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Sylvia Baumgarten
Sylvia Baumgarten

HERITAGE

New York Times, Sunday, July 4, 1971

136-Across : Mortarboard adornments

Author:
Sylvia Baumgarten
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 154, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.75, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 678 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 191, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 13, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 35
Sylvia Baumgarten has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,995
Across
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Five, for Cicero : QUINQUE
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En ___ : MASSE
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Shade of green : SEAFOAM
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Rare-earth metals : ERBIUMS
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Of a mouth part : PALATAL
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Withstood : ENDURED
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Toothed, as a leaf : DENTATE
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Enliven : ANIMATE
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The Magi, e.g. : ADORERS
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Methods: Abbr. : SYSTS
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Overall fabric : DUNGAREE
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Serve tea : POUR
30
Church signal : IIFBYLANDAND2IFBYSEA
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Rate of interest: Abbr. : PCT
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Foreign : OVERSEA
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Opposite of a magnum : SPLIT
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Scottish county : AYR
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Jumping : AHOP
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Common French verb : ETRE
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Juilliard degree : DMUS
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Porridge choice : HOT
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Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
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Batters anew : RERAMS
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Yr. Obdt. ___ : SVT
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___ Mater : STABAT
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Casino game : BOULE
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Seven: Prefix : SEPTI
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Sounds of inquiry : EHS
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Mrs. Priest and others : IVYS
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Blitzen's buddy : DONDER
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Word for Rome : ETERNAL
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Shorten sail : REEF
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Fr. season : ETE
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Ties : ASCOTS
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Element in uranium series : RADIUMA
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Mascara recipient : EYELASH
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Prefix for derm or plasm : ECTO
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Grow rapidly : SHOOTUP
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Capable of an answer : SOLUBLE
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Hymn tune : CHORALE
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Hardy girl : TESS
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More out of practice : RUSTIER
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Woman's accessory : HANDBAG
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"___ Again" : KISSME
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Writer Anais : NIN
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Isaac's son : ESAU
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Go Marcel Marceau one better : OUTMIME
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Worn away : ERODED
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"The Razor's ___" : EDGE
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Relig. degree : SSD
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Impatient : EAGER
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Shensi city : YENAN
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British country wear : TWEEDS
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Gumshoe : TEC
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Igneous rock : BASALT
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Brace : STAY
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Quiet! : SHH
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Disastrous defeat : ROUT
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Scottish hillside : BRAE
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Missile platform : SILO
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Style : TON
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Prop for a stage extra : SPEAR
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Matured, as fruit : GOTRIPE
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Wool: Prefix : LAN
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Date of a famous warning : ONTHEI8THOFAPRILIN75
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Certain word : VERB
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Part of a phono record : OVERSIDE
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" ... upon so ___ subject as myself" : SOFTA
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Leeward island : ANTIGUA
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Damaging, as a fender : DENTING
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Color of embarrassment : BEETRED
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___ (Beetle) Smith : WBEDELL
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Pastoral scene, to French : ARCADIE
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Angels' home : ANAHEIM
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Type of pass : LATERAL
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Combatants in a certain battle : SEXES
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Mortarboard adornments : TASSELS
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Math abbreviations : QEDS
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Nobel chemist : UREY
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Saud and others : IBNS
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Capone lieutenant : NITTI
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Apparently : QUASI
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Draft program: Abbr. : UMT
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Mariner's direction : ESE
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Windfalls : MANNAS
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Adjusted : ALIGNED
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Organizer of 57 Down : SAMADAMS
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___ Zagora, Bulgaria : STARA
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Consumed : EATEN
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Helmsman : SEAPILOT
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Make an ___ (finish) : ENDOFIT
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Without ___ (certainly) : ADOUBT
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Some coats : FURRY
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Wash. neighbor : ORE
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Atmosphere: Prefix : AER
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Kildare and Welby : MDS
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Result of 30 Across : PAULREVERESRIDE
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Yorkshire city : LEEDS
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Textile workers : DYERS
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Enemies : FOES
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Honorary mil. commission : BVT
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Having twin A.C. circuits : 2PHASE
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Spanish greeting : SALUDO
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Small hole : EYELET
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Weapons suppliers : ARMERS
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Doers of a grammar chore : PARSERS
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Spotted cat : CHEETAH
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Sub's weapon : TORPEDO
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April 19 in New England : PATRIOTSDAY
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Latin adverb : UTI
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Emulates the grasshopper : SAVESLEAST
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Battle town : CONCORDMASS
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Troops at 50 Down : MINUTEMEN
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Junior Pliny : THEYOUNGER
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Embattled farmers' place : BYTHERUDEBRIDGE
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Significant party of 1773 : BOSTONTEA
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Blinds, as a falcon : SEELS
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Nazi camp near Munich : DACHAU
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Entertained : AMUSED
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Circuits : LAPS
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Groove in a pillar : FLUTE
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Chasm: Var. : ABISS
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Imitate : ECHO
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Mrs. John Adams : ABIGAIL
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Thin layer : LAMELLA
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Family name of dukes of Bridgewater : EGERTON
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"Seven ___ Baldpate" : KEYSTO
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Cromwell's son-in-law : IRETON
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Having sound : SONANT
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Wifely pick-me-up : NEWHAT
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Nigerian : EDO
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Behind ___ (in trouble) : THE8BALL
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Colonial grievance : SUGARTAX
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Cleveland Clinic founder : CRILE
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Snake charmer's clarinet : BEEN
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Mollusk genus : SPIRULA
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Up on deck : TOPSIDE
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Bee: Prefix : API
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Poet Alan or singer Pete : SEEGER
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Girl's name : RHODA
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Lopez et al. : TRINIS
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Historic Danish family : HVIDE
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Cricket term : OVERS
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Hot-goods handler : FENCE
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Pirates' domain : 7SEAS
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Twice 100ths : 5OTHS
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"Born ___" : FREE
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Linden tree : TEIL
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Nimitz and Halsey: Abbr. : ADMS
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Shoemaker's tool : AWL
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Basketball org. : NBA
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Asian holiday : TET
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Vampire : BAT
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Spanish queen : ENA

Answer summary:
27 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 19 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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