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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Tuesday, July 17, 1990

51-Across : Quick looks

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,861
Across
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Opposite of e'en : MORN
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Mall and Tajo of the Met : BASSI
10
Incautious : RASH
14
Salmagundi : OLIO
15
African antelope : ELAND
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___ mater : ALMA
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Musical request of 1934 : BLOWGABRIELBLOW
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Glut : SATIATE
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Retaliate; avenge : PAYBACK
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Monocle part : LENS
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Sty cry : OINK
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Boatman of myth : CHARON
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Set firmly : PLANT
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Boring implement : AUGER
33
Devils or Saints, e.g. : TEAM
34
Hoss's dad : BEN
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Musical request of 1889 : SLIDEKELLYSLIDE
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Beige : TAN
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Elegant bash : GALA
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With 10 Down, Potter character : PETER
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Shelve : TABLE
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Pal : FRIEND
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Minestrone veggies : PEAS
49
___ avis : RARA
51
Quick looks : GLANCES
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"___ this!" : NOWHEAR
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Musical request of 1928 : LAUGHCLOWNLAUGH
61
Annul : UNDO
62
Jeweler's weight : CARAT
63
Corner : TREE
64
Turns to the right : GEES
65
Famous middleman of baseball : EVERS
66
Pop : SODA
Down
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Unruly throngs : MOBS
2
Sevilla stewpot : OLLA
3
Very funny fellow : RIOT
4
"___ lay me down ... " : NOWI
5
Defeated : BEATEN
6
V.P. Barkley : ALBEN
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Patriotic org. : SAR
8
Small piece : SNIP
9
Notion : IDEA
10
See 43 Across : RABBIT
11
Poe-tic middle name : ALLAN
12
Artistic cover-up? : SMOCK
13
Peddle vociferously : HAWK
18
In great number : GALORE
19
City on the Saône : LYON
23
Elementary text : SPELLER
25
Threw out : CAST
26
Word with hoop or skirt : HULA
27
Not "fer" : AGIN
28
Roulette space : RED
30
"___, Lucille," 1919 musical : LALA
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A Vanderbilt : AMY
33
Freshwater duck : TEAL
34
Take the bait : BITE
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Paradise : EDEN
36
Twerp's cousin : NERD
38
Soviet agcy. : KGB
39
Spread out : SPRAWL
40
Luau souvenir : LEI
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Latin-American dances : TANGOS
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He wrote "The Nazarene" : ASCH
46
Areas of activity : FRONTS
47
Level : PLANE
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___ Cologne : EAUDE
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Sadat : ANWAR
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Gurgling sound : GLUG
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"___ Homo," Titian painting : ECCE
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Croat, e.g. : SLAV
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Bowlers or sailors : HATS
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Large kangaroo : EURO
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Like sharp cheese : AGED
58
Actress Perlman of "Cheers" : RHEA
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Crude metal : ORE

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

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