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Alex F. Black
Alex F. Black

HANKY-PANKY

New York Times, Sunday, July 25, 1982

90-Across : Abzug or Spewack

Author:
Alex F. Black
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 77, Avg Word Len: 5.13, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 545 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 128, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Alex F. Black has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,947
Across
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Prestige : STATUS
7
Minuscule : ATOMIC
13
Look : APPEAR
19
Bearlike : URSINE
20
Sardou play : FEDORA
21
___ Beach, S.C. : MYRTLE
22
Bilbao bottles : BASQUESFLASKS
24
Melancholy merino : BLUEEWE
26
Stead : LIEU
27
Most precious : RAREST
28
Lowest Laconian : HELOT
30
Séance sound : RAP
31
Author Hammond : INNES
33
Peat source : BOG
34
Chased woman : SIREN
35
Ooze : MIRE
36
Showcase for a Pavarotti : MET
37
Oriental ship : CHINALINER
41
Electronic device : DIODE
42
McMahon and Asner : EDS
43
Unpaid sitter : AUNT
44
Gas-company customers : USERS
45
Marriage notice : BANNS
46
Dreary in Dundee : DREE
47
Pilaster : ANTA
48
Pop : SODA
49
Box : SPAR
52
Jack/Giant dialogue : STALKTALK
55
One of Jubal's inventions : HARP
59
Pointer : ARROW
61
Pâtisserie item : TARTE
62
Grande or Bravo : RIO
63
Mystery writer's award : EDGAR
64
Pitcher at Monmouth : MOLLY
65
Border lake : ERIE
66
"___ is the spur ... " : FAME
67
Adriatic feeder : PIAVE
68
White poplar : ABELE
69
Old Caen coin : ECU
70
Turns : SLUES
71
Flips in a chip : ANTES
72
Let : RENT
73
Reading for 46 Down : GNOMETOME
75
Fish dish : EELS
76
Regrets : RUES
78
Zhivago's mistress : LARA
79
Fellow like Othello : MOOR
82
Teatime treat : SCONE
84
Like London in 1666 : AFIRE
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Belts : BOPS
87
Little, to Burns : SMA
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Abzug or Spewack : BELLA
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Cuts family ties : BOOTSROOTS
93
Chum : PAL
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"Life is ___!" : REAL
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On the qui vive : ALERT
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Neighbor of Que. : ONT
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Bitter : ACERB
100
Trainee: Abbr. : APP
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Rage onstage : EMOTE
102
Starr player : PACKER
105
Elihu's U. : YALE
106
Headgear attachment : CAPFLAP
108
Rainwear buyer : SLICKERPICKER
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Cio-Cio-San, e.g. : GEISHA
112
Restricting rope : TETHER
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Special gift : TALENT
114
Bevin or Seton : ERNEST
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Wimsey's creator : SAYERS
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Nocturnal noises : SNORES
Down
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"We can make our lives ___" : SUBLIME
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Worked out for a bout : TRAINED
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Says yes : ASSENTS
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Tiny pest: Fr. : TIQUE
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Burmese statesman : UNU
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Divination is his vocation : SEER
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Offend : AFFRONT
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Caucasian wagon : TELEGA
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Harem rooms : ODAS
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Part of M.V.P. : MOST
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Vex : IRK
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Drum out : CASHIER
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Padnag : AMBLE
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Faulkner novel : PYLON
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Balkan boundary river : PRUT
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Printemps follower : ETE
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Eagle depicted in heraldry : ALERION
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Bounties : REWARDS
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Port Arthur's lake : SABINE
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Rapier's cousin : EPEE
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Makes mistakes : ERRS
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Hilum : SCAR
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Sly guy : SNEAK
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Bird feeder : MINAHDINER
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Vietnamese city : HUE
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Crescent-shaped : LUNATE
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Cordage fiber : ISTLE
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Palindrome for pater : DAD
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Dutch-born U.S. author : BOK
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Funny Scandinavian creature : DROLLTROLL
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Family room, Roman style : ATRIUM
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Kin of bullaces : SLOES
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Visayan island : SAMAR
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Investigate : PROBE
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"Stormy Weather" composer : ARLEN
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Flesh: Comb. form : SARCO
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Shock : TRAUMA
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Evangelist McPherson : AIMEE
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Type type : AGATE
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Fray, in a way : RAVEL
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Basketball tactic : PRESS
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Forked shape : WYE
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Youthful years : TEENS
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Waste watchers: Abbr. : EPA
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City in Brazil : FLORES
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Square one : START
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Order to Dobbin : GEE
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"Felix Holt" author : ELIOT
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"Faerie Queene" heroine : UNA
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More debatable : MOOTER
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Pick : OPT
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Greek peak : OSSA
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Cause of losing by oozing : SEEPAGE
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Bell part : CLAPPER
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Give a leg up to a yegg : ABET
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Smokey's preserves : FORESTS
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Daft : BONKERS
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Tris or Tip : SPEAKER
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"Lilli ___" : MARLENE
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Camus and Finney : ALBERTS
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Bric-a-___ : BRAC
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J.F.K.'s favorite chair : ROCKER
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Nanchang nannies : AMAHS
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Steady Eddie of baseball : LOPAT
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Circle: Comb. form : CYCLO
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Different : ELSE
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Compassion : PITY
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Molar malady : ACHE
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Accts. : RPTS
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Alewife's appendage : FIN
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Where cows browse : LEA
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John, to Jock : IAN

Answer summary:
12 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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