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William E. Heinemann
William E. Heinemann

New York Times, Tuesday, June 8, 1982

39-Across : Decant

Author:
William E. Heinemann
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William E. Heinemann has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,900
Across
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Catch sight of : SPOT
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Gather in a bouncing ball : SCOOP
10
___ one by (throw a fast strike) : BLOW
14
Tear's associate : WEAR
15
Nobel Prize physicist: 1945 : PAULI
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N.J. city : LODI
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Concerning : ASTO
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Accountant's word : ASSET
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Goddess of discord : ERIS
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Tinker ___ : TOEVERSTOCHANCE
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Kind of preview : SNEAK
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Barfly's sound : HIC
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His pitches travel over 90 m.p.h. : RYAN
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"Do unto ___ ... " : OTHERS
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Catches flies : SHAGS
36
Supertanker Nissei ___ : MARU
38
American Indian : ERIE
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Decant : POUR
40
Golfer's piece of turf : DIVOT
41
Competition for a pennant : RACE
42
River in Italy : ARNO
43
Bauxite and galena : ORES
44
Ruhr city : ESSEN
45
Subject of Voyager II photos : SATURN
47
Lew ___, memorable comic : LEHR
49
Buff : NUT
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Writer Jong : ERICA
54
Popular song of 1889 : SLIDEKELLYSLIDE
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What some campers acquire : LORE
62
Water nymph : NAIAD
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"The ___ Horse" (Lou Gehrig) : IRON
64
Declare : AVER
65
Ancient Roman port : OSTIA
66
Height: Comb. form : ACRO
67
Army chow : MESS
68
Like neglected lawns : WEEDY
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Cub Scout groups : DENS
Down
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"Sultanate" of Babe Ruth : SWAT
2
Mexican coins : PESOS
3
Like a popular porridge : OATEN
4
Treasure ___ : TROVE
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Anderson or Lyle : SPARKY
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Actress Peggy : CASS
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Eject : OUST
8
Bread spread : OLEO
9
Strategy with a man on base : PITCHOUT
10
Where fans get tans : BLEACHERS
11
Forsaken : LORN
12
Like some poems : ODIC
13
Pitcher Rick : WISE
21
Corn spikes : EARS
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A single is one : HIT
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Moslem prince : AMIR
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Orange variety : NAVEL
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Pitching data: Abbr. : ERAS
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Boston's Jim : RICE
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Homophone for scene : SEEN
32
Bath and Bex : SPAS
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Rumanian dance : HORA
34
Relative for Charley : AUNT
35
Some batted balls : GROUNDERS
37
Phillies' Pete : ROSE
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I ___ (third baseman in Abbott-Costello skit) : DONTKNOW
44
Bobbles the ball : ERRS
46
Repent : RUE
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Prime : HEYDAY
51
Homeric epic : ILIAD
52
Siren : CIRCE
53
Decorate : ADORN
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Grand ___ (bases-full home run) : SLAM
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One of "Three Little Words" : LOVE
56
Angers : IRES
57
K. Coyle's "Immortal ___" : EASE
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Mineral suffix : LITE
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___ away (saved) : LAID
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Slaughter or Cabell : ENOS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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