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James E. Hinish Jr.
James E. Hinish Jr.

SKOAL!

New York Times, Sunday, June 3, 1990

125-Across : Give an ___ (look after)

Author:
James E. Hinish Jr.
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 88, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 737 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 157, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 20, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
James E. Hinish Jr. has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,817
Across
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A fruit for a spirit : PEACH
6
Feel one's way : GROPE
11
Clay or Webster : WHIG
15
Sharpen a razor : STROP
20
Strong drink, for short : USQUE
21
Glaswegian's great-grandchild : IEROE
22
Man in the van of a clan : THANE
23
Italian philosopher: 1866-1952 : CROCE
24
Certain turkeys : BOURBONREDS
26
Deltas : RIVERMOUTHS
28
Quarrel : SPAT
29
Cerveza ingredient : AGUA
30
Containers larger than six-packs : CASES
31
Without profit : ATCOST
32
"___ the Single Girl" : SEXAND
34
Necessity for a screwdriver : VODKA
35
Cold ___ : DUCK
36
Vintner's vessel : VAT
39
L.A. eleven : RAMS
40
Elder (girl): Fr. : AINEE
41
Wort ingredient : MASH
42
Utters, in Br'er Fox jargon : SEZ
45
Heighten : ENHANCE
47
Howe won here: 9/11/77 : BRANDYWINE
49
Monogram of Garfield's successor : CAA
50
Cover for the iris : CORNEA
51
Banshee sounds : WAILS
52
___'acte : ENTR
53
Lewd material, for short : PORN
54
Common noun endings : TIONS
55
Computer channels : BANDS
56
Likeness : IMAGE
58
Singer Page : PATTI
59
Burden : ONUS
60
Deserve : RATE
61
British coins, for short : SOVS
62
Bon ___ (cheap): Fr. : MARCHE
63
Hooper or Nielsen: Abbr. : RTG
64
Maugham book : CAKESANDALE
68
___ Vineyard : MARTHAS
69
Harding's Secretary of Commerce : HOOVER
71
He summons: Lat. : CITAT
72
Asiatic peninsula : MALAYA
73
___ in bond : BOTTLED
75
Plays a child's game : HOPSCOTCHES
77
Beatty or Rorem : NED
80
Lucy ___, the bride of Lammermoor : ASHTON
81
Complain : CARP
82
S.A. sorrels : OCAS
83
Commercial abbr. : MDSE
84
Food and drink : CHEER
85
Barbara's Oscar-winning role : FANNY
86
Author of "Taras Bulba" : GOGOL
88
The Vaisyas, for one : CASTE
89
Actress in "Tea and Sympathy" : KERR
90
Distinctive air : AURA
91
Hungarian wine : TOKAY
92
Hector, Hercules et al. : HEROES
93
Scotland's longest river : TAY
94
West Indies island chain : GRENADINES
97
Beguiles : DELUDES
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Simple sugar : OSE
99
Jigger : SHOT
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Wined and ___ : DINED
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Melkarth : BAAL
102
French soul : AME
103
Ursid : BEAR
104
Four-time Wimbledon winner : LAVER
105
Saki and family : MUNROS
107
Consents : AGREES
110
Rickey ingredients : LIMES
111
Sacred bird : IBIS
112
Rudiments : ABCS
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Expire, à la Tennyson : CROSSTHEBAR
118
Famed essayist and caricaturist : MAXBEERBOHM
121
Fix the clocks again : RESET
122
Concerning : ANENT
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Co-star in "The Seven Year Itch" : EWELL
124
Forearm bones : ULNAE
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Give an ___ (look after) : EYETO
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Brewer's need : MALT
127
Old Spanish sherry : XERES
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Union general : MEADE
Down
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London taverns : PUBS
2
Fabulist: Var. : ESOP
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___ vitae : AQUA
4
Gowdy and namesakes : CURTS
5
N.T. book : HEB
6
Coburn's Pulitzer Prize play, with "The" : GINGAME
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Summer TV fare : RERUNS
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Mountain nymph : OREAD
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Seed holder : POD
10
Draft or train endings : EES
11
___-jack, the Canada jay : WHISKEY
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"I ___ dream": M. L. King Jr. : HAVEA
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Model ___ de la Fressange : INES
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Schnaps country: Abbr. : GER
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Stamp out : SCOTCH
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Kegs carrier : TRUCK
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Newspaper section, for short : ROTO
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"Der Rosenkavalier" baron : OCHS
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Annoyance : PEST
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Swapped : TRADED
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Home of Juárez : OAXACA
27
German firearm : MAUSER
30
Directs a ship's navigation : CONNS
33
White-tailed birds : ERNES
34
Lab items : VIALS
35
Subject of 23 Across : DANTE
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Airplane's course : VECTOR
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Rub with oil : ANOINT
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"Coming ___": Burns : THROUGHTHERYE
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Saharan : ARID
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Valuable vases : MINGS
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Kingston Trio hit: 1962 : SCOTCHANDSODA
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Singer Kitt : EARTHA
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Kooks : ZANIES
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Jillian and Sheridan : ANNS
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Poisons : BANES
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Emulate Penelope : WEAVE
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Ingredient of a barman's cubes : WATER
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Cocktail ___ : PARTY
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___ Alaska : BAKED
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Newton or Hayes : ISAAC
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___ adagio (very slowly) : MOLTO
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Coins of Belgrade : PARAS
60
Prowl after prey : RAVEN
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Drakes or harts : MALES
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Wine is one : COLOR
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Kind of squash : ACORN
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Sharp; biting; cold : NIPPY
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Affliction on skid row : DTS
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Taj ___ : MAHAL
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Playful mammal : OTTER
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Genuine one : MCCOY
73
"___ the Future," 1985 movie : BACKTO
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Family of a music-hall star : OSHEAS
75
A treasurer of Nehemiah : HANAN
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Apparel at an "Animal House" orgy : TOGAS
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Respect : ESTEEM
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Goddess, in Grenoble : DEESSE
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Insert mark : CARET
83
Word on a Japanese freighter : MARU
85
Prevailing mania : FUROR
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Hopeless one : GONER
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Approved : OKED
88
Rostropovich's instrument : CELLO
90
Horrified : AGHAST
91
Prongs : TINES
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Undertaker's purchase : HEARSE
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Hard : ADAMANT
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Amuse : DIVERT
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Jack or Josephus : DANIELS
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Takes care of : SEESTO
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Champagne feature : BUBBLE
103
Assail : BESET
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Nizer subject : LIBEL
105
Highball ingredient : MIXER
106
Fla. cape : SABLE
107
Israeli port : ACRE
108
"Cabaret" co-star : GREY
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Kind of wine : ROSE
110
Hyena created by Capp : LENA
113
___ fide : BONA
114
Everett of TV and films : CHAD
115
Widgeon : SMEE
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Stage fright? : HAM
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Tequila country: Abbr. : MEX
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Disciple's emotion : AWE
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Strange, in Soho : RUM

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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