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Hallie Parsons
Hallie Parsons
Gerald Parsons
Gerald Parsons

New York Times, Saturday, June 12, 1976

5-Across : Mexican edibles

Author:
Hallie & Gerald Parsons
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,800
Across
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Belfry creatures : BATS
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Mexican edibles : TACOS
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___ dixit : IPSE
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Heroic : EPIC
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Pleasing, old style : AMENE
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Change, in music : MUTA
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Son of Jacob : ASER
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Hand grenades, to a G.I. : PINEAPPLES
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Bowery people : DERELICTS
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Parisian's room : SALLE
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Coincide : AGREE
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Innumerable : MYRIAD
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One-hoss shay's creator : HOLMES
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Perform again : REACT
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Wild cry : EVOE
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Spiral shell : CONCH
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To's partner : FRO
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Place for the undecided : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
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Literary piece : ODE
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Florida Key : LARGO
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Recommend : URGE
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Kind of corner : CATER
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See 32 Down : SUMTER
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Ricochets : CAROMS
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Cremona name : AMATI
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True inner self : ANIMA
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Alpine hazard : AVALANCHE
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Set new political lines : REDISTRICT
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Word of regret : ALAS
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Smart ___ : ALEC
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___ doghouse : INTHE
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Awning : TILT
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Hardy heroine : TESS
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Howled : BAYED
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Fencing piece : EPEE
Down
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Perspiration unit : BEAD
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Building recess : APSE
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Row : TIER
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Laughed blatantly : SCREAMED
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Long-nosed animals : TAPIRS
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Clerical vestment : AMICE
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Focal point : CENTEROFGRAVITY
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Snake eyes : ONES
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Huge wave : SEA
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Lend : IMPART
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Young birds : PULLI
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Commemorative pillar : STELA
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Moved carefully : EASED
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Human spirit : PSYCHE
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Robe size: Abbr. : LGE
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Sound-speed word : MACH
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Blood: Prefix : HEMO
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Roman poet : OVID
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Word with star or stone : LODE
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Within: Prefix : ENTO
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Essential part : CORE
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Where the Civil War began, with 43 Across : FORT
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Fume : RAGE
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Baltic tributary : ODER
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Camels' cousins : LLAMAS
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Has lunch : EATS
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Ponder : RUMINATE
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Certain strips : COMICS
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Like some peanuts : SALTED
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Large lizard : UTA
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Weight unit : CARAT
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Anoint, old style : ANELE
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Ferris-wheel offerings : RIDES
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Papier-___ : MACHE
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Water buffalo : ARNA
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Football infraction : CLIP
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In good health : HALE
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Spanish direction : ESTE
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Trump ace, in gleek : TIB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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