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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, September 5, 1985

42-Across : "___ Dinka Doo"

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { H J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,085
Across
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The cat's ___ : MEOW
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Fictional captain : NEMO
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"The ___ Hurrah": O'Connor : LAST
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Concede : ADMIT
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Cheers for a matador : OLES
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Latch follower : ONTO
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Writer St. Johns : ADELA
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Hermes was one : MESSENGER
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He makes a hit : MARKSMAN
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Silvery : ARGENT
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Call ___ (quit) : ITADAY
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Certain hair styles : AFROS
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Lodestone : MAGNET
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Distaff pronoun in Tours : ELLE
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Faulty : AMISS
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Grey of Western fiction : ZANE
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Dearth : LACK
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Microbe : GERM
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Seed part : TESTA
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Legal right : LIEN
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Shade of blue: Comb. form : INDI
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"___ Dinka Doo" : INKA
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Agnes de Mille ballet : RODEO
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Tipped off an actor : CUED
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Advice ascribed to Greeley : GOWEST
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Highway to Fairbanks : ALCAN
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___ as gold : ASGOOD
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___ with (get rid of) : DOAWAY
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Commodity dealer : MARKETER
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Shared a room : DOUBLEDUP
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Ancient Ireland : IERNE
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Chimney, in Cottbuss : ESSE
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Theorbo relative : LUTE
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Draw forth : EDUCE
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Word with skin or hound : DEER
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Red-ink significance : LOSS
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Be zetetic : SEEK
Down
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Elizabeth II, to Thatcher : MAAM
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Benito's daughter : EDDA
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Hebrew dry measure : OMER
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A W. C. Fields role : WILKINSMICAWBER
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Wanderer : NOMAD
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Actress Verdugo : ELENA
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Month, in Málaga : MES
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Bones : OSSA
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A Gary Cooper role : LONGFELLOWDEEDS
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Deadly sin : ANGER
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Kind of pool : STENO
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Legal wrongs : TORTS
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These are not to be disputed : TASTES
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Of a period : ERAL
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Welcome ___ : MAT
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Quidnunc of a sort : YENTA
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Melchior et al. : MAGI
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Kind of corner : AMEN
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Enclose : GIRD
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What clover may cover : LEA
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Part of an Anthony Hope title : ZENDA
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Interrogate : ASK
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Candy striper : AIDE
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Poorish grades : CEES
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Sheepshank or bowline : KNOT
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Fasten : TIE
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Mays in 1951 : ROOKIE
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Single : UNAL
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Upper Indus tribesman : GOR
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Supplementary : ADDED
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At liberty : LOOSE
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Bring about : CAUSE
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Jan of S. Africa : SMUTS
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Dehisces : GAPES
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Island off Scotland : YELL
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Test choice : TRUE
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Suffix with infer : ENCE
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Emit offensive fumes : REEK
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Pair : DUO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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