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Edward Bobb
Edward Bobb

New York Times, Saturday, July 11, 1987

9-Across : Confound

Author:
Edward Bobb
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Edward Bobb has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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H
2
O
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N
4
I
5
E
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M
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I
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T
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A
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B
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A
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S
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H
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O
X
E
N
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L
E
V
I
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V
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N
T
O
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E
B
O
N
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M
O
A
N
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E
N
N
U
I
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S
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L
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D
O
W
N
S
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A
N
D
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P
S
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T
W
I
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C
E
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G
U
L
L
E
T
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T
O
M
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E
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R
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A
R
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E
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E
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T
H
N
I
C
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A
C
E
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S
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P
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I
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N
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L
I
I
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T
H
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I
C
K
E
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T
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A
M
I
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K
O
C
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H
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E
R
E
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T
H
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O
R
A
X
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E
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E
L
E
R
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O
I
N
K
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A
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L
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E
C
T
O
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N
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P
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A
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L
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F
A
S
T
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N
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D
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N
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E
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C
K
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L
I
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O
N
T
A
P
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R
A
T
E
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T
A
M
E
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O
N
O
R
E
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U
P
A
S
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I
C
E
D
68
T
Y
P
E
S
69
M
O
L
T
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T
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,759
Across
1
"___ soit qui mal y pense" : HONI
5
Utter : EMIT
9
Confound : ABASH
14
Kin of Bunyan's Babe : OXEN
15
One of Dinah's avengers : LEVI
16
Vanquished, to Vincenzo : VINTO
17
Bone anagram : EBON
18
Lamentation : MOAN
19
Boredom : ENNUI
20
Fifth diatonic tone : SOL
21
Break followers : DOWNSANDUPS
23
Bis : TWICE
25
Esophagus : GULLET
26
Portuguese saint : TOME
28
Peep show : RAREE
30
Racial : ETHNIC
32
Parker of N.F.L. fame : ACE
33
Top quality? : SPIN
37
Year in the reign of Claudius I : LII
38
Brake : THICKET
41
"___ Blue?": 1929 song : AMI
42
A Gary of the P.G.A. : KOCH
44
Center of a palindrome : ERE
45
Chest : THORAX
47
Pot user : EELER
49
Hordeolum sound : OINK
50
A Fury : ALECTO
53
Where Katmandu is : NEPAL
56
Break followers : FASTANDNECK
61
Palter : LIE
62
Ready for use : ONTAP
63
Seed, at Wimbledon : RATE
64
Break, in a way : TAME
65
Honor, in Napoli : ONORE
66
Arrow poison : UPAS
67
Sent a puck too far : ICED
68
Kidneys : TYPES
69
Shed : MOLT
70
North Sea feeder : TEES
Down
1
"The Lockhorns" cartoonist : HOEST
2
River bend : OXBOW
3
Designating a Stone Age period : NEOLITHIC
4
Caravansary : INN
5
Admiral Zumwalt Jr. : ELMO
6
Garfield call : MEOW
7
___ III Vasilievich : IVAN
8
Items in a Londoner's pantry : TINS
9
Way or means : AVENUE
10
Hobos' burdens : BINDLES
11
Abolish : ANNUL
12
Medicated compress : STUPE
13
Signal flags, at sea : HOIST
21
Resign : DEMIT
22
Express approval for : AGREETO
24
Kind of game : CON
27
Level of responsibility : ECHELON
28
Black snake : RACER
29
Part of A.A. fire : ACK
30
Color also called lama : ELK
31
Lasswell's "___ Pepe" : TIO
34
Atlantic City locale : PARKPLACE
35
One of the Hoggs : IMA
36
"Sticks ___ Hicks Pix" : NIX
39
Rage : IRE
40
Muse : THINK
43
Metric measure : HECTARE
46
Bill often passed : ONE
48
Encampments : ETAPES
50
Via shank's mare : AFOOT
51
Upton Sinclair's Budd : LANNY
52
Bar at the bar : ESTOP
54
Actress Anouk ___ : AIMEE
55
City in Ala. : LEEDS
57
Kind of stick : DRUM
58
Amazon feeder : NAPO
59
Lat. catchall : ETAL
60
Girdle of Venus : CEST
64
Mouse preceder : TIT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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