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Ernst Theimer
Ernst Theimer

New York Times, Saturday, September 1, 1990

40-Across : Hoisted

Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,907
Across
1
Soft drink : COLA
5
Heap : PILE
9
Gazelle : CORA
13
Calorie or gram : UNIT
14
Show a preference for : FAVOR
15
State positively : AVER
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How Sir Edward the composer becomes Horatio the novelist : BYREARRANGEMENT
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Hatchet : AXE
20
Achieve : GAIN
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Atomizer : SPRAY
22
Goals : AIMS
23
London gallery : TATE
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How to make Mao into an African pest : DOUBLEHISMIDDLE
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Cordage fiber : ISTLE
33
Catches red-handed : NABS
34
Thing, in law : RES
35
Hoopster Archibald : NATE
36
Painter Matisse : HENRI
38
Neckpieces : BOAS
39
Era : AGE
40
Hoisted : HOVE
41
Expire : LAPSE
42
What talk-show emcee Winfrey has in common with a Marx : HERNAMEREVERSED
46
Presently : ANON
47
Win at chess : MATE
48
Office-pool member : STENO
51
Croquet on horseback? : POLO
52
Taro product : POI
55
What changes a drum to a male cat? : CUTTINGITINHALF
59
Sister of Fatima : ANNE
60
Relaxed : EASED
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It precedes beth : ALEF
62
Oolong and pekoe : TEAS
63
Mouthward : ORAD
64
Do in : SLAY
Down
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Caribbean island : CUBA
2
Variety of chalcedony : ONYX
3
Money in Milano : LIRE
4
Corroded : ATE
5
Church district : PARISH
6
Boris's rival : IVAN
7
Half of a palindromic Asian : LON
8
Work unit : ERG
9
Tented : CAMPED
10
Done : OVER
11
Actress Sofer : RENA
12
Bohemian : ARTY
14
Bowling "inning" : FRAME
17
Spry : AGILE
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Sumus, ___, sunt : ESTIS
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It precedes Baker : ABLE
23
Autocrat : TSAR
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Prefix with dexterous : AMBI
25
Alice's cat : DINAH
26
Kind of orange : OSAGE
27
Complete : UTTER
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Kind of voice or sanctum : INNER
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Lets fall : DROPS
30
Tenant's document : LEASE
31
Ancient chariot : ESSED
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___ sapiens : HOMO
37
Tied : EVEN
38
Like Hubbard's cupboard : BARE
40
Asian capital : HANOI
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Admit : LETON
43
Edict city : NANTES
44
Hammed it up : EMOTED
45
Cogent : VALID
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Shoo : SCAT
49
Melody : TUNE
50
Lab burner : ETNA
51
Famous tower site : PISA
52
Grow tiresome : PALL
53
Olive genus : OLEA
54
Uncertain : IFFY
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Modernist : NEO
57
Needlefish : GAR
58
Owns : HAS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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