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Barry L. Cohen
Barry L. Cohen

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

New York Times, Sunday, June 8, 1986

52-Across : Greece's Vale of ___

Author:
Barry L. Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 658 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 148, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 21, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Barry L. Cohen has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,361
Across
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Jai follower : ALAI
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Hooligan of comics : HAPPY
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Seemed less important : PALED
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Nixon's "Six ___" : CRISES
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Brooks and Allen : MELS
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Love, to Loren : AMORE
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Faithful : LIEGE
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Most dreadful : DIREST
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Long river in NE Asia : AMUR
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Rooms in a casa : SALAS
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S.E.G. member : EXTRA
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Laconian capital : SPARTA
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Italian impresario? : ROMANSHOWMAN
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Gumshoes : TECS
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Facing Guidry : ATBAT
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Temper. : ANNEAL
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Hindu kingdom : NEPAL
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Heavy volume : TOME
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Tivoli's Villa d'___ : ESTE
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Certain brook trout : SALTER
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Pitfalls : SNARES
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Arndt piano piece : NOLA
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Female lobster : HEN
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"Where ___," 1969 Kanin film : ITSAT
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Balancing devices, for short : GYROS
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Greece's Vale of ___ : TEMPE
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Rice : PADDY
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Sedaka's "I ___" : GOAPE
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Viking route? : NORSECOURSE
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Word with tint or tone : AQUA
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Yankee manager in 1984 : BERRA
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Stupid : DENSE
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Forest resource : TIMBER
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Author of "Phèdre" : RACINE
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Tooth deposit : TARTAR
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___ favor (please, in Ponce) : POR
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Dog star : ASTA
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Nacre source : ABALONE
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Scala and namesakes : GIAS
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House for Henri : MAISON
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A butterfly : SATYR
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Glaswegian gap? : SCOTCHNOTCH
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Temple's ex and family : AGARS
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Revolt in the ranks : MUTINY
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River in NE Spain : EBRO
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Wrap up : ENVELOP
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Cricket-field sides : OFFS
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Neither's kin : NOR
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Secret : ARCANE
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Brutal : FERINE
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Street shows : RAREES
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Fissures : RIFTS
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___ eagle : LEGAL
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Ancient Asian : MEDE
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Athens aggregation? : GREEKCLIQUE
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Occasion for bitter herbs : SEDER
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Built a rattan chair : CANED
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Corundum : EMERY
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Tennis stroke : SMASH
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Give new courage to : REMAN
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N.Y.C. subway line : IND
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Spanish muralist : SERT
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Value : ESTEEM
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Talks back : SASSES
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Cartouche : MESA
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Milne's "When We ___ Very Young" : WERE
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Keats's muse : ERATO
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Stone markers : STELAE
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Cogwheel adjuncts : PAWLS
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Dry, in Málaga : SECO
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Bedouins' charms? : ARABSSCARABS
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Leaf interstice : AREOLE
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Outfielder Irv : NOREN
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Holy work of art : PIETA
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Cartoonist Gross : MILT
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Two words in a Simon title : REDHOT
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"Trolley Song" word : CLANG
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___ Murphy in "Oklahoma!" : ELLER
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Very small shoe size : ONEE
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Dainties : TREATS
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Privet's use : HEDGE
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Nobelist Lagerlöf : SELMA
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Stack role : NESS
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Iraqi city : AMARA
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Duds : LEMONS
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Distaff grad : ALUMNA
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The Tel Aviv Times? : ISRAELIDAILY
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Heated arguments : HASSLES
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Oriental nurse : AMAH
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Word with shirt or Grounds : POLO
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New Orleans dish : PRAWNS
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Sycophants : YESMEN
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Full : PLENARY
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City in SE France : AIX
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___ debt: Baltic i.o.u.? : LETT
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Heron : EGRET
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Puerto Rican ___: San Juan cleric? : DEACON
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Certain bank accts. : CDS
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Bank of a rivus : RIPA
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Wroth : IRATE
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E Yugoslav's seasonings? : SERBSHERBS
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Heir's legacy : ESTATE
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Island off the N.J.coast : STATEN
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Dapper : NATTY
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" ... like ___/Of prancing Poetry": Dickinson : APAGE
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Slew, in poesy : SMOTE
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Loewe's partner : LERNER
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Kind of magnet : ELECTRO
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Storm : RAGE
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Willingly : SOON
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To me, in Paris : AMOI
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Basis for a civil suit : TORT
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C.C.N.Y. or N.Y.U. group : SRS
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Big cat : PUMA
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Yugoslav coins : PARAS
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Jordan's only port : AQABA
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Old coin of Europe : DUCAT
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___ tarragon: Spanish spice? : ARAGON
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Resemblance : PARITY
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Of a reddish-brown hue : SEPIC
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Unyielding : SET
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Historical period : ERA
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Writer Hecht : BEN
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Certain racers : DASHERS
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Routine state : NORM
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Second of a game trio : TAC
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"___ knew well/Thy love ... ": Shak. : OSHE
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This, in Cádiz : ESTO
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Esprit de corps : MORALE
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Did penance : ATONED
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Wheel hub : NAVE
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Fleecy clouds : CIRRI
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A natl. network : NBC
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Message of a Munich minister? : GERMANSERMON
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Australian ___: outlander? : ALIEN
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Schnitzler's "La ___" : RONDE
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Celerity : SPEED
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Loosen, in a way : UNSCREW
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Gridiron initials : NFL
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Assn. : ORG
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"Dolce ___ niente" : FAR
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Lars liberated? : FREEDSWEDE
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Look : SEEM
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Military command : ATEASE
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Elbe feeder : EGER
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Barely manages : EKES
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Figures from certain exams : IQS
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Reek : FUME
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Ajax's god : ARES
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Harps' forerunners : LYRES
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Harvest wool : SHEAR
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"___ diva," Bellini aria : CASTA
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O'Neill's "___ Interlude" : STRANGE
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Cosmetic preparation : MASCARA
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Endow : IMPART
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First word of a Sarah Adams hymn : NEARER
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French ___: abri? : TRENCH
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Warehouses : ETAPES
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Part of MASH : MOBILE
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She pined for Lancelot : ELAINE
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Kin of pine martens : SABLES
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Maui word : ALOHA
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Molière's "L'___ des maris" : ECOLE
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Met bass-baritone : ESTES
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Coin drop : SLOT
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Mouthward : ORAD
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Market : SELL
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Stop up : STEM
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French connectives : ETS
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RR V.I.P. : ENG

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10 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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