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Norma Steinberg
Norma Steinberg

New York Times, Tuesday, September 22, 1992

43-Across : Hawthorne's forte

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,659
Across
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Handles roughly : PAWS
5
Almost boil : SCALD
10
Self-satisfied : SMUG
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___ the Red : ERIC
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Small drum : TABOR
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Dorothy's dog : TOTO
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Spurt : GUSH
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Eat away at : ERODE
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One-sided game : ROUT
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Streisand film re spinning? : THEWAYWEWHIRR
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Gov. Cuomo et al. : DEMS
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In full view : OPEN
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Scene of the crime : VENUE
28
Musician's transition : SEGUE
31
Hero : IDOL
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Meters : GAUGES
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Gotcha! : AHA
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The optometrist's place? : SITEFORSOREEYES
40
Noshed : ATE
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Prejudice of a sort : AGEISM
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Actual : VERY
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Hawthorne's forte : PROSE
44
Owens or James : JESSE
45
Twinge : ACHE
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Harrow's rival : ETON
49
Muffet's diet plan? : CURDSANDWEIGH
55
Fidel's realm : CUBA
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Nice Nellie : PRUDE
57
"Arkeologist" : NOAH
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Singer Redding : OTIS
60
Stan's pal : OLLIE
61
Festive : GALA
62
Calif.'s Governor Wilson : PETE
63
For rent : TOLET
64
"Rosebud," e.g. : SLED
Down
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Croquet stake : PEG
2
In ___ (bogged down) : ARUT
3
Desire : WISH
4
Make time for : SCHEDULE
5
Watt's fuel : STEAM
6
Grant and Middlecoff : CARYS
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"Baby, Take ___," 1934 song : ABOW
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Vein of ore : LODE
9
Sketched : DREW
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Hash mark : STRIPE
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Dudley or Marianne : MOORE
12
Driving-test feat : UTURN
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Understood finally : GOT
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Tiny : WEE
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Theater audience : HOUSE
25
Traveler's paper : VISA
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Check for typos, etc. : EDIT
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Memo : NOTE
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"If you knew ___ ... " : SUSIE
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Selves : EGOS
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Bacillus : GERM
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Kind of dancer : GOGO
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A son of Zeus : ARES
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Yes votes : AYES
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Linen marking : HERS
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"___ sow ... " : ASYE
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Got along : FARED
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Times for soirees : EVENINGS
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"On the run" is one : PHRASE
44
Blow or Palooka : JOE
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Severe : ACUTE
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Biblical measurement : CUBIT
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Carrie's dad : EDDIE
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Tin-whistle sound : TWEET
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See : SPOT
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Singer Guthrie : ARLO
52
Void's partner : NULL
53
Objective : GOAL
54
Golfer Irwin : HALE
55
Beat pounder : COP
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Owned : HAD

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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