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Bernard Meren
Bernard Meren

New York Times, Saturday, September 24, 1988

27-Across : Used a hewgag

Author:
Bernard Meren
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Bernard Meren has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,200
Across
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Lewis or Husing : TED
4
English historian: 1834-1902 : ACTON
9
Hindu god of fire : AGNI
13
Jidda native : ARAB
15
Victor or Roger : MOORE
16
Sack : LOOT
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Do road work : PAVE
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Strong suit : ARMOR
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Reddish brown : BOLE
20
Designed to conform with existing modes : STYLIZED
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Obscure : BEDIM
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Hunky-dory : JAKE
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Inn in Adana : IMARET
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Used a hewgag : TOOTED
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"___ fan tutte" : COSI
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Nigerian native : IBO
33
Irish lake and river : ERNES
34
Ray : SKATE
35
Noted German archeologist: 1840-1909 : MAU
36
Even : TIED
37
Raccoon's relative : COATI
38
Sassy : PERT
39
Musical tones : RES
40
Sets of three : TERNS
41
___-Coeur (Parisian church) : SACRE
42
Tennis term : ALL
43
Not up : ABED
44
One who binds : LASHER
45
Sudden swift flow : ONRUSH
47
Hartman from Houston : LISA
48
Unsaid : TACIT
50
Words on a menu : ALACARTE
54
Sommer from Berlin : ELKE
55
Pertinent : ADREM
57
Phosphoresce : GLOW
58
Opposite of sans : AVEC
59
"West Side Story" song : MARIA
60
President Hyde's land : EIRE
61
Recherché : RARE
62
Chasm : ABYSS
63
Crossette : EAR
Down
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G. C. Scott film: 1981 : TAPS
2
Latin I word : ERAT
3
Sailors' grave: Var. : DAVYJONESLOCKER
4
Astonished : AMAZED
5
Heart : CORE
6
People generally : TOMDICKANDHARRY
7
___ Grande, Mojave Desert town : ORO
8
Saul's uncle or grandfather : NER
9
Pulitzer Prize dramatist: 1967 : ALBEE
10
Hedonist : GOODTIMECHARLIE
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___ me tangere : NOLI
12
Article : ITEM
14
Delayed : BELATED
21
Iconoscopes, for short : IKES
22
Camembert's cousin : BRIE
25
Fosses : MOATS
26
Italian wine region : ASTI
27
Colorful aquarium fish : TETRA
28
Mirador : ORIEL
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Vt.'s "granite city" : BARRE
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Peripheral : OUTER
34
Blains : SORES
37
Philippine port : CEBU
38
Northwest, e.g. : PASSAGE
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Acid : TART
41
Levantine ketch : SAIC
44
Guanacos' cousins : LLAMAS
46
Dorothy Gale, to Em : NIECE
48
Rip : TEAR
49
Spanish dukedom : ALVA
51
Wahines' garlands : LEIS
52
Hartebeest : TORA
53
Pitcher : EWER
55
Early church chalice : AMA
56
Small flatfish : DAB

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