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John Willig
John Willig

FANCY FOODS

New York Times, Sunday, January 12, 1975

37-Down : Supplements

Author:
John Willig
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 667 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 151, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
John Willig has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 117-Down is as it appeared but may be a mistake — constructor likely intended it to be "Mrs. McKinley."

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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,283
Across
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Kind of play : ONEACT
7
Mighty man : SMITH
12
Cover of a kind : SCAB
16
Fabric : CLOTH
21
Abhor : LOATHE
22
Arctic wear : PARKA
23
Seine tributary : AUBE
24
Speech, in Madrid : HABLA
25
Thesis : DESSERTATION
27
Rapacious : BREADATORY
29
Culbertson : ELY
30
Brothers: Fr. : FRERES
31
Aggressiveness : DRIVE
33
Iroquoians : ERIES
34
Czech river : ISER
35
Do ___ pleases : ASONE
36
Uganda's president : AMIN
37
Nuclear org. : AEC
40
Strokes : PETS
41
U.S. journalist : SWOPE
42
French saint : CLOTILDA
46
Salon décor : DRAPERY
48
"What ___!" : ALIFE
49
Smudged : SOOTY
50
Astronaut's call : AOK
51
Walleyes : DORIES
52
Riviera port : VEALFRANCHE
54
Advantage : EDGE
55
___ throat : STREP
56
Blue-green stone : BERYL
57
Mountain hare : PIKA
58
Washer's companion : DRYER
59
Uncles, in Seville : TIOS
60
Strange : EERIE
61
Indistinct : MISTY
63
Betel palms : ARECAS
64
Month: Abbr. : OCT
65
Does pushups, etc. : EGGSERCISES
67
"Mahagonny" dramatist : BRECHT
68
Social climber's goal : ENTREE
70
Direction: Ger. : OST
71
As of now : TODATE
72
Arrange in advance : PRESET
73
Policeman, for one : PEASOFFICER
77
Chemical abbr. : DNA
80
Set ___, as in betting : ALIMIT
81
Tennis activity : RALLY
82
___-a-Dale : ALLAN
83
Works by Keats : ODES
84
Perry or James : MASON
85
School ___ : MARM
86
Proofreaders' marks : STETS
87
Brooklyn campus : PRATT
88
Mel and family : OTTS
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Fulfills : CONSOMMETES
92
Make an adjustment : GEARTO
93
Neckpiece : LEI
94
French composer : SATIE
95
Hawks' opposites : DOVES
96
One who stops riots : QUELLER
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Bewitches : ENCHANTS
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Blanched : PALED
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Lad, to Caesar : PUER
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Football gains: Abbr. : YDS
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Biblical word : UNTO
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Indo-European : ARYAN
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Family-business abbr. : BROS
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___ deux : PASDE
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V.I.P.'s : BRASS
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Plaza cut-up : ELOISE
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Despite, for short : THO
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Discharged militarily : MUSTARDOUT
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Clandestine : SYRUPTITIOUS
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Blurt out : SPILL
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Goldberg : RUBE
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Anxious : EAGER
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Small lump : NODULE
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Tear and laughing : GASES
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Depots: Abbr. : STAS
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Avowed : SWORE
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Twists : GNARLS
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Word with shoppe : OLDE
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Seasonal song : NOEL
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Kind of chair : EASY
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Old coins of Siam: Var. : ATS
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Child, for one : CHEF
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Welsh and Irish : TERRIERS
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Bowling scores : SPARES
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Agrippina, to Nero : MATER
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Novelist Murdoch : IRIS
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Boxing initials : TKO
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"Leave it alone!" : HANDSOFF
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Ancient Italian : SABINE
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Graph line : CURVE
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Busy as ___ : ABEE
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Arthur or Lillie : BEA
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Kind of ball : CHARITY
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Friend of Dante : LATINI
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Woodwind : OBOE
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Bank workers: Abbr. : TLRS
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Fodder : HAY
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Crotchety : TESTY
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Reduce in rank : DEMOTE
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Man of polls : ROPER
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"Be there ___, and ... " : AWILL
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State greeting : ALOHA
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Supplements : ADDSTO
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Like Henry Miller works : EROTIC
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Typical : CARROTERISTIC
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What Tom does : PEEP
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Cain or David : SLAYER
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Self-confident : COCKY
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D.H. Lawrence heroine : LADYCHEDDARLY
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___-dog (ruthless drive) : DOGEAT
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U.S. sculptor of 1800's : AKERS
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Baked goods : PIES
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Tree house : AERIE
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Tizzies : SNITS
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Biblical division : VERSE
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Church area : APSE
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Put up : ERECT
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Sire : BEGET
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Bleak, in poems : DREAR
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Sometime hat plume : EGRET
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Name for a girl : MISSY
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"Who ___ say?" : ISTO
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"As You Like It" locale : ARDEN
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River of China : ETSIN
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Energy source : COAL
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Grande and Raton : BOCAS
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Verne captain et al. : NEMOS
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Up-ends : TILTS
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Typewriter part : PLATEN
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Do a syntax job : PARSE
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Lincoln of the silents : ELMO
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Like the Biblical calf : FATTED
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Bolts : FLEES
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Gained : NETTED
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John Jacob et al. : ASTORS
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Soap plant : AMOLE
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Hindu princesses : RANIS
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Spoken : ORAL
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Sampler sentiment : MOTTO
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"Fourscore and ___ ... " : SEVEN
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Nobleman : PEER
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Gait : CANTER
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Military call-up times : MDAYS
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Slow mover in January : MOLASSES
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Charades activity : GUESSING
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Footwear : SANDALS
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Pitching-game piece : QUOIT
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Live by one's wits : HUSTLE
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Talks foolishly : PRATES
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Correct, in Lyons : PROPRE
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Caribbean cruise stop : ARUBA
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Sadder : BLUER
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Insect stage : PUPA
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Sale condition : ASIS
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Ring event : BOUT
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Hence : ERGO
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Jacket : ETON
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Holiday activity : TOUR
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Author of "The Sheik" : HULL
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Simple sugars : OSES
113
Tel., for one : MSG
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Some scholars: Abbr. : DRS
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Go off course : YAW
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Mrs. McKinney : IDA

Answer summary:
15 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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