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S. E. Wilkinson
S. E. Wilkinson

LEAR-ICAL

New York Times, Sunday, May 24, 1987

115-Across : Boastful

Author:
S. E. Wilkinson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 77, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 598 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
S. E. Wilkinson has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,711
Across
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Mack and Lewis : TEDS
5
Droll : COMIC
10
Repair a tear : PATCH
15
Mil. groups : TPS
18
Declare openly : AVOW
19
___-surface missile : AIRTO
20
" ... who lived in ___" : ASHOE
21
Counterfeit : SHAM
22
Pathway : LANE
23
Proto finish : PLASM
24
Pullulates : TEEMS
25
Actress Garr : TERI
26
Advantage : EDGE
27
Writer Rand : AYN
28
Defensive wall : PARAPET
30
Redact : EDIT
31
Sir Isaac : NEWTON
33
String-and-top game : DIABOLO
35
Underwood : BRUSH
36
Steichen's support : TRIPOD
37
Black nightshade : MOREL
38
Ask earnestly : BESEECH
41
Ritter or Beneke : TEX
42
Soviet workers' cooperative : ARTEL
43
Composer of "Mikrokosmos " : BARTOK
44
Funny fence? : HAHA
46
Bergman role in "Casablanca" : ILSA
47
Minors' co-signers : ADULTS
50
Astern : AFT
53
Wood sorrel : OCA
54
Whitman's "Leaves of ___" : GRASS
55
Derby winner's garland : ROSES
56
Slip-up : BONER
58
Hill, to an Arab : TEL
59
Speech defect : LISP
60
Picked a card : DREW
61
Touch gently : FONDLE
62
Obtuse : STUPID
64
High dudgeon : IRE
67
Yggdrasill of Norse myth : ASH
68
Maraca : RATTLE
69
Fragrant unguent : POMADE
70
Cabbagelike plant : KALE
72
Neglect : OMIT
74
Sensation : HIT
75
In safekeeping : ONICE
76
Part of S.W.A.K. : AKISS
77
Causeries : CHATS
78
Wine: Comb. form : ENO
79
X : TEN
80
Influential English economist : KEYNES
81
What boo birds do : RAZZ
82
Ricochet : SKIP
83
Almond willows : OSIERS
86
Notched, as a leaf : EROSE
88
Half or third of a dance : CHA
89
Sugary tidbit : GUMDROP
90
Prominent : KNOWN
91
The Patrons of Husbandry : GRANGE
94
Dinero : PESOS
95
Alligator pear : AVOCADO
97
Quartered : LODGED
98
City on the Truckee : RENO
99
Tool for marking wood : SCRIBER
101
Furthermore : TOO
103
Rajah's mate : RANI
104
"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
105
Director Ponti : CARLO
106
Some stars : IDOLS
108
" ... like ___ of steel": Shak. : ARIB
109
Aussie tennis star : CASH
110
Maldives unit : ATOLL
111
Calls for : NEEDS
112
Tender cargo : COAL
113
Lamb's dam : EWE
114
Cambered : BOWED
115
Boastful : GASSY
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Scupper, e.g. : HOLE
Down
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Kind of scout : TALENT
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Dodger : EVADER
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Laughable lyric, with "The" : DONGWITHALUMINOUSNOSE
4
Annual climber : SWEETPEA
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___ gown : CAPAND
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Pinguid : OILY
7
Nonsense song : MRANDMRSSPIKKYSPARROW
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"___ Magic," 1948 song : ITS
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Stack up against : COMPARE
10
Reconnaissance group : PATROL
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" ... You Heard ___ Bark": Thurber : ASEAL
12
Laughable lyric : THEPOBBLEWHOHASNOTOES
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Turn up : COME
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Order, old style : HEST
15
Nonsense song : THEDUCKANDTHEKANGAROO
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Diocese part : PARISH
17
Metalworker : SMITH
21
Latter-day Victrola : STEREO
29
Student of Guillaume de Champeaux : ABELARD
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A tic-tac-toe loser : OOX
34
Tittles : IOTAS
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Big-A venture : BET
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Tucks away : EATS
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Future grads : SRS
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Worry word : ALAS
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Sauna, for one : HOTSPOT
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Paint remover : ACETONE
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"For me ___": Browning : IRIDE
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Dickens's Miss Spenlow : DORA
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Applications : USES
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Director of "8½" : FELLINI
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Lofty perch : TREETOP
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Volplane : GLIDE
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Tugs and punts : BOATS
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Can. province : ONT
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Violinist Kreisler : FRITZ
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High boot : PAC
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Fall or drop leader : RAIN
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Perfume : ESSENCE
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Minotaur's milieu : MAZE
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Baltic island : AERO
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Three, at times : CROWD
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Humorous beginning for plunk or choo : KER
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A companion of Meshach : SHADRACH
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Leveled by wear : SMOOTH
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Dog tags, e.g. : IDS
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Harte's ___ Camp : ROARING
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___-Magnon man : CRO
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Knickknack : GEEGAW
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Household spirit : KOBOLD
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Burnished : GLOSSY
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Good-natured : GENIAL
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Like some birds' nests : EDIBLE
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Consumer's concern : PRICE
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___ Platte, La. town : VILLE
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Nonunion worker : SCAB
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Clouseau's servant : CATO
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U.S. auto pioneer : OLDS
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Venus or Minerva : DEA

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

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