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Mike Moore
Mike Moore

New York Times, Tuesday, June 4, 1974

41-Across : Cap and crown men

Author:
Mike Moore
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { G J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Mike Moore has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,061
Across
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Lively shindig : BASH
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Star in Virgo : SPICA
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College org. : FRAT
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Comedian Johnson : ARTE
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Egg cell : OOTID
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___ of thumb : RULE
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Sharing the plot : INON
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Showing discipline : RESTRAINED
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Event for Alice : TEAPARTY
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Puts into ecstasy : ELATES
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Tic-tac-toe side : EXES
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Special person : ONER
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C.O.D. item : PARCEL
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How Nevada is populated : SPARSELY
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Soup vegetables : LEEKS
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Biblical verb : SHALT
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Raven man : POE
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Windshield-wiper sweeps : ARCS
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Rods' partners : REELS
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Musical passage : CODA
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Second-century date : IIO
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Nourishes : FEEDS
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West Point figure : CADET
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Cap and crown men : DENTISTS
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Constraint : DURESS
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In re : ASTO
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San Francisco's metro : BART
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Seward's buy : ALASKA
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Made-to-order : TAILORED
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Zermatt sight : MATTERHORN
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Unctuous : OILY
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Bitter drug : ALOE
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Fortune-telling card : TAROT
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___ for news : NOSE
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Palm site : HAND
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Sphinx-like : STONY
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Top-billed one : STAR
Down
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Lure : BAIT
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English composer : ARNE
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Portico : STOA
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Gives no peace : HENPECKS
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Horse color : SORREL
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Certain writers : POETS
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___-bitsy : ITSY
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Townsman : CIT
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Certain glands : ADRENALS
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Tuck et al. : FRIARS
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Litter's also-ran : RUNT
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Sheltered : ALEE
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Williams and Husing : TEDS
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On one's toes : ALERT
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Chops : AXES
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October stones : OPALS
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Scottish wear : PLAID
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Eagle's nest : AERIE
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Military search, for short : RECON
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Water and wood : SHEDS
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Lyric poem : EPODE
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Rich veins : LODES
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"Byzantium" poet : YEATS
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Take care of : SEETO
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Makes a fresh beginning : RESTARTS
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"Peanuts" and "Miss Peach" : CARTOONS
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Minnie Maddern of stage : FISKE
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Play an ice game : CURL
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Sampled : TASTED
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Overnice : DAINTY
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Robber ___ : BARON
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Asian nurse : AMAH
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Tra-___ : LALA
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Egyptian god : ATON
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Spanish bull : TORO
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Disturbance : RIOT
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Miss Lanchester : ELSA
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Color worker : DYER
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Old or top : HAT

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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