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James L. Beatty
James L. Beatty

New York Times, Monday, August 23, 1993

14-Across : Ta-ta, to Tomás

Author:
James L. Beatty
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
James L. Beatty has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,994
Across
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Minute dispute : SPAT
5
" ... pile ___ on Pelion": Virgil : OSSA
9
Carry : TOTE
13
British subway : TUBE
14
Ta-ta, to Tomás : ADIOS
15
Bribe money : SOAP
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Sign : OMEN
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Secret cooperation : CONNIVANCE
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Termite terminator : AARDVARK
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Charge with gas : AERATE
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Medieval crucifixes : ROODS
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TV-news network : CNN
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Dazed condition : TRANCE
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By chance : CASUALLY
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Soak flax or hemp : RET
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Surround firmly : EMBED
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Ray : SKATE
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Lamb's pseudonym : ELIA
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Like certain seals : EARED
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Medieval gold and silk brocade : ACCA
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River to the Rhone : SAONE
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Hinder : DETER
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Torrid : HOT
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Where rabbis preside : SYNAGOGS
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Neckwear for milady : PEARLS
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Path of trav. : RTE
50
Pal : CRONY
51
Short sock : ANKLET
55
Board-game pieces : CHESSMEN
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Rough and noisy : BOISTEROUS
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Had on : WORE
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Once, once : ERST
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Rambles : ROAMS
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Italian noble family : ESTE
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Colleen : LASS
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Makes a lap : SITS
66
Oboe necessity : REED
Down
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Portico for Plato : STOA
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Cougar : PUMA
3
Deviation : ABERRATION
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Bone-to-muscle connector : TENDON
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Aromas : ODORS
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"___ the Bismarck!": 1960 film : SINK
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One of the Trinity : SON
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More than half the world's population : ASIANS
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Anagram for star : TSAR
10
A Chaplin : OONA
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Diplomat's asset : TACT
12
Rapier's cousin : EPEE
14
College environment : ACADEME
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The evening star : VENUS
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Viva ___ (by word of mouth) : VOCE
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West Point student : CADET
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Long lock : TRESS
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Type of race : RELAY
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Roman goddess of agriculture : CERES
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Alias letters : AKA
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Tearful : LACHRYMOSE
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Rank above maj. : LTCOL
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Nobelist in Literature: 1923 : YEATS
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Boy Scout's merit ___ : BADGE
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Alicia of TV : ANA
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Sadden : DEPRESS
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White heron : EGRET
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Classic autos : REOS
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Aquatic mammals : OTTERS
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Riposte : ANSWER
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Buddies : CHUMS
51
A brother of Seth : ABEL
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Asta's mistress : NORA
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S.W.A.K. word : KISS
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Mil. landing vessels : LSTS
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Chesterfield, e.g. : COAT
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Art Deco artist : ERTE
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Requisite : NEED
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Louis XIV, e.g. : ROI

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