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Sam Bellotto, Jr.
Sam Bellotto, Jr.

New York Times, Friday, June 1, 1984

19-Across : Incapable of concentration

Author:
Sam Bellotto, Jr.
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Sam Bellotto, Jr. has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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G
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A
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Z
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E
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R
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O
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W
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L
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S
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R
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A
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W
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A
M
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F
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A
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P
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T
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V
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C
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R
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D
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I
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Y
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E
G
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D
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B
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E
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D
L
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M
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T
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S
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T
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O
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B
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R
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E
A
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N
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A
G
A
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I
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N
S
T
T
H
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E
G
R
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S
L
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M
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E
A
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L
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Y
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S
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T
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P
I
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N
S
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G
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R
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O
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P
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G
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S
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T
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Q
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U
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C
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L
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N
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E
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E
X
P
T
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D
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Y
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T
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O
T
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H
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N
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E
K
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A
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R
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A
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D
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,624
Across
1
Astronomer, at times : GAZER
6
They give a hoot : OWLS
10
Bleak : RAW
13
Kind of acid : AMINO
14
Eire's Sinn ___ : FEIN
15
River through Bern : AARE
16
Quantities in steins : PINTS
17
"___ Shanter," Burns poem : TAMO
18
Liana or allamanda : VINE
19
Incapable of concentration : SCATTERBRAINED
22
Ferrous : IRONY
23
Zounds! : EGAD
24
Pandemonium : BEDLAM
27
Most uninteresting : TRITEST
30
Scull : OAR
31
City in SW California : BREA
34
Star of 58 Down : NOLTE
35
Contrary to one's nature : AGAINSTTHEGRAIN
39
Ooze : SLIME
40
Mountbatten was one : EARL
41
Aye : YES
42
Alley match : TENPINS
44
___ Pointe, Mich. : GROSSE
47
Leaf : PAGE
48
One step : STAIR
50
Popular hot custard pie : QUICHELORRAINE
55
Lab. test : EXPT
56
Sturdy boat : DORY
57
Buck or eye follower : TOOTH
59
Denials : NOES
60
___ out (gets by) : EKES
61
Offertory site : ALTAR
62
Word with the M-G-M lion : ARS
63
Gossip : DIRT
64
Licks and sticks : SEALS
Down
1
Lacuna : GAP
2
Author Kingsley : AMIS
3
Color called cloud gray : ZINC
4
Necessitate : ENTAIL
5
Pulpits : ROSTRA
6
Time after time : OFTEN
7
Fatigued : WEARY
8
Wing or fin : LIMB
9
Sound sleeper? : SNORER
10
Inning interruptions : RAINDELAYS
11
Book by Björnson : ARNE
12
Use a hoe : WEED
15
Odom or Post : AVIATOR
20
Places to find mummies : TOMBS
21
Getting on : AGING
24
Exult : BOAST
25
Bird at the mint : EAGLE
26
Downspouts : DRAINPIPES
27
Asian goat : TAHR
28
Pigs' digs : STIES
29
Nervous : TENSE
32
U.S. 66 and I-95 : RTES
33
After zeta : ETA
36
Collisions : IMPACTS
37
Whinny : NEIGH
38
"Dream of Gerontius" composer : ELGAR
43
Required : NEEDED
45
Lariats : RIATAS
46
Brooks Robinson was one : ORIOLE
48
More resentful : SORER
49
Rendezvous : TRYST
50
City near Luxor : QENA
51
Calpurnia, to Caesar : UXOR
52
Fenrir's father : LOKI
53
"___ creature was stirring ... " : NOTA
54
Inclusive abbr. : ETAL
58
"48 ___," 1982 film : HRS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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