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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Monday, July 6, 1981

9-Across : Oodles

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,563
Across
1
Minus : LESS
5
Regal display : POMP
9
Oodles : SCADS
14
Medley : OLIO
15
Armament, for short : AMMO
16
Of muscular vigor : TONAL
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Alpine snowfield : FIRN
18
Den : LAIR
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Star: Comb. form : ASTRO
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New Hampshire : THEGRANITESTATE
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Time for twilight : SUNSET
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Suffix with child or churl : ISH
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Noosed ropes : RIATAS
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Gershwin and Levin : IRAS
32
Name at Cooperstown : OTT
35
___ up (loosen) : EASE
36
Loud kiss : SMACK
37
Four-state farming region : THEINLANDEMPIRE
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Gibe : TAUNT
42
"Persistence of Memory" painter : DALI
43
Just out : NEW
44
Familiar with : ONTO
45
Quite a lot : PASSEL
47
Walk-on part : BIT
48
Bungles, with "up" : MESSES
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Hibernates, with "up" : HOLES
60
Spirited self-assurance : ELAN
61
Fever attack : AGUE
62
Passage between two islands : INLET
63
Viper colony : NEST
64
Songwriter Evans : REDD
65
Comes close to : NEARS
66
Items used by Borden and Bunyan : AXES
67
Three-pipped side of a die : TREY
Down
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Stories over stores : LOFTS
2
Nobelist Root: 1912 : ELIHU
3
Patrol-car item : SIREN
4
Canticles : SONGS
5
Like the Alcazar : PALATIAL
6
Where Muscat is : OMAN
7
When a 1981 baby will be 21 : MMII
8
Heiress in "The Merchant of Venice" : PORTIA
9
Apt rhyme for cache : STASH
10
___ of living : COST
11
Theater org. : ANTA
12
Cupid's missile : DART
13
Dark-colored plum : SLOE
21
Sign a second lease : RERENT
22
Part of a dollar sign : ESS
26
Happy ___ clam at high water : ASA
27
Moves in a certain direction : TENDS
28
Mischievous one : IMP
29
Colton-Randolph play: 1922 : RAIN
30
Piece of realty : ACRE
31
Distort : SKEW
32
"Roberta" lyricist Harbach : OTTO
33
" ... a little lower ___ the angels" : THAN
34
Native of Ger. : TEUT
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Popular song since 1917 : SMILES
38
Italian's diminutive suffix : INO
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Prosecuting offs. : DAS
40
Krypton and xenon : ELEMENTS
45
___ in the sky : PIE
46
Goddess of wisdom : ATHENA
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Defeats : BESTS
49
Originate : START
50
More judicious : SAGER
51
Chopin specialty : ETUDE
52
Unkempt : SEEDY
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Scanty : THIN
54
Whetstone : HONE
55
Memorable first name in the Constitution State : ELLA
56
Brew : BEER
57
Holly : ILEX
58
Potiche : VASE

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

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