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Gayle Dean
Gayle Dean

New York Times, Friday, May 30, 1986

24-Across : Cuddle

Author:
Gayle Dean
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Gayle Dean has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,352
Across
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Girl : LASS
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Cisterns : VATS
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Car part : MOTOR
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"___ a sea of dew": Field : INTO
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Artist Stuart ___: 1908-74 : EDIE
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Oil producer : OLIVE
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Eight bells : NOON
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Acronym in the news : NATO
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Katmandu's locale : NEPAL
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Author of quotation below : EDWARDYOUNG
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Foxy : SLY
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Cuddle : NESTLE
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Auden's "___, Stranger!" : LOOK
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The Jetsons' dog : ASTRO
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Stared angrily : GLARED
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Cont. east of N.A. : EUR
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Savoir-faire : TACT
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The void of infinite space : INANE
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Start of a quotation : PROCRASTINATION
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Quotation: Part II : ISTHE
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Juno's counterpart : HERA
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Assault boat : LST
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Winter melon : CASABA
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Roman earth goddess : TERRA
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Do a house chore : DUST
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"Our Gang" member : RASCAL
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Delectation : JOY
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End of quotation : THIEFOFTIME
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___ education : ADULT
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Facial feature : BROW
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Naso : OVID
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Eyelashes : CILIA
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Milesian's land : EIRE
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Wedding item : RING
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Mournful sound : KNELL
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Pond stalk : REED
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Bullace's kin : SLOE
Down
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Napkin material : LINEN
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Positive electrode : ANODE
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Packs away : STOWS
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Musical piece : SONATA
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Bitter feud : VENDETTA
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"An apple ___ ... " : ADAY
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One of the singing Jacksons : TITO
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Han River city : SEOUL
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Ulan Bator's land : MONGOLIA
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Violinist Bull : OLE
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Points : TIPS
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Kumquat's shape : OVAL
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Depend : RELY
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Famed literary monogram : RLS
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December concoction : NOG
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Contemporary of Hume : KANT
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Dermatologist's concern : RASH
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Group of eight : OCTET
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Fence : RAIL
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Cabell of baseball : ENOS
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Super Bowl XX M.V.P. : DENT
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"Poema del Cid," e.g. : EPIC
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___ Major : URSA
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Decays : ROTS
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Jade : TIRE
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Niger neighbor : CHAD
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Counterstatement : REBUTTAL
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Constricted : NARROWED
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Hearth residue : ASH
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Actor Vallone : RAF
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John Jacob and Mary : ASTORS
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Tommaso's Tevere : TIBER
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Polite : CIVIL
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___ acids : AMINO
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Rock ridge : LEDGE
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Ike's successor : JACK
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Woden's Norse counterpart : ODIN
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Kind of tide : YULE
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A Great Lake : ERIE
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Duffer's word : FORE
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___ Abner : LIL

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

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