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Thomas W. Schier
Thomas W. Schier

MAN'S WORLD

New York Times, Sunday, June 13, 1971

27-Across : Relatives of cols.

Author:
Thomas W. Schier
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.20, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 572 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 129, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Thomas W. Schier has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,974
Across
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Beats it : LAMS
5
Footnote words : OPCIT
10
Old newsreel name : PATHE
15
One spade, etc. : BIDS
19
Sleep like ___ : ATOP
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Under, to poets : NEATH
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Kind of den : OPIUM
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Alaskan island : ADAK
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Tropical sight : PAPAYATREE
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Childish shooting : POPGUNNERY
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Relatives of cols. : CAPTS
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Gelatine devices : MOLDS
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Emissary : LEGATE
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Jersey resort : CAPEMAY
34
Aides to Santa : PAPAS
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Goalie's specialty : SAVE
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Chemical compound : ISOMER
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Shankar's instrument : SITAR
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Came to pass : BETIDED
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Approach perfection : RIPEN
42
Former Italian domain : PAPALSTATES
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___ Cruces : LAS
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Eve's eldest : CAIN
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Twist : SLUE
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Nail part : HEAD
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Confined : PENT
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N. E. cape : ANN
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Offerings of some museums : OPANDPOPART
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Transition in music : SEGUE
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Thorn, in old Rome : SPINA
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___ even keel : ONAN
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Newsman : SCRIBE
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Swimming-hole accessory : OLDTIRE
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Fabric finish : MOIRE
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Place for a pea : SHOOTER
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San ___ : MARINO
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Behold, a la Cassius : ECCE
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Oak's beginning : ACORN
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Roman official : EDILE
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Chesterton creation : FATHERBROWN
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Right of precedence : PAS
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Fund-raiser's word : GIVE
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Tarry : BIDE
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Old French coins : ECUS
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Rumor personified : FAMA
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"Fables in Slang" writer : ADE
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Magical-charm recital : PATERNOSTER
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Mehta's need : BATON
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Chronic loser : ALSORAN
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Sweetened the pot : ANTED
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Bull Run, for one : BATTLE
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Jungle denizens : APES
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Oklahoma Indians : OTOES
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Dismiss summarily : CASHIER
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Forearm bone : RADIUS
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Blazing : AFIRE
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York or Devon : SHIRE
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Russian physiologist : IVANPAVLOV
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Promote in a way : POPULARIZE
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Sahl : MORT
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Queen for Louis : REINE
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Be stationary, as a ship : LIETO
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Cut of meat : LOIN
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Beards of grass : AWNS
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Well-worn pants areas : KNEES
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Berry tree : ELDER
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Exercise cult : YOGA
Down
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Circuit : LAP
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___ loss : ATA
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Janitor's need : MOP
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Moon walkers : SPACEMEN
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Equal in value : ONAPAR
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Kind of cash : PETTY
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Sedans : CARS
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Native: Suff. : ITE
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Topics : THEMATA
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Trees : POPLARS
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Footless creatures : APODS
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Hot info : TIPS
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Squeeze : HUG
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Rivaled : EMULATED
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Slammed : BANGED
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Light-bulb lighter : IDEA
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Game item : DART
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Terrier : SKYE
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Mandarin's quarters : YAMEN
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Leeward island : NEVIS
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Cacholong : OPAL
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Approximately : CIRCA
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Mao, for one : ASIAN
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Enter informally : POPIN
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Did a job in Hamelin : PIPED
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Attack : SETAT
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Health-resort feature : SAUNA
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Ex-champ : BAER
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Legal writ : ELEGIT
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Eur. river : DANUBE
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Kind of geometry : PLANE
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Title for Macbeth : THANE
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Bullock : STEER
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Coiled: Prefix : SPIRO
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Juan or Eva : PERON
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Think : OPINE
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Dog : POOCH
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Reserved : ONICE
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Chef's implement : PARER
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Disdain : SCORN
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Steps : STILE
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Evinces : SHOWS
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Ending : OMEGA
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Pretentious : LADIDA
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Twaddle : DRIVEL
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Poet's concern : METER
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Work on pans : SCOUR
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Formed a bow : ARCED
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___ a fiddle : FITAS
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Arabian gulf : ADEN
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Animals, in France : BETES
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Page : PATTI
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Soap plant : AMOLE
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Less wacky : SANER
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Warrior in Norse lore : BARESARK
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Kind of advice : FATHERLY
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Infield fly : POPUP
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Hometowners : NATIVES
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___ about : ONOR
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Village sight : STEEPLE
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Mideast port : BASRA
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N.O. players : SAINTS
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Legal deliverer : BAILOR
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"A Majority ___" : OFONE
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Paratrooper's need : CHUTE
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Fissure : RIMA
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Declare : AVOW
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Embroider : DARN
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Raced : SPED
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Worthy of honor: Abbr. : VEN
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Unctuous speech : OIL
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Ripe old age : IOO
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Sharp movement : ZIG
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Sp. queen : ENA

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

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