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Colebury
Colebury

New York Times, Wednesday, September 26, 1984

69-Across : Cols.'s commands

Author:
Colebury
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Colebury has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,741
Across
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Yawn : GAPE
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Murrow's "Hear ___," on radio : ITNOW
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Corn or oat follower : MEAL
14
Like the Gobi : ARID
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Stiller's partner : MEARA
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Kind of brat or ant : ARMY
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Gaspar et al. : MAGI
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Phony strong man : PAPERTIGER
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Opening : SLIT
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Chemical suffix : OSE
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Singer Vic : DAMONE
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Snare : NOOSE
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Part of a NASA vehicle : LEM
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Agri Dagi, Mountain of Pain : ARARAT
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Meanings : PURPORTS
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Cravat material : REP
34
___ acid (a vitamin) : FOLIC
36
Ward off : AVERT
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Gomberg's instrument : OBOE
39
Having secret import : RUNIC
41
Cartoon light bulb : IDEA
42
Forms : MAKES
44
Wine region of France : MEDOC
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"Leave ___ to Heaven" : HER
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Departments : AGENCIES
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Demure : MODEST
51
Adviser Landers : ANN
52
Political slander : SMEAR
53
Parts of calyces : SEPALS
57
"Horton Hears a ___": Seuss : WHO
58
Place for a figurehead : PROW
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Trapshooter's target : CLAYPIGEON
63
Arizona Indian : PIMA
64
Hero of 2,327 performances : ABIE
65
Dig : DELVE
66
Author Bagnold : ENID
67
Nerio's husband : MARS
68
Church officer : ELDER
69
Cols.'s commands : RGTS
Down
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Seamen's chats : GAMS
2
U.S.S.R.'s ___ Sea : ARAL
3
"Caveat emptor" item : PIGINAPOKE
4
Harold Ross, e.g. : EDITOR
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Pretender : IMPOSTOR
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Irritate : TEASE
7
Neck portion : NAPE
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Lode load : ORE
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Guard : WARDER
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Disfigure : MAIM
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Therefore : ERGO
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So be it : AMEN
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Ancient Greek instrument : LYRE
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Neighbor of St. Petersburg : TAMPA
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Clod : OAF
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Clear : LUCID
26
Bouquet : AROMA
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Snare again : REBAG
28
Turpentine sources : PINES
29
Egg: Comb. form : OVI
30
Diversion; distraction : REDHERRING
31
Proverbial non-monetary source : TREES
32
Originate : START
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Optical unit : LUMEN
38
Poetic contraction : EEN
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He sits below the salt : COMMONER
43
Tonsure area : SCALP
45
Miler Sebastian ___ : COE
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Kind of straight : INSIDE
50
Natty : DAPPER
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What push may come to : SHOVE
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Action shared by a shill : SCAM
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Able in reverse : ELBA
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Match : PAIR
56
Certain votes : AYES
57
Fuse metals : WELD
59
Neglect : OMIT
60
Plugs : WADS
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Colloid : GEL

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

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