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Jeff Herrington
Jeff Herrington

New York Times, Tuesday, June 30, 1992

14-Across : Wear away

Author:
Jeff Herrington
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { H J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 247 (avg 1.28)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jeff Herrington has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,575
Across
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Calyx segment : SEPAL
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Puddle : POOL
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Parent's nickname : MAMA
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Wear away : ERODE
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Get one's goat : RILE
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Edenic victim : ABEL
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Between universities : INTERCOLLEGIATE
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Stagger : REEL
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Great Barrier Island : OTEA
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Change : ALTER
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Necessary : NEEDED
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Bear witness : ATTEST
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Law : ACT
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Winter mo. : DEC
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Wharf : PIER
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Idea : BRAINSTORM
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Footless : APOD
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Sicilian volcano : AETNA
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Unseal: Poet. : OPE
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Moon goddess : DIANA
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Ooze : SEEP
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Brotherhood : FRATERNITY
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Word with rara : AVIS
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Lincoln's "Cap'n ___" : ERI
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We: Lat. : NOS
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Sway : TEETER
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Button-up alternative : SNAPUP
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Links nickname : ARNIE
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Fog accompaniment : MIST
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Trucks : RIGS
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Mickey Mouse is ___ famous : INTERNATIONALLY
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Debt document : LIEN
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Hodgepodge : OLIO
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Wreaths for Bors, Gawain et al. : ORLES
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Noted muralist : SERT
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Miss. neighbor : TENN
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Adjust a timer : RESET
Down
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Esau's land : SEIR
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Sea eagle : ERNE
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Monarch or dictator : POTENTATE
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Astaire's dancing sister : ADELE
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Neptune, to Celts : LER
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Bodyguards : PROTECTORS
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Lubricated : OILED
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Wide-mouthed jar : OLLA
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Golfer Trevino : LEE
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Jesse James's target : MAILTRAIN
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Lessen : ABATE
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Deals out : METES
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At the ready : ALERT
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Secret messages : CODES
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Garden entrance : GATE
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Author Ferber : EDNA
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Point : AIM
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Arab cloaks : ABAS
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Canadian Indian : CREE
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Claim or title to : PRETENSION
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Hospitalized one : INPATIENT
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W.W. II agency : OPA
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Aspirin et al. : PAINPILLS
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Upon : ONTO
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Week units : DAYS
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Tap problem : DRIP
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Evergreen : FIR
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Poetry Muse : ERATO
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Swerve : VEER
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Follows : TAILS
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Banks or Ford : ERNIE
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Turnstile sign : ENTER
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Demonstration of a kind : SITIN
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Arrow poison : URARE
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Cob or drake : MALE
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Kind of club : GLEE
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Network: Abbr. : SYST
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"Tell it ___ in Gath" : NOT
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Scand. land : NOR

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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