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Hallie Parsons
Hallie Parsons
Gerald Parsons
Gerald Parsons

New York Times, Saturday, September 5, 1981

59-Across : Motion support

Author:
Hallie & Gerald Parsons
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 47, Avg Word Len: 4.94, Missing: { F J W X }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 5, XRef: 2
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,624
Across
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Party popper : CORK
5
Flit : DART
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Nervy : DARING
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Becomes different : VARIES
13
Steeplejack, at times : RIVETER
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Data for the I.R.S. : INCOMES
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Swinburne's "___ Atque Vale" : AVE
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Enthusiasts : ZEALOTS
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With 8 Down, for now : PRO
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To some extent: Prefix : SEMI
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Klein creation : STYLE
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Spiral : COIL
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Dido : PRANK
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Silkworm : ERI
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Ten ___ (stop transmitting) : THREE
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Obvious derision : SNEER
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Contestants : ENTRIES
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Borrower's interest re interest : RATE
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Juncture : SEAM
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Winter wear : MITTENS
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Sour : ACERB
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Former Barbary state : TUNIS
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Flash often accompanying a dash : DOT
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Cornered : TREED
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___ muchacha (this girl): Sp. : ESTA
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One-eighth of a peck : QUART
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Wan : ASHY
50
Golfer's concern : LIE
51
Grotesque : SURREAL
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Free electron : ION
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Home of the collegiate Cowboys : LARAMIE
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Bedeck with small stars : SPANGLE
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Circumscribes : LIMITS
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Motion support : SECOND
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Tetranychid : MITE
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They lost a Rose to Philadelphia : REDS
Down
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Alley Oop, for one : CAVEMAN
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Prospector's prospect : ORE
3
Swiss owner of a posh hotel : RITZ
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These are bent in orisons : KNEES
5
Subject of a Giotto painting : DANTE
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Parts of ellipses : ARCS
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Brazilian coffee : RIO
8
See 19 Across : TEMPORE
9
Several : DIVERS
10
Fireplace : GRATE
11
Some possessions of Itzhak Perlman : VIOLINS
12
Baseball-season climax : SERIES
13
File : RASP
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Fish : SOLE
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"Toute la ___," Hugo work : LYRE
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Sluggard's problem : INERTIA
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Impossible dream : CHIMERA
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Subject of Shelley's "Adonais" : KEATS
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Pamphlet : TRACT
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Beat for a P.O. man : RTE
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Export from Calcutta : TEA
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Bears : ENDURES
35
Cardinal Cardinal in the 40's and 50's : MUSIAL
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Provisional, as a council : INTERIM
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Emulate the eagle : SOAR
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Quits before becoming superannuated : RESIGNS
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Partner of lo : BEHOLD
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Fabled archer : TELL
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Long lock : TRESS
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The force is with it : DYNE
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Completely : QUITE
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Acuminate : TAPER
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Clobbered, in days of yore : SMIT
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Needlepoint, for one : LACE
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"Mon ___ Pierrot" : AMI
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Silent agreement : NOD

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