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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Tuesday, July 20, 1982

16-Across : "___ Know," Jack Jones hit

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,942
Across
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Lillian and Philip : ROTHS
6
Pointed file : RASP
10
Dowson's "Non Sum Qualis ___" : ERAM
14
N.C.O.'s "___ face!" : ABOUT
15
French money: 1929-38 : ECUS
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"___ Know," Jack Jones hit : NOWI
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Yearly visitor to York : FATHERCHRISTMAS
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Grid feats : TDS
21
Importuned : WOOED
22
Deuces' betters : TREYS
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Prefix with finals : SEMI
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Affirmative : AYE
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Astaire film of 1955 : DADDYLONGLEGS
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Killer whale : ORCA
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Bog : MIRE
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Expose, in poesy : OPE
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Musical form : ROCK
36
City south of Florence : SIENA
38
Cable spool : DRUM
39
Craggy crest : TOR
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Big ___ theory : BANG
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Does sums : ADDS
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Head of the household : PATERFAMILIAS
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"Exodus" character : ARI
48
March 15, e.g. : IDES
49
Lower in rank : ABASE
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Recedes : WANES
54
Where to "take the waters" : SPA
57
Proposes : POPSTHEQUESTION
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Differently : ELSE
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Despondent : BLUE
62
Made a boo-boo : ERRED
63
Carol : NOEL
64
Lobster-pot part : SLAT
65
Spiteful : NASTY
Down
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Large collection : RAFT
2
O.T. book : OBAD
3
The sandbox set : TOTS
4
"What?" : HUH
5
Simmered : STEWED
6
Shrink back : RECOIL
7
Deep yearning : ACHE
8
Voiceless consonant : SURD
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Phi, chi, ___ : PSI
10
Dinner's high point : ENTREE
11
Site of the Farnese Palace : ROME
12
Farther from the hole on the green : AWAY
13
Liberty or America : MISS
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Actress Schneider : ROMY
19
Pin of a sundial : STYLE
23
Neighbor of Neb. : SDAK
24
Taj Mahal's city : AGRA
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What thirsty plants do : DROOP
26
Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
27
Alpha's partner : OMEGA
28
Author Anaïs : NIN
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Virgin ___, West Indies : GORDA
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Hashed browns, e.g. : SPUDS
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Service org. : ORT
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Headline units : EMS
36
Ayah's garb : SARI
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Foot soldiers: Abbr. : INF
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Emcee's spot : DAIS
40
Cousin of a fez : BERET
43
Corn inflorescence : TASSEL
44
Haydn specialty : MINUET
45
___ fixe : IDEE
46
Decrease : LESSEN
49
" ... his nose was as sharp as ___": Shak. : APEN
50
Machete : BOLO
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Cathedral's east-end projection : APSE
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In the pink : WELL
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___ fortis (nitric acid) : AQUA
54
Epistolary salutation : SIRS
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Idyllist : POET
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Singer Gibb : ANDY
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Football squad mems. : HBS
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Refrain syllable : TRA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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