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Bernstein
Bernstein

New York Times, Monday, August 8, 1977

57-Across : Point of reference

Author:
Bernstein
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Bernstein has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,222
Across
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Moth or Park : LUNA
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Went by car : RODE
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TV's Mr. Pyle : GOMER
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Step ___ (hurry) : ONIT
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Biographer Ludwig : EMIL
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Related on the mother's side : ENATE
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Top ___, S.F. tourist attraction : OFTHEMARK
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___ firma : TERRA
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Sign of a skid : TIREMARK
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Disguised : MASKED
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Lucy ___, early Women's Libbers : STONERS
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Namely : TOWIT
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Inquire : ASK
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"Give My Regards to ___" : BROADWAY
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Doctrine : ISM
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Lofty nest : AERIE
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Time units : YEARS
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Kind of tide : NEAP
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One who is overly fond : DOTER
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Eat in style : DINE
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Sawlike part : SERRA
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Attack : BESET
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Correlative : NOR
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Occupy by force : TAKEOVER
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Light afternoon meal : TEA
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Valuable violin : STRAD
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Urged : PRESSED
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Dialect : PATOIS
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Plumate : FEATHERY
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Eastern rulers : AMIRS
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Point of reference : BENCHMARK
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Boundary : LIMIT
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A single time : ONCE
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To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
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"I Get ___" (pop song) : IDEAS
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Fruity blends : ADES
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Gestures of agreement : NODS
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Plunders : LOOTS
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Not qualified : UNFIT
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Kind of glycerine : NITRO
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She sprang full-grown from Zeus's forehead : ATHENA
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Noticed or commented : REMARKED
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Khayyám and Bradley : OMARS
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Dagger : DIRK
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Largest living deer : ELK
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Escape : GETAWAY
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Unfair : ONESIDED
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Sam Clemens : MARKTWAIN
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Common French verb : ETRE
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Peruse : READ
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The spider bugs : EMESA
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Low : MOO
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They were all about Eve : TREES
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A barker never is this : BITER
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Famed cartoonist : ARNO
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River of Flanders : YSER
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"Meet Me ___ Louis, Louis" : INST
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"___ pin, pick it up ... " : SEEA
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Awaits developments : MARKSTIME
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Arrayed, as a judge : ROBED
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Objective of a noted march : PRETORIA
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Goes over again : RETRACES
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Greek tenses : AORISTS
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Molars, canines, etc. : TEETH
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Anatomical duct : VAS
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He takes up the slag : ASHMAN
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British coins : PENCE
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Pacific alliance : SEATO
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Made a mistake : ERRED
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One of Connie Mack's stars : DYKES
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Language related to Sanskrit : PALI
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Surrounded by : AMID
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Parry : FEND
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Python : BOA

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

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