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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Thursday, June 7, 1990

49-Across : Vice President from 1 Across

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,821
Across
1
State featured in this puzzle : IOWA
5
Jewish month : ELUL
9
Hindu holy man : SADH
13
Skips : OMITS
15
Actress Eilbacher : LISA
16
"The Arrangement," by ___ Kazan : ELIA
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Too much, in music : TANTO
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Birthplace of Meredith Willson : MASONCITY
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In the front : ANTERIOR
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Cylindrical : TERETE
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Goals : ENDS
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___ hair (not a trace) : HIDENOR
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Liqueur : CORDIAL
28
Hot spot : OAST
29
Hirt and Smith : ALS
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Kind of fly : DRAGON
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Being, to a philosopher : ESSE
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Coop sound : PEEP
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Neighbor of Ida. : NEV
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Radio appurtenance : DIAL
40
Chefs' containers : POTS
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Grandparents, at times : DOTERS
44
Goddess of plenty : OPS
45
Affirmative votes : AYES
47
Maltreat again : REABUSE
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Vice President from 1 Across : WALLACE
52
Holm oak : ILEX
53
Grieg's dancer : ANITRA
54
Small tooth : DENTICLE
58
One of the Quad Cities : DAVENPORT
60
Exchange premiums : AGIOS
61
"Rome of Hungary" : EGER
62
Mediterranean city : ORAN
63
" ... born to ___ right!": Hamlet : SETIT
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Cub Scout units : DENS
65
Facts : DATA
66
Since, in Ayr : SYNE
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Whit : IOTA
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Arabian Sea gulf : OMAN
3
John Wayne's birthplace : WINTERSET
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Be present : ATTEND
5
Pollster Roper : ELMO
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Prevaricator : LIAR
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Naval initials : USS
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Native of Vientiane : LAOTIAN
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Hid : SECRETED
10
Peregrine : ALIEN
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The same : DITTO
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Certain rural workman : HAYER
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Squalid : SORDID
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Sparks and Rorem : NEDS
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Munich's river : ISAR
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President from West Branch : HOOVER
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Li'l Abner's creator : CAPP
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Spread : OLEO
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Woolly : LANOSE
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Comprehend : GET
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Birthplace of twin columnists Abby and Ann : SIOUXCITY
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Undermines : SAPS
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Devotional books : PSALTERS
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Crustacean with 10 legs : DECAPOD
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Strap : REIN
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City and province in Argentina : SALTAS
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Tale : YARN
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Light colors : BEIGES
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Forded : WADED
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"The labor of ___ in piled stones?": Milton : ANAGE
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Rouse : LIVEN
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Mild oath : DRAT
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Sicilian landmark : ETNA
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Cut of meat : LOIN
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Punta del ___ : ESTE
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" ... man ___ mouse?" : ORA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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