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Anthony Morse
Anthony Morse

LITERALLY SPEAKING

New York Times, Sunday, July 7, 1968

109-Across : Doctors' nemeses

Author:
Anthony Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 660 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 159, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 11, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19
Anthony Morse has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,903
Across
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___ grabs : UPFOR
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Equatorial constellation : CETUS
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Mythical fluid : ICHOR
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Police official: Abbr. : INSP
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___ Oro : RIODE
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Friendship : AMITY
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Bête ___ (black beast) : NOIRE
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Baseball term : NOHIT
25
Covering for a river bed : STREAMLINER
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Piscatorial spine : HERRINGBONE
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Services of a kind : ACES
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Comrade in arms : ALLY
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Contemporary of 82 Down : MEDE
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Spanish pancakes : AREPAS
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High British officer: Abbr. : LHC
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N. A. Indian : OTOE
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High up monks : LAMAS
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Really! : DOTELL
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Western resort : ASPEN
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Cotton machine : BALER
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Malayan crane : SARUS
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Suffix with left or right : IST
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Stuck on : PASTED
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Low-down thieves : BASESTEALERS
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Charge : FEE
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Debate city, 1858 : ALTON
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Prepare for hemming : BASTE
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Fine fabric : TULLE
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Egyptian symbol : ATEN
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Roll up : CLEW
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Art object : CURIO
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Much-visited places : MECCAS
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Today's shirtwaist : DRESS
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Poetic contraction : EER
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Red faces of queens : ROYALFLUSHES
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Intensity : DEGREE
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Put back : RESTORED
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Latin infinitive : ESSE
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Corrupts : DEBASES
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Armored animal : APARA
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Escorts : DATES
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Mercury : METAL
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Precipitates : DISTILS
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River into Solway Firth : EDEN
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Naturalized citizen : AMERICAN
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Top groups : ELITES
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Herd in a cloudburst : WATEREDSTOCK
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Speed : HIE
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Tree or shrub : ALDER
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Weevils : BORERS
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Drop ___ (imply) : AHINT
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Fruit tree : LIME
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Tipped off : CUED
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Former diva : EAMES
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Beams : GRINS
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Man : BIPED
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Dutch commune : OSS
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Pitchers and catchers in the sunshine : DRYBATTERIES
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Thin pancakes : CREPES
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Untried : NEW
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Man's name : ENEAS
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Above a whisper : ALOUD
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Soft skin : SUEDE
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Having the least to do : IDLEST
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Oceans : SLEWS
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Funny man : CARD
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Mountain ___ : DEW
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Doctors' nemeses : APPLES
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Flooring : TILE
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"___ fair ... " : ALLS
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Work: Sp. : OBRA
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Dessert in orbit : PIEINTHESKY
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Minimum tunnel clearance : LOWOVERHEAD
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Sharp : ACRID
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Where Hankow is : HUPEH
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Superimposed : ABOVE
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Tête-___ : ATETE
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Where 35 Across live : ASIA
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Actress from Sweden : HASSO
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Accumulated : PILED
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Try to get : GOFOR
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Fur seal : URSAL
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Golfer's shot : PITCH
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Golf players : FORECASTERS
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Canticles : ODES
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Govt. agency : REA
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Visit : CALLON
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"Wonderful guy" of song : EMILE
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Trivial : TINY
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See 34 Across : UTE
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Levantine land: Abbr. : SYR
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"Blessed are the pure ___ ... " : INHEART
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Campus queens : COEDS
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Take on : HIRE
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Beneficiary of 17 Down : ORR
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Defendants: Lat. : REI
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Entrance : INGRESS
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"Prize" man : NOBEL
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Manipulators of a rising market : SHOPLIFTERS
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Spiny fruit : PINA
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Thy: Fr. : TES
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Chess term : MATED
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Essence : NATURE
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Titles for Parisiennes : MMES
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Generous : OPEN
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___ all : LASTOF
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Nautical term : ALEE
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Polk's Vice President : DALLAS
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Oblast and city SSW of Moscow : ORELS
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Put (away) : STOW
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Seasoning : BASIL
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Condiment : SAUCE
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Sand partridge : SEESEE
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Verb forms : TENSES
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Type of horse : PACER
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Path: Fr. : ALLEE
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Syrian river : BARADA
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Works on metal : ETCHES
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Customers : BUYERS
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Wild sheep : ARGALI
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Certain skeletons : CORALS
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Gets together : MUSTERS
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Ascetic of the year one : ESSENE
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Go ashore : DEBARK
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More like string : ROPIER
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Foreman : LEADER
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Find out : DETECT
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Made openwork : TATTED
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Lucifer et al. : DEMONS
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Loathe : DETEST
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Relatives of vespers : MATINS
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Masonic official : DEACON
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Give a hard time to : ILLUSE
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Purloiners of loins of pork : SIDESWIPERS
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Imperfect dish : CHIPPEDBEEF
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Beloved: Fr. : AIMEE
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Food, clothing, etc. : NEEDS
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Australian badger : WOMBAT
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Coded items : AREAS
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King of anc. Persia : DARIUS
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Flung : SHIED
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Name in theater lore : BAYES
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Song, in Saxony : LIED
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Gruening : ERNEST
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Wax : GROW
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Originated : BRED
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Things to be omitted : DELENDA
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Coach-and-four : TALLYHO
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Robt. ___ : ELEE
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Bane : CURSE
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Soothed : SALVED
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Year in reign of Justinian I : DLIII
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Dickens role : SIKES
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Spice : CLOVE
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Helicon dweller : ERATO
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Sandpiper : WADER
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Border river of Brazil : APA
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12-point type : PICA
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Recipe abbreviation : TSPS
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Military report : AWOL
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"___ be in England ... " : OHTO
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Political monogram : HHH
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USA, Gallic style : EUA
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Result of sitting : LAP
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Waist adornment : OBI
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Piece of music : RAG

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 16 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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