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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, July 12, 1984

38-Across : Pikes ___

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,665
Across
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San Juan ___ : HILL
5
Colorado tributary : GILA
9
Kind of heat : SOLAR
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Kind of hemp : ALOE
15
Mil. verdict : AWOL
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Ride : TEASE
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Bjorn of the courts : BORG
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Cenotaph : TOMB
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" ... the ___ a perfect day": Bond : ENDOF
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Stand : ENDURE
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Signal of a kind : BEEP
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Chemical suffix : YNE
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Elimelech's wife : NAOMI
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"Sadness diminishes ... a ___ ... ": Spinoza : MANSPOWER
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Epee user : FENCER
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Actress Garr : TERI
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Switch positions : ONS
33
Scoop : DREDGE
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Thames district : ETON
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Pikes ___ : PEAK
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In any way : ATALL
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Stengel's bailiwick, once : SHEA
42
Singer Tennille : TONI
43
Kiel and Erie : CANALS
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Essay : TRY
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"___, and ye shall find" : SEEK
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Souse : DRENCH
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Special advantage : PRIVILEGE
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Lists : ARENA
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"___ Woman" : IAM
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"___ Smile Be Your Umbrella" : LETA
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Spigots : SPILES
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Port on the Meuse : LIEGE
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A Lane : ABBE
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El ___, Tex. : PASO
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"The fathers have eaten ___ grape ... ": Jer. : ASOUR
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Appeal : PLEA
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Arab chief : EMIR
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Lets : RENTS
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Wrigglers : EELS
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Tiff : SPAT
Down
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To possess, in Stuttgart : HABEN
2
A Massey : ILONA
3
Epithet for a Hearst : LORDOFSANSIMEON
4
Lentil, e.g. : LEGUME
5
The take : GATE
6
___ Jima : IWO
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One-time Hollywood twosome : LOMBARDANDGABLE
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Harry's Veep : ALBEN
9
Plain, Russian style : STEPPE
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Wine: Comb. form : OEN
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Nightingale : LADYWITHTHELAMP
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Unisonally : ASONE
13
Allude : REFER
21
Melon throwaway : RIND
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Parsons or Winwood : ESTELLE
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"Gin a body ___ ... ": Burns : MEETA
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Smelting substances : ORES
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Vivacity : CRACKLE
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Choose : OPT
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Modernist : NEO
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Angry look : GLARE
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Finished, to Poe : OER
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Aye offset : NAY
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City on the Dnepr : KIEV
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Vigor : SNAP
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Sally of old films : EILERS
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Mild oath : CRIPES
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Hairy : PILAR
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Lift : RAISE
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Storehouse : ETAPE
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Indo or Poly ending : NESIA
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After ___ (in a haphazard way) : ASORT
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Homophone for seize : SEAS
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Anagram for tug : GUT
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___ canto : BEL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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