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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Thursday, September 27, 1990

40-Across : ___ nova (Brazilian dance)

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { G Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,933
Across
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Type of pear : BOSC
5
Put through a strainer : SIFT
9
Green stone : JADE
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Forearm bone : ULNA
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Groups of three : TRIOS
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Pelvic bones : ILIA
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Get married : TIETHEKNOT
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Red planet : MARS
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Up-front part of a shoe : TOECAP
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Atrociousness : ENORMITY
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"Hallelujah, I'm ___" : ABUM
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Chou En-___ : LAI
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Hoodwink : SLIPONEOVERON
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For grown-ups : ADULT
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Actress Irene : DUNNE
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Follower: Suffix : ITE
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Not so much : LESS
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Trumpeter Al's family : HIRTS
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Some sandwiches, briefly : BLTS
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Hard wood : ASH
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___ nova (Brazilian dance) : BOSSA
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Give as one's share : ALLOT
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Avoid taking a stand : SKIRTTHEISSUE
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No longer burning : OUT
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Henry or Clare Boothe : LUCE
47
Heater fuel : KEROSENE
52
Play ___ (dissemble) : POSSUM
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Boesky or Tors : IVAN
57
"Laugh-In" catch phrase for Judy Carne : SOCKITTOME
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Father : SIRE
60
Italian automotive center : TURIN
61
Swiss peaks : ALPS
62
Amuse immensely : SLAY
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In the altogether : NUDE
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Lanny or Diana : ROSS
Down
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Cigar remnant : BUTT
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Miscellany : OLIO
3
Snick-or-___ : SNEE
4
Derisive whistles : CATCALLS
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Accelerate : STEPUP
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Annoy : IRK
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Dandy : FINE
8
Roger Rabbit, for one : TOON
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Comic actor Walker : JIMMIE
10
Turkish regiment : ALAI
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Gossip's interest : DIRT
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The Big ___ (New Orleans) : EASY
15
Rootlike runners : STOLONS
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Monk's garb : HABIT
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Kind of review : RAVE
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Fashionable : MODISH
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Rice-and-fish dish : SUSHI
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Clara Barton was one : NURSE
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Involve necessarily : ENTAIL
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Lunar valley : RILLE
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Astronomer Knopf : OTTO
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TV's "Empty ___" : NEST
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Word of sorrow : ALAS
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Vargueno, e.g. : DESK
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Most popular : HOTTEST
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Heavenly body such as Rigel : BLUESTAR
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Heat units, for short : BTUS
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Neckwear for Henry Higgins : ASCOT
43
Andy, Annie or Mickey : ROONEY
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Lying on one's back : SUPINE
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Smooch : KISS
48
Wickedness : EVIL
49
___ avis : RARA
50
Part of speech : NOUN
51
Beige : ECRU
53
Student flier's goal : SOLO
54
Base V.I.P.'s : UMPS
55
Word with hall or kit : MESS
58
Rib : KID

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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