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Beverly J. Seward
Beverly J. Seward

New York Times, Tuesday, September 27, 1977

15-Across : Pranksters' tricks

Author:
Beverly J. Seward
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Beverly J. Seward has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,272
Across
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Part of a full house : PAIR
5
Fairbanks, to friends : DOUG
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Adventure tale : SAGA
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Costa ___ : RICA
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N.L. player : EXPO
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Pranksters' tricks : DIDOS
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Arabian seaport : ADEN
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Fair-to-middlin' : SOSO
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Apply some muscle : EXERT
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Fumbling pharmacist : MEDICINEDROPPER
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Ours, in parts of Quebec : NOS
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Rival of S.M.U. : TCU
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___ time (never) : ATNO
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Keep the bird moist : BASTE
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In-the-news cartel : OPEC
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With 32 Across, butter-fingered deejays : RECORD
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See 30 Across : BREAKERS
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Give ___ whirl : ITA
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Royal adornment : CORONET
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Sports org. : AAU
40
Nob Hill sight : CABLECAR
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Sudden turn : SWERVE
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Baltic Sea feeder : ODER
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Lagoon entry : INLET
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"G.I. Jane" of 1942 : WAAC
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Teachers' org. : NEA
51
Kind of silver: Abbr. : STG
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Overzealous state trooper : AMBULANCECHASER
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Unsecured : LOOSE
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Miss Kett : ETTA
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___ Strip : GAZA
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Rockne : KNUTE
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Kind of food : SOUL
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'Iggins of "My Fair Lady" : ENRY
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Chevron-wearers: Abbr. : SGTS
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Use the scissors : SNIP
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Watery seven : SEAS
Down
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Coventry carriage : PRAM
2
General's right-hand man : AIDE
3
One the rocks : ICED
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Encountered : RANINTO
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Arnaz and son : DESIS
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County in England : OXON
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Dark horse's victory : UPSET
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"I give my horse ___ and beans" : GOODCORN
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Beer supply : SIXPACK
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Clever : ADEPT
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Culbertson peer : GOREN
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Rival of 14 Across : ASTRO
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___ gratias : DEO
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Twisted one's arm : COERCED
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Indian money : RUPEES
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___-a-brac : BRIC
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Bataan group : AETA
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Strikebreaker : SCAB
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"He must have a long spoon that must ___ the devil" : EATWITH
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Dozen, in Durango : DOCENA
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Man. or Bklyn. : BOR
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He outranks a viscount : EARL
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Carry on verbally : RAVE
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Food for grackles : SUET
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Scarcity : RARENESS
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Short-horned grasshoppers : LOCUSTS
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Takes on in battle : ENGAGES
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Throws four wide ones : WALKS
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Surrounded by : AMONG
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"Much Ado ___ Nothing" : ABOUT
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Get at the issue : ACTON
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Sell hot tickets : SCALP
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Actress Remick : LEE
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Case for needles : ETUI
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Safe's partner : SANE
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Poet Pound : EZRA
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Gamma and violet : RAYS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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