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Stanley Glass
Stanley Glass

HOMETOWN HOKUM

New York Times, Sunday, July 24, 1983

72-Across : Area of a bird's beak

Author:
Stanley Glass
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 547 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Stanley Glass has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,311
Across
1
Shavian vehicle for Cornell : CANDIDA
8
Sudden flurry : SPASM
13
Van Gogh's "The Potato ___" : EATERS
19
Like a leaf : FOLIATED
20
Delicious : TASTY
21
"Rose of ___" : TRALEE
22
President out of Pa.? : CHESTERAARTHUR
24
Kind of verb : ACTIVE
25
Segments of insects' legs : COXAE
26
Typewriter parts : DETENTS
28
Initiated violently : HAZED
29
Song from "A Chorus Line" : AND
30
Up the ante : RAISE
32
Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
34
Undercooked : RARE
35
Small British isle : MAN
37
Fontanne and spouse : LUNTS
38
Fiber from a Philippine palm : ERUC
40
Sea bottom : BED
41
Bizarre : ODD
42
Stuttering comedian : ATES
43
Tribute to a toreador : OLE
46
Love feast : AGAPE
48
___ diem : PER
49
Cobbling gear : AWLS
50
Spry : AGILE
52
On cloud nine : ELATED
55
Head of state out of S.D.? : PIERRETRUDEAU
58
Had a snack : NOSHED
59
Beat : TANNED
60
Soissons summer : ETE
61
Je vous ___ (I beg you) : PRIE
63
Pinball no-no : TILT
64
Secret society of a sort : TONG
65
Containers for holy water : FONTS
67
"___ fan tutte" : COSI
69
Young Capitol employee : PAGE
72
Area of a bird's beak : CERE
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Once called : NEE
75
Glossy finish : ENAMEL
78
Luck : CHANCE
80
Former first sacker from Fla.? : ORLANDOCEPEDA
83
County in Ga. : BARTOW
84
Fermentation fomenter : YEAST
85
Taken, in Toulon : PRIS
86
Dart's partner : EGG
88
Neighbor of Saudi Arabia : YEMEN
90
Biblical verb ending : ETH
91
German port : KIEL
92
Teachers' org. : NEA
93
Utility agcy. : PSC
95
Alliance : BLOC
97
De Lesseps feat : CANAL
98
Essay : TRY
99
Old cars : REOS
101
Long-tailed apes : KRAS
103
Male seal's contingent : HAREM
104
Printers' org. : ITU
106
Act melodramatically : EMOTE
108
Lively, to Verdi : ANIMATO
110
Did some flooring : TILED
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Show up : APPEAR
115
Social historian out of Ohio? : CLEVELANDAMORY
119
Goalie's domain : CREASE
120
Gantry or Rice : ELMER
121
___-Lautrec : TOULOUSE
122
Conducted a roundup : HERDED
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City NW of Grenoble : LYONS
124
Sign, as a payee : ENDORSE
Down
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Small salmon : COHO
2
Home of the first great library : ALEXANDRIA
3
Hebrew month before Iyar : NISAN
4
Passé : DATED
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Ending with Bronx or Brooklyn : ITE
6
Berg's "___ Wein" : DER
7
"Bleak House" heroine : ADA
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Emphasis : STRESS
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French poodle's paw : PATTE
10
Tennis star of the 70's : ASHE
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Dazes : STUNS
12
Periwinkle, e.g. : MYRTLE
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Zeta follower : ETA
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Overcute : ARCH
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Early resident of the Caucasus : TATAR
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Ruler from N.J.? : ELIZABETHI
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Warner of 1775 : REVERE
18
Rated in tennis : SEEDED
19
Body governing TV : FCC
23
Mine entrances : ADITS
27
Carolina rail : SORA
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Lincoln's fiancée : RUTLEDGE
31
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
33
Playwright out of Ore.? : EUGENEONEILL
35
Mass of hair : MOP
36
Expert : ADEPT
37
Bandleader out of Kan.? : LAWRENCEWELK
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Beautiful: Prefix : CALO
43
Comic poet from Utah? : OGDENNASH
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Fabulize : LIE
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Passed : ELAPSED
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Diversion : PASTIME
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Pisa's river : ARNO
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Hudson or Essex : AUTO
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A cont. : EUR
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Slippery one : EEL
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Banned pesticide : DDT
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Understanding between nations : ENTENTE
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KO counter : REFEREE
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Cold comfort : ICECREAM
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Yurt : TENT
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Undermines : SAPS
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Controversial chemical : PCB
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Triumphant cry : AHA
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Actor from Ind.? : GARYCOOPER
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Rogers or Acuff : ROY
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Toothless : EDENTULOUS
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Pilsen product : LAGER
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Search thoroughly : COMB
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Mother of Fr., Sp., etc. : LAT
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State a viewpoint : OPINE
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___ Nineties : GAY
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Kaye of ballet fame : NORA
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Pope John Paul II's given name : KAROL
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Moralize : PREACH
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Always, on a score : SEMPRE
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Annul : CANCEL
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Provides provender : CATERS
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Frame for a fourposter : STEAD
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Asinine : SILLY
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Sort of port : HAVEN
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Balbo or Tajo : ITALO
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Indonesian island : TIMOR
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Alleviate : EASE
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Exec's note : MEMO
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Tint : DYE
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Ryder of comics : RED
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Daughter of Eris : ATE
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___ sequitur : NON
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Flop : DUD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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