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Jack Wherry
Jack Wherry

K RATIONS

New York Times, Sunday, August 25, 1974

76-Across : Showing sass

Author:
Jack Wherry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 93, Avg Word Len: 5.07, Missing: { J V Z }, Scrabble score: 805 (avg 1.85)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 9, FITB: 16, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 29
Jack Wherry has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,143
Across
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Jawed : YAKKED
7
Harbor or mitzvah : BAR
10
Eden and Heath: Abbr. : PMS
13
___ play for : MAKEA
18
Adorns, old style : ORNATES
20
Et ___ : ALII
21
European canal : KIEL
22
Kind of verb: Abbr. : IRREG
23
Chopsticks' cousins : KNIFEANDFORK
25
Bomber pilot's concern : ACKACKFIRE
27
Pillage : SACK
28
Retreats : LAIRS
29
City near Chicago : KANKAKEE
31
Sodom specialty : SIN
32
State: Abbr. : KAN
34
Newsstand : KIOSK
36
Seven, to Cicero : SEPTEM
37
Employed : USED
38
Arctic bird : AUK
40
Squeeze out : EKE
42
"Whither thou ___ ... " : GOEST
44
Ref. book : OED
45
Ghana's capital: Var. : AKKRA
46
Like the blacksmith's hands : SINEWY
48
System of measures : METRIC
50
Wharf : PIER
51
Hiker's gear : KNAPSACK
54
Secretary under F.D.R. : FRANKKNOX
57
"___ were king" : IFI
60
Do art work : ETCH
61
Stealing: Prefix : KLEPT
64
Made changes : ALTERED
65
Heal : KNIT
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Maori canoes : WAKAS
68
On : ABOARD
70
Kind of poker : STUD
71
Fish : ANGLE
72
Either way : WINORLOSE
75
More passé : STALER
76
Showing sass : TALKINGBACK
80
Triple-header-double-letter word : BOOKKEEPERS
85
Songlike : ARIOSE
86
Organ-console gadgets : STOPKNOBS
88
Guru Nanak's followers : SIKHS
89
Child's speech, often : LISP
93
Signal at a séance, maybe : ONERAP
94
Brimless hat : TOQUE
99
On an even ___ : KEEL
100
Small-time : TINHORN
102
Magi, e.g. : SAGES
104
Sandwich staple : TUNA
105
Quiet! : SSH
106
One of New York's Fingers : KEUKALAKE
108
"Show-me" men : SKEPTICS
110
Straightforward : OPEN
112
Kozy ___ (highway sign) : KABINS
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Deliverance : RESCUE
115
Happening of 1960's : SITIN
117
French wheat : BLE
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Bumbling : INEPT
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It's mad when wet : HEN
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Round-Table men: Abbr. : KTS
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Pawn : HOCK
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Metal grating : GRILLE
126
Shade of gray : SLATE
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Impatient sound : TSK
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Girl's name : ADA
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Most holey : LEAKIEST
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Caesar words : ICAME
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Tower city : PISA
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___ tavi : RIKKITIKKI
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After five, six : PICKUPSTICKS
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Work on dough : KNEAD
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___ all, knows all : SEES
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Scottish daws : KAES
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___ out (persist) : STICKIT
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Sixth, in Italy : SESTO
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Time period : ERA
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Noise: Abbr. : SND
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Insists : SAYSSO
Down
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Belly laughs : YOKS
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Wild buffalo : ARNA
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Item for a whatnot : KNICKKNACK
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Novelist Franz : KAFKA
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Paris season : ETE
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"Big ___!" : DEAL
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Develop suddenly : BLOSSOM
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Broadcast : AIR
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Egyptian tambourine : RIKK
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Light-fingered one : PICKPOCKET
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"Kiss ___" : MEKATE
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Quenched : SLAKED
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Emcee's need : MIKE
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What Sandy says : ARF
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Santa : KRISSKRINGLE
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Stranger : EERIER
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Docket : AGENDA
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Black or coral : SNAKE
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Have ___ in one's throat : AFROG
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Famous Citizen : KANE
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502, to Brutus : DII
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Paving material: Abbr. : CEM
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Stellar : ASTRAL
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None of this is good : NEWS
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Hemp product : KEEF
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Music maker : UKE
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Out of line : ASKEW
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Utah range : UINTA
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Eskimo craft: Var. : KYAK
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Violins, for short : STRADS
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___-les-Bains : AIX
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Hebrew measure : EPHA
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Backbook entries: Abbr. : INTS
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Herd of seals : POD
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Trolley sound : CLANG
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Skewer dish: Var. : KEBOB
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Liberian tribe : KRU
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Composer Rorem : NED
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Office worker : FILER
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Passages : ITERS
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Having openings: Suffix : PORA
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Soft mineral : TALC
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Hilltop : KNAP
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Cheese or movement : SWISS
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Korean soldiers : ROKS
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Explosive experiment : ATEST
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Feminine suffix : INE
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Black : EBON
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Fatty: Prefix : SEB
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Duties : TASKS
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The Ram : ARIES
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How best-sellers go : LIKEHOTCAKES
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Eastern cosmetic : KOHL
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Uncovers, in poems : OPES
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Creole cook's staple : OKRA
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Pegs : KNAGS
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Russian coin : KOPEK
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China Sea gulf : TONKIN
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Brooklyn campus : LIU
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Red or black : INK
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___ leaf : SHAKELIKEA
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Negri : POLA
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Mel et al. : OTTS
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Football maneuvers : QUICKKICKS
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Not abridged : UNCUT
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Lets up : EASES
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Little Indian number : TEN
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Hydrophobia : RABIES
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Dry : SERE
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Range of view : KEN
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Chemical suffixes : ENES
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Kind of house : PENT
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Turkish measure : PIK
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Joined, as ropes : SPLICED
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Makos, e.g. : SHARKS
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Antiseptic : IODINE
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Prepare short ribs : BRAISE
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Moonshine : LIKKER
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Courses : TACKS
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Rope fibers : HEMPS
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___-well card : GET
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Wreaths : LEIS
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Greek letter : TAU
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Slightly risqué : SPICY
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Italian resort : LIDO
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Highways: Abbr. : TPKS
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Superlative endings : ESTS
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Sports gear : SKIS
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Concerning : ASTO
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Krazy ___ : KAT
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Fleming : IAN
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Spanish aunt : TIA

Answer summary:
21 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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