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Jack R. Harnes
Jack R. Harnes

SHIPS OF FAME

New York Times, Sunday, July 4, 1993

20-Across : Herb or blue dye

Author:
Jack R. Harnes
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.13, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 485 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 110, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jack R. Harnes has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,944
Across
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Hic, ___, hoc : HAEC
5
Holly of Dixie : ASSI
9
Welcome order to a G.I. : ATEASE
15
Tires : FAGS
19
FORMER GROUP OF STARS : ARGO
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Herb or blue dye : WOAD
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STRONG VT. HORSE : MORGAN
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Arrow poison : INEE
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Rack's partner : RUIN
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SCUD COMPONENT : FLYINGCLOUD
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French Mrs.: Var. : MDME
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SIOUAN TRIBE : MISSOURI
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West. entente : OAS
30
Vulgar : LOWBRED
32
Sesame : TIL
33
___ Gibbs, country singer : TERRI
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Seldom : RARELY
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Van Gogh's "Bridge at ___" : ARLES
39
Wagner's first wife : MINNA
41
Port for Pompey : OSTIA
42
Private eye, at times : TAILER
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Gradually diminishing: Mus. : RIT
45
Carry : TOTE
47
A Trask in "East of Eden" : ADAM
50
Kind of history : ORAL
51
FEDERATION : UNITEDSTATES
56
A feast ___ famine : ORA
57
Race named for a Greek plain : MARATHON
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Axillary : ALAR
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Arcane : SECRET
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Soprano Stratas : TERESA
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Ade's "___ Horne" : DOC
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Aim : POINT
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___ mind (intended) : HADIN
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MONSTER : LEVIATHAN
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Social position : STATE
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Trial's partner : ERROR
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One-third of IX : III
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Judicial writ : ELEGIT
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A laboratory assistant : DIENER
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Ravens' cries : CAWS
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Mosaic : FRISOLEE
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Tibetan gazelle : GOA
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PHYSICAL MAKEUP : CONSTITUTION
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Variable star : NOVA
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Finishes : ENDS
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Lizard fish : ULAE
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Turn right : GEE
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Midnight assembly : SABBAT
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Fates, Norse style : NORNS
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Rooms, in Lugo : SALAS
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Consecrate : BLESS
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Came home : SCORED
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Ana or Barbara : SANTA
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A.F.L.'S partner : CIO
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Large source of income in Fla. : TOURISM
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Br. money : LSD
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FOX SHARK : THRESHER
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Chartres cherub : ANGE
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HAVANA LANDMARK : MORROCASTLE
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Aria : SOLO
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Elaborate inlaid work : BUHL
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MOTHER OF MINOS : EUROPA
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St. Louis bridge : EADS
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Girasol : OPAL
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Kennedy arrs. : SSTS
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Squatter : NESTER
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Formerly, formerly : ERST
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Start of the handwriting on the wall : MENE
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Injure : HARM
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Wild sheep of N Africa : ARUI
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Shield : EGIS
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PATTERN : CONSTELLATION
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"The ___ Truth," Dunne-Grant film : AWFUL
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Assoc. of a barrister : SOLR
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"___ With Flowers" : SAYIT
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Exile Amin : IDI
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Ancient stone implement : AMGARN
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Alarm : TOCSIN
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___-King (German goblin) : ERL
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Past : AGO
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Handel oratorio : SAUL
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To whom notes are assigned : ENDORSEES
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Anatomical fringe : FIMBRIA
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GENOESE ADMIRAL : ANDREADORIA
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Twin; paired : GEMEL
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Down-at-heel : SEEDY
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Igneous rock : NORITE
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French department or river : OISE
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Thai temple : WAT
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Let forth : EMIT
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Mote : ATOM
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___ avis : RARA
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Fibber : LIAR
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Type of case : ATTACHE
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Giant great : OTT
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German river or valley : RUHR
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Washer cycle : RINSE
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Gig implement : OAR
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"___ We All?": 1929 song : ARENT
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Photo finish : MATTE
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Coward : NOEL
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Tzara or Arp : DADAIST
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Notch : SLOT
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A toxic condition : SEPSIS
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Insectivore of Madagascar : TENREC
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FLOWER OF THE SOUTH : COTTONBLOSSOM
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Emulates Earhart : AVIATES
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Avoid commitment : HEDGE
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Poet who rode a dolphin : ARION
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WARM OUTER GARMENT : DREADNOUGHT
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Hawaiian bird : IIWI
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Michael Caine role : ALFIE
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Octavia's husband : NERO
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Snares : GINS
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Certain inspectors : ROUNDSMEN
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Rebs' govt. : CSA
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Part of an ear : LOBE
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Le Gallienne and Gabor : EVAS
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Grub; chow : EATS
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Certain telegs., once : NLS
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Kampala is its capital : UGANDA
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Use a cupel : TEST
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Roans' cousins : SORRELS
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Nichols hero : ABIE
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Defendants at law : REI
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Slanting : ASLOPE
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E. Indian sailor : LASCAR
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Wild guesses : STABS
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Mainland America, for short : CONUS
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Perfume : ATTAR
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Arête : CREST
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Pout : MOUE
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Ships' cargo spaces: Abbr. : HLDS
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EXPECTANCY : HOPE
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Ardor : ELAN
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Part : ROLE
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Els, e.g. : RRS
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Deteriorate : ROT
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Bishopric : SEE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 20 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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