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Gayle Dean
Gayle Dean

New York Times, Thursday, September 10, 1987

23-Across : Quote: Part II

Author:
Gayle Dean
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Gayle Dean has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,820
Across
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Subsides : EBBS
5
City on the Aar : BERN
9
Goat's offspring : KID
12
Ivy League school : YALE
13
Fattened rooster : CAPON
14
Hardy's "___ the Obscure" : JUDE
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Essayist : ELIA
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Carrot's cousin : ANISE
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Author Gardner : ERLE
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First word of an Isaac Goldberg quote : DIPLOMACY
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Door sign : ENTER
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"Henry VI" character : IDEN
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Jug's kin : URN
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Quote: Part II : ISTODOANDSAYTHE
31
Farm structures : BARNS
32
Menacing March day : IDES
33
Magician's item : HAT
34
Takes to court : SUES
35
Called by loudspeaker : PAGED
37
Corn dish : PONE
38
Chemical suffix : ENE
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Luxurious : POSH
40
Subordinate : MINOR
41
Quote: Part III : NASTIESTTHINGIN
45
Hill dweller : ANT
46
Abate : WANE
47
Lax : SLACK
50
Quote: Part IV : THENICEST
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Actor Douglas : KIRK
56
Beat : POUND
57
Atop : ONTO
58
TV award : EMMY
59
Leans : TILTS
60
A lunchtime : NOON
61
End of quote : WAY
62
Confederate : ALLY
63
Descry : ESPY
Down
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Ogled : EYED
2
Indonesian island : BALI
3
Radar-set image : BLIP
4
Eared pinnipeds : SEALIONS
5
Tropical fruit : BANANA
6
Noyes's "Drake," e.g. : EPIC
7
Blushing : ROSY
8
Compass dir. : NNE
9
Author Vonnegut : KURT
10
Still : IDLE
11
Forest animal : DEER
13
Carved gem : CAMEO
14
Swedish soprano Lind : JENNY
19
They're played in Reno : ODDS
20
Time periods : ERAS
22
Like some cars : USED
23
"A Doll's House" playwright : IBSEN
24
Spa feature : SAUNA
25
Kilmer poem : TREES
26
"The ___ of the Iguana": Williams : NIGHT
27
Presidential initials : DDE
28
Whiplash : THONG
29
Asian city : HANOI
30
Forever, in poesy : ETERN
35
Byron, e.g. : POET
36
Buridan's vacillator : ASS
37
Forest dropper : PINECONE
39
Panther color? : PINK
40
Skirt style : MINI
42
Not neat or stylish : TACKY
43
Jackson bill : TWENTY
44
Clock parts : HANDS
47
Twist : SKEW
48
Tall-growing bean : LIMA
49
Troops : ARMY
50
Labor : TOIL
51
Ship's frame : HULL
52
A son of Seth : ENOS
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"Bus ___," Inge play : STOP
54
Actor Curtis : TONY
56
School org. : PTA

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