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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Friday, July 6, 1979

54-Across : Retaliatory actions

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,832
Across
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Kind of race : DRAG
5
Flutter or sway loosely : FLAP
9
Impure diamond : BORT
13
Kansas city : IOLA
14
Do-re-mi : MOOLA
15
Arrow poison : INEE
16
Neutralized : COUNTERBALANCED
19
What exodists do : EMIGRATE
20
Mock-ups : MODELS
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Isle of ___ (English county) : ELY
22
Lairs : DENS
23
Moist and cold : CLAMMY
27
Take the bait : BITE
28
Old soldiers' org. : VFW
31
Cattle roundup : RODEO
32
U.S.N. vessel : LST
33
Alone, as a diva onstage : SOLA
34
Illicit, as a sale : UNDERTHECOUNTER
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Become gentle : MELT
39
"Them as ___ gits" : HAS
40
Burmese native : KAREN
41
Prefix with suppose and signify : PRE
42
Sardine packages : TINS
43
Furious fellows : RAGERS
44
Joker, for one : CARD
45
Three-toed sloths : AIS
46
Extra item in a newspaper : INSERT
49
Go before : ANTECEDE
54
Retaliatory actions : COUNTERMEASURES
56
"Don't bet ___!" : ONIT
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Jackets and collars : ETONS
58
Large quantities : TONS
59
N.J. five : NETS
60
Something to feather : NEST
61
Ferrara name : ESTE
Down
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"Galloping dominoes" : DICE
2
" ... always ___ at the top" : ROOM
3
His: Fr. : ALUI
4
Antisocial group : GANG
5
"Fair, fat, and ___": Scott : FORTY
6
Ear part : LOBE
7
In the style of : ALA
8
___ State (S. Carolina) : PALMETTO
9
Ties : BINDS
10
Story starter : ONCE
11
Spool's cousin : REEL
12
Kennedy and Williams : TEDS
14
Farinaceous : MEALY
17
Nervous thrill : TREMOR
18
Highly rated : AONE
22
Record : DISC
23
Appropriate rhyme for thump : CRUMP
24
Ascetic : LONER
25
Confuse : ADDLE
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Run into : MEET
27
Sanctify : BLESS
28
Part of a French toast : VOTRE
29
Smirk or scoff : FLEER
30
Alerts : WARNS
33
Fisherman's headache : SNAG
35
Thurber's "The ___ Clocks" : THIRTEEN
36
Worker : HAND
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Arbitrary proclamations : UKASES
42
Sharp : TART
43
Sopranos Hunter and Shane : RITAS
44
Monetary units : CENTS
45
In reference to : ANENT
46
Representation for veneration : ICON
47
"___ but the brave ... ": Dryden : NONE
48
Diamonds, e.g. : SUIT
49
Radio name of yore : AMOS
50
Dainty : CUTE
51
Psyche's beloved : EROS
52
Auto scar : DENT
53
To be, to Cicero : ESSE
55
Highway: Abbr. : RTE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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