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Goldmann
Goldmann

New York Times, Tuesday, July 15, 1980

53-Across : Speck

Author:
Goldmann
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.71, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Goldmann has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,207
Across
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River explored by V. L. Cameron et al. : CONGO
6
Spanish Surrealist : MIRO
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Where B. Young set foot in the 1840's : UTAH
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"___ Love," 1957 song : APRIL
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Like the Sahara : ARID
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Org. of 15 nations : NATO
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Bailey or White : PEARL
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___ of the above : NONE
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Physician's task : CURE
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Missionary who discovered Victoria Falls : LIVINGSTONE
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Texas univ. : SMU
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Govt. ecology group : EPA
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Put up a stake : ANTE
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Legendary Western lawman : EARP
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Breaches : SCHISMS
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Fibber : MCGEE
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City founded by Seleucus I: c. 300 B.C. : ANTIOCH
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He wrote "In Darkest Africa": 1890 : HENRYMSTANLEY
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Its mouth was discovered by Columbus: 1498 : ORINOCO
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Tenor Nicolai : GEDDA
45
Roads, in Mexico : CAMINOS
48
Actor Bruce from Chicago : DERN
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African ex-dictator : AMIN
51
Bottom of the Bomu : BED
53
Speck : DOT
54
Highest African mountain : KILIMANJARO
59
Grain grinder : MILL
60
One of the five "Greats" : ERIE
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Caribbean island : ARUBA
65
MXDII and MDCCLXXVI : ANNI
66
Shipment from Ga. : TALC
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East African people : MASAI
68
Scene of man's first exploration : EDEN
69
Aid an arsonist : ABET
70
Fright : ALARM
Down
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Topper for many a golfer : CAP
2
Take the lid off, in poesy : OPE
3
Hunters' org. : NRA
4
Friday, sometimes : GIRL
5
Stan's partner : OLLIE
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Frantic : MANIAC
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___ Age : IRON
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Cycle at the Met : RING
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Sappho creations : ODES
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Needing comforters : UNCONSOLED
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Spiteful insult : TAUNT
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" ... but only God can make ___" : ATREE
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Farming implement : HOE
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H.S.T. and G.R.F., once : VPS
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Shakespearean subject : TAMING
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Religious sch. : SEM
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Aggressively virile : MACHO
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One who exhorts : URGER
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Sir Alexander Fleming's discovery: 1928 : PENICILLIN
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Wears : HASON
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Bank acct. earnings : INT
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B.&O. spot : STA
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Verdi opera : ERNANI
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Surrendered territory : CEDED
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Watery prefix : HYDRO
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___ Kippur : YOM
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Start of the 12th century : MCI
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Pismire : ANT
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Take issue : OBJECT
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Tar's milieu : SEA
49
One of ___ : AKIND
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Pooh's creator : MILNE
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"Antony and Cleopatra," e.g. : DRAMA
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Occurring later: Prefix : META
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One of the North Africans : ARAB
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Its source was discovered by John H. Speke : NILE
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Spoken : ORAL
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West : MAE
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Pretoria was its administrative cap. : USA
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Hindrance : BAR
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Aspire : AIM

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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