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Margaret W. Huskey
Margaret W. Huskey

New York Times, Thursday, August 11, 1988

58-Across : Eagle or lark

Author:
Margaret W. Huskey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F J K Q V W X Y }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Margaret W. Huskey has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,156
Across
1
Recorded, in a way : TAPED
6
Site of Port-au-Prince : HAITI
11
Delay, old style : BELATE
12
Past month : ULTIMO
14
Man from Oman, e.g. : ARABIAN
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Delicious drinks : NECTARS
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Hornswoggled : DUPED
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Bsh. or pk. : AMT
20
Navajo's home : HOGAN
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Utah's ___ National Park : ZION
22
Eyelid inflammations : STIES
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Rama's wife : SITA
25
Superlative suffix : EST
26
Scottish royal family: 1371-1714 : STUARTS
28
January 1 drink : NOG
29
Loses hope : DESPAIRS
31
Swimming mammals : OTTERS
33
Famed octogenarian : HOPE
34
Malay boat : PROA
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Tex. river : SABINE
38
They get lots of suits : CLEANERS
42
"To ___ is human ... ": Pope : ERR
43
Makes beloved : ENDEARS
45
A nephew of Abraham : LOT
46
Low-skilled worker : PEON
48
Sights on a jalopy : DENTS
49
Commanded : BADE
50
Christie and Karenina : ANNAS
52
Posed : SAT
53
Eton boy's mom : MATER
54
Milk sugar : LACTOSE
56
Slow disintegration : EROSION
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Eagle or lark : SOARER
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Relative magnitudes : RATIOS
60
Viewpoint : SLANT
61
Luster : SHEEN
Down
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Sites of small tempests : TEAPOTS
2
Vice President Barkley : ALBEN
3
Indemnified : PAID
4
Airport abbr. : ETA
5
Render alcohol unfit for drinking : DENATURE
6
TV detective : HUNTER
7
October ___ : ALE
8
Constant desire : ITCH
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Schipa and Gobbi of opera : TITOS
10
Picture in the mind : IMAGINE
11
Injury : BRUISE
13
Skilled speaker : ORATOR
14
Dressed timber roughly : ADZED
16
Hidden hindrances : SNAGS
19
An orangutan : MIAS
22
Salary : STIPEND
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Squirrels and magpies : STORERS
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Rhone tributary : SAONE
27
Porticoes : STOAS
30
Greek letter : PHI
32
Dress leather : TAN
34
Large serving dishes : PLATTERS
35
Flower part : SEPAL
36
Punta ___, Chilean port : ARENAS
37
Wild ones at 40 Down : BRONCOS
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"Last Supper" picture : CENA
39
High spirits : ELATION
40
Western jamborees : RODEOS
41
Ship's rear : STERN
44
Abandon : DESERT
47
Province of South Africa : NATAL
49
Memorable bandleader : BASIE
51
Marsh bird : SORA
53
Speck : MOTE
55
Cambodian coin : SEN
57
Stadium sound : RAH

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