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Merl Reagle
Merl Reagle

New York Times, Thursday, May 18, 1972

45-Across : Dax phone greeting

Author:
Merl Reagle
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.68, Missing: { F J X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Merl Reagle has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 7 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,314
Across
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Grin and ___ : BEARIT
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Steeple-crown : HAT
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Use a periscope : SPY
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Unending: Fr. : CONTINU
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Candlenut tree : AMA
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Poetic word : ERE
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One who chants : INTONER
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Squaw et al. : VALLEYS
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Black stuff : TAR
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Judges' concerns : SENTENCES
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Hollow-headed : INANE
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"All ___ glitters is not ... " : THAT
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Old Dutch measures : AAMS
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Inside: Prefix : ENDO
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It ended at Vereeniging : THEBOERWAR
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Image-receivers : RETINAS
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Antennas atop mountains : MICROWAVERELAYS
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Australian flying mammals : ORANGEBATS
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Not worth ___ : ASOU
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Neighbor of Den. : NORW
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Dax phone greeting : ALLO
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Ruffled pride : PIQUE
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___ second (radio term) : CYCLESPER
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German joiner : UND
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Items for a tray : TEASETS
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Hallstatt period : IRONAGE
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Common verb : WAS
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Greek letter : RHO
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Netted : CLEARED
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Words of choice : ORS
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Novelist Rand : AYN
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Rebel officer at Gettysburg : KEMPER
Down
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He began Pisa's tower : BONANNO
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Journey into new land : ENTRADA
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From ___ Z : ATO
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Henna job : RINSE
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Arrow poison : INEE
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Return a hotfoot : TURNTHETABLESON
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Head for the complaint desk : HAVEABONETOPICK
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Sending ___ (NASA dream) : AMANTOMARS
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Powder : TALC
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Fluctuates : SEESAWS
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Nose about : PRY
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Certain reply : YES
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Having a metropolis : CITIED
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Drink knowledge : LEARN
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Sheridan play : THERIVALS
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Denials : NOS
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Senseless : MAD
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Boxoffice sign : SRO
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Plutocrats and nabobs : THEWEALTHY
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Apply balm : EASE
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Barter, in Scotland : TROG
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Blue day: Abbr. : MON
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U. S. tax man: Abbr. : IRO
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Framework : CARCASS
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Airstrips: Abbr. : RNWYS
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Medieval tale : LAI
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Eat ___ meal : ASQUARE
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More callow : YOUNGER
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Having a certain leather finish : SUEDED
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Preface : PROEM
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Spanish wax : CERA
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Mystery-writing first name : ERLE
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Basketball score : TWO
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Pitch sense : EAR
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Doze : NAP

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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