Of a popular TV series. : FBIS
77
Small arm. : GUN
78
Marks with facts. : NOTATES
80
Took off. : APED
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Disentangle. : UNSNARL
85
Site in a city. : SLUM
86
Imitation cloth. : CASHMERETTE
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___ Hassan. : ABOU
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One of the Roosevelts. : KERMIT
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Mates. : PAIRS
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Ultimate. : LAST
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Lap robe. : RUG
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Gaelic name. : SEAN
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Fruit of a European tree. : MAHALEBCHERRIES
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Kind of street. : SIDE
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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Marmara, for one. : SEA
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Gloss over. : WHITEWASH
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Ceres' mother. : OPS
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Festive. : GALA
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Interpose. : DRAGIN
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Nobelist in Literature 1902. : THEODORMOMMSEN
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Lagerlof et al. : SELMAS
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Part of Colorado. : MUMMYMOUNTAINS
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Store sign. : ONSALE
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___ best behavior. : ONONES
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Related, in a way. : AGNATE
Down
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"I Remember ___." : MAMA
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"Good Earth" mother. : OLAN
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People: Prefix. : DEMO
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Based on assumption: Lat. : EXANTE
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___ Marino. : SAN
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An explosive. : TNT
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Lures. : TEMPTS
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Hoosier writer. : ADE
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Latin leader. : DUX
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Give out. : EMIT
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Egyptian cotton. : MACO
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Hebrew harp. : ASOR
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Flower cluster. : UMBEL
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Peak near Tacoma. : RAINIER
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Famous work of art. : SISTINEMADONNA
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Strange: Scot. : UNCO
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Limerick man. : LEAR
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Place of: Suffix. : ARY
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Highland river. : DEE
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Literary initials. : RLS
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Spoil. : MAR
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Nigerian people. : IBO
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Sleep: Fr. : SOMMEIL
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Loving. : AMATORY
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Relative of a Washington notable. : MOTHEROFPERLE
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Word with made or mastery. : SELF
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Not written. : ORAL
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Broadway hit. : MAME
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Mamie's maiden name. : DOUD
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Hebrew "day." : YOM
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Pronoun. : THEM
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Manner of doing. : HOW
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Inner: Prefix. : ESO
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At some future time. : ONEDAY
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Part of the eyeball. : SCLERA
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Presidential monogram. : FDR
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Stockings, old style. : HOSEN
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Honor society. : BETAGAMMASIGMA
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Dispatch. : SPEED
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Seance signals. : RAPS
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Native of a Greek island. : CHIOT
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Dear: Lat. : CARUS
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"Power" agcy., created in 1933. : TVA
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Last. : ABIDE
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River of France and Belgium. : LYS
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Capital of Byelorussia. : MINSK
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Soap plants. : AMOLES
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Adult. : MATURE
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Greek peak. : OSSA
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On the other side of the ocean: Ger. : UBERSEE
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Mrs. Copperfield and others. : AGNESES
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Outside: Prefix. : ECT
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Bowfin genus. : AMIA
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Beehive State. : UTAH
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Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
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Rake. : ROUE
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Drags. : LUGS
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Royat or Dax. : SPA
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Exclamation of surprise. : HAH
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Tender loving care. : TLC
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Sign in a certain way. : INITIAL
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Italian number. : TRE
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Sea gull. : MEW
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House cleaners. : BROOMS
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Textile dealer, in a way. : RAGMAN
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Close. : DENSE
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European warbler. : WREN
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Painter Frans. : HALS
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Air: Prefix. : ATMO
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Keep clear of. : SHUN
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Blood: Prefix. : HEMO
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In favor. : PRO
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Texas college. : SMU
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Landmass on the map. : ASIA
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Fast time. : LENT
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Handle: Fr. : ANSE
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British order. : DSO
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All: Prefix. : OMN
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Cochineal. : DYE
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___ shoestring. : ONA
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Realtor's abbreviation. : MTG

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12 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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