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William Coburn
William Coburn

New York Times, Friday, August 24, 1984

25-Across : Pop, for one

Author:
William Coburn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Coburn has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,708
Across
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Term of endearment : LAMB
5
French quisling : LAVAL
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A son of Willy Loman : BIFF
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"Dies ___," old hymn : IRAE
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Norfolk Scope, e.g. : ARENA
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Womanizer : ROUE
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"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
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Lordly lodging : MANORHOUSE
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Minnesotan's neighbor : MANITOBAN
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Commencement : ONSET
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Redacts : EDITS
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Orion's beloved : EOS
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Pop, for one : PARENT
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Frank, as a talk : MANTOMAN
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Icelandic letters : EDHS
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Adjudge : AWARD
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Not one, country style : NARY
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Digit : TOE
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Digit : ONE
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Nothing : NIL
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Trojan War precipitator : ERIS
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Embellish : DRESS
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N.E. river : SACO
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Returned to custody : REMANDED
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Wild marjoram : ORIGAN
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Escapee from Sodom : LOT
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Miffed : IRATE
50
Indian is one : OCEAN
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Region in NE China : MANCHURIA
57
Dutch-born satirist Bernard : MANDEVILLE
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Objectives : AIMS
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Italian medieval republic : ASTI
61
More gelid : ICIER
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Record : TAPE
63
Lamp filler : NEON
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Agile : CATTY
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Famed N.F.L. linebacker : ELIA
Down
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Author O'Flaherty : LIAM
2
Domingo showpiece : ARIA
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Finnish liberator: 1867-1951 : MANNERHEIM
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Forebodes : BETIDES
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Middleweight champ: 1949-51 : LAMOTTA
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Bedouins : ARABS
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___ comes (artery companion) : VENA
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Presently : ANON
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Tutelary spirit : LAR
10
Macho actor : BRONSON
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Chits : IOUS
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Dissolve : FUSE
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Trotters : FEET
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Gibson of oaters : HOOT
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Pewter component : TIN
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Tip : END
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Pianist Serkin : PETER
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" ... and infidels ___": Pope : ADORE
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Having long, thick hair : MANED
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Metric units : ARES
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Administrative : MANAGERIAL
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Chilean port : ARICA
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Synthetic from amides : NYLON
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Had on : WORE
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Foe of Richard I : SALADIN
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Toxic pesticide : DDT
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It's witchcraft : SORCERY
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Place : SITUATE
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Zero : NONE
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Cheer : RAH
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Creek : INLET
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Muscat is its capital : OMAN
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Box : CASE
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Within: Comb. form : ENTO
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Muscovite, e.g. : MICA
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Landed : ALIT
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Band of Zulu warriors : IMPI
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"Into ___ of dew": Field : ASEA
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Radio's "___ and Sade" : VIC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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