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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Wednesday, August 1, 1979

25-Across : Hat trimming

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,858
Across
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Cleopatra's final agent : ASP
4
Pintail duck : SMEE
8
Lady of Spain : DAMA
12
Farthest from the wind side : ALEE
13
Cardinals, e.g. : TEAM
14
Like Kringle's milieu : POLAR
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Kind of monster : GILA
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Coolant not needed in August : ANTIFREEZE
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Insult : AFFRONT
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Carpentier of ring fame : GEORGES
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Planet, hound or god : PLUTO
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Umps' kin : REFS
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Outward appearance : AIR
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Hat trimming : TORSADE
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Thos. and Jas. : STS
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Remain aboard : STAYON
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On pins and needles : INASWEAT
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One of a fabled 40 : THIEF
35
This, in Tours : CET
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Struthers or Field : SALLY
37
Dissembling : AESOPIAN
39
Twaddle : PIFFLE
40
The ___ Gees, popular trio : BEE
41
Smallest of the Great Lakes : ONTARIO
43
Cobb and Power, for short : TYS
44
"___ Sanctorum," collection of saints' biographies : ACTA
45
Ancient Asia Minor region : IONIA
47
Frogman's equipment : SNORKEL
50
Commotions; quarrels : DUSTUPS
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Mandarin oranges : TANGERINES
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Operatic prince : IGOR
56
Sgt.'s superior : LIEUT
57
Actor Hamilton : NEIL
58
"Fly away, fly!" : SHOO
59
"The ___ 'e knows ... ": Kipling : ORSE
60
Bearded, in botany : AWNY
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Suburb of Brussels : ATH
Down
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First Arabic letter : ALIF
2
Egotist's specialty : SELFPRAISE
3
White of early films : PEARL
4
Lincoln's Secretary of War : STANTON
5
Plato, to Aristotle : MENTOR
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"___, drink and be merry" : EAT
7
Visa holder : EMIGRANT
8
People of action : DOERS
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Shake ___ (hasten) : ALEG
10
Structure for a rat race : MAZE
11
Greek Mars : ARES
12
Turkish title : AGA
14
Medicine, law et al. : PROFESSIONS
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"___ cold, starve a fever" : FEEDA
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Poorer : OUTOFPOCKET
23
Take ___ at (try) : ASTAB
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"With this Ring, ___ wed" : ITHEE
26
City south of Florence : SIENA
27
Like many a hunt-and-peck typist : SELFTAUGHT
28
Count : TALLY
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Eyelid inflammations : STYES
31
Farmer, in Eng. : YEO
33
Air Force female : WAF
35
Island southwest of Los Angeles : CATALINA
38
Prefix with cede or change : INTER
39
With devoutness : PIOUSLY
42
"Still ___ triumph over all mischance": Shak. : RIDEIN
44
Debate : ARGUE
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"___ wise father ... " : ITISA
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Battle site: 1944 : STLO
48
Indian otter : NAIR
49
Wallet contents : ONES
51
Expression of disdain : POOH
52
"Rave" notice result : SRO
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Unused : NEW

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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