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Michelle Arnot
Michelle Arnot

New York Times, Monday, June 19, 1978

15-Across : Obliterate

Author:
Michelle Arnot
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Michelle Arnot has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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E
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D
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E
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T
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A
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R
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O
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T
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M
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O
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S
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T
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A
D
A
M
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E
R
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A
L
T
O
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S
N
U
B
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R
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E
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S
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W
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T
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B
L
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E
S
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H
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M
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O
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I
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N
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A
G
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E
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P
E
E
L
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B
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O
Z
O
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A
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S
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T
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R
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A
R
G
O
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N
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E
C
T
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R
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A
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K
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A
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T
U
R
N
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E
D
T
H
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T
A
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B
L
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S
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E
T
E
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V
A
R
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E
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I
S
L
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B
A
K
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D
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S
T
O
P
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R
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A
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D
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N
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E
S
T
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T
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B
L
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O
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F
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C
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N
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T
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S
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D
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P
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R
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P
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F
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E
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A
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N
A
P
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F
R
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D
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L
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P
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S
T
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W
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,537
Across
1
Yield : CEDE
5
Fortuneteller's aid : TAROT
10
Part of m.v.p. : MOST
14
"Madam, I'm ___" : ADAM
15
Obliterate : ERASE
16
Choir member : ALTO
17
High-hat : SNUB
18
Remainder, in Rouen : RESTE
19
Dull : SLOW
20
Postpones, at a board meeting : TABLESTHEMOTION
23
Former Met star : AGEE
24
Kind of rind : PEEL
25
Famed clown : BOZO
27
Autumn bloomer : ASTER
30
Jason's vessel : ARGO
31
Any delicious drink : NECTAR
33
Alias: Abbr. : AKA
36
Caused a reversal of a situation : TURNEDTHETABLES
39
Season in Nice : ETE
40
Composer of "Ionisation" : VARESE
41
Offshore sight : ISLE
42
Word with Alaska or apple : BAKED
43
Traffic sign : STOP
44
Surprise attack : RAID
46
Retreat : NEST
48
Book outline : TABLEOFCONTENTS
55
Pedestal occupant : IDOL
56
Steer : PILOT
57
Harvest : REAP
58
Wither : FADE
59
Sole : ALONE
60
Mane site : NAPE
61
Flintstone : FRED
62
Outcast : LEPER
63
Mulligan ___ : STEW
Down
1
Allot parts : CAST
2
St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
3
Smear : DAUB
4
Deck brightly : EMBLAZON
5
Concise : TERSE
6
Mountain crest : ARETE
7
Foolhardy : RASH
8
Italian innkeeper : OSTE
9
Pour : TEEM
10
Top bridge player : MASTER
11
Companion of Kukla : OLLIE
12
Diner perch : STOOL
13
Hamlet grown up : TOWN
21
Psyche component : EGO
22
Wagner's forte : OPERA
25
Adjective for champagne : BRUT
26
Fairy-tale villain : OGRE
27
Throbbed : ACHED
28
Marie and Agnès: Abbr. : STES
29
London gallery : TATE
30
Dined : ATE
31
Neighbor of Minn. : NDAK
32
Common French verb : ETRE
33
In addition : ALSO
34
One source of iodine : KELP
35
Enzyme : ASE
37
Dodge or duck : EVADE
38
Herons : BITTERNS
42
Listed on a program : BILLED
43
Contemporary aircraft : SST
44
Ship's equipment : RADAR
45
Dwelling : ABODE
46
Nero's nemo : NOONE
47
Response to a knock : ENTER
48
Petty quarrel : TIFF
49
October birthstone : OPAL
50
Office piece : FILE
51
Sound of sabots : CLOP
52
Spick-and-span : NEAT
53
Scotch follower : TAPE
54
Extrude : SPEW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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