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Lewis C. Breaker
Lewis C. Breaker

WORD COLLECTION

New York Times, Sunday, June 29, 1969

8-Across : Bring bad luck

Author:
Lewis C. Breaker
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 604 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 120, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Lewis C. Breaker has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,260
Across
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Note holders: Abbr. : CRS
4
Libations : ALES
8
Bring bad luck : JINX
12
French soul : AME
15
Mortar ingredient : QUICKLIME
17
Two : ONEANDONE
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Comminuted : PULVERIZED
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Inducting : INSTALLING
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Eats greedily : RAVENS
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Light-bulb filler : ARGON
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Kind of ale : GINGER
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Prevent : AVERT
28
Silvery : ARGENTINE
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Former Indian state : BAMRA
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Towel lettering : HERS
34
Excursion : RIDE
35
Beauty of myth : EUROPA
37
Shreds : RAGS
38
Wherefore ___ thou? : ART
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Grates : JARS
40
Scattering : STREWING
42
Method: Abbr. : SYS
43
Ferment : ZYME
44
Handled rudely : PAWED
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Weaving frame : LOOM
47
Hetty and Lorne : GREENS
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Machetes : BOLOS
51
Green gem minerals : JADEITES
55
Take it easy : RELAX
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Spartan serf : HELOT
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Origination : PATERNITY
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Son of Adam : ABEL
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Surrounding spaces : PERIPHERIES
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Asiatic river : AMUR
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Donkey disciples : DEMOCRATS
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Certain stocks : RAILS
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Belief : CREDO
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Slides : SLITHERS
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Learns, old style : LERES
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Propositions : THESES
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Examine critically : SIFT
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Turns over : KEELS
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Japanese assembly : DIET
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U.S. air group: Abbr. : SAC
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Mean persons : CAITIFFS
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Middle East trouble spot : SUEZ
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German article : DAS
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Moslem holy man : IMAM
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___ the punch : BEATTO
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Raced : SPED
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Spanish muralist : SERT
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Edible roots : TAROS
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Assets : RESOURCES
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Legal thing : CHOSE
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Bouquet de Flore : AZALEA
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Channel seaweed : VRAIC
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Stock exchange man : TRADER
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Payment : REMITTANCE
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Place of suffering : GETHSEMANE
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A judge, at times : SENTENCER
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Put in ecstasy : ENRAPTURE
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Astral sign : LEO
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Throw : TOSS
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Bunch of bananas : STEM
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Road curve : ESS
Down
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Conduit under a road : CULVERT
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New York's North and East : RIVERS
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Inkling : SCENT
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___ Baba : ALI
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Skink, gecko, et al. : LIZARDS
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Issue : EMERGE
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Grasslike plant : SEDGE
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Estate tenures for wives : JOINTURES
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Cheshire Cheese, for one : INN
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Steel town in Norway : NES
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Indian memorial : XAT
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Extemporize : ADLIB
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Liliom's creator : MOLNAR
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Posers : ENIGMAS
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Trill : QUAVER
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European coins: Abbr. : KRS
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Shrew : NAG
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Vitality : ENERGY
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City on Vltava River : PRAHA
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German author : GRASS
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Sergeant's words : ONETWOTHREEFOUR
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Yorkshire river : AIRE
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Angered : IRED
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___ or never! : NOW
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Removes hair : EPILATES
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L.A. team : RAMS
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Electrodes : ANODES
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Wryneck genus : JYNX
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Name for Shropshire : SALOP
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One using an exit : GOER
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Intense ones : ZEALOTS
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Greek state : POLIS
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Muezzin's perch : MINARET
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Alumni, for short : GRADS
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Establishment opposer : REBEL
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Varnish ingredient : ELEMI
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Lahr and others : BERTS
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Locks up : JAILS
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Eras : TIMES
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Musical work : ETUDE
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Aegean island : SYROS
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Warmer : HEARTIER
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Snoops : PRIES
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Modern home construction : PREFAB
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Nobles : EARLS
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Smart : CHIC
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In the home of: Fr. : CHEZ
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Post-Thanksgiving menu : LEFTOVERS
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One-all : TIED
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Small violins : KITS
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Union obligation : DUES
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Hindu guitar : SITAR
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Bewilders : AMAZES
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Kind of sundae : CARAMEL
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Menlo Park monogram : TAE
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Apparition : SPECTRE
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Eastern cedars : DEODARS
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M. Lupin : ARSENE
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Metric measure : STERE
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Illinois city : MOLINE
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Knowing, old style : SCIENT
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Private eye : SHAMUS
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Free-for-all : SETTO
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Fads : RAGES
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Minotaur's home : CRETE
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Greek goddess of vengeance : ATE
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Recipe abbreviation : TSP
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Opposite of syn. : ANT
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Army man: Abbr. : NCO
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French adjective : CES
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Actor of sorts : HAM

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11 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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