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Don Groat
Don Groat

New York Times, Tuesday, January 17, 1989

9-Down : Aeschylus's "Seven ___ Thebes"

Author:
Don Groat
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.63, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1
Don Groat has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,315
Across
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___ throat, common ailment : STREP
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Kett of comics : ETTA
10
Stairway unit : STEP
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Dice throws : TREYS
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Catch fly balls : SHAG
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Relinquish : CEDE
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Covers with hoarfrost : RIMES
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Anatomical tissue : TELA
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Inter ___ (among other things) : ALIA
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Eagerly expecting : ATIP
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Lamprey : EEL
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Rias : INLETS
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Tibetan ogre : YETI
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Adults : GROWNUPS
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Notable time : ERA
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Malt kiln : OAST
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Elevator cage : CAR
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Machinist's need : OILCAN
36
Receptacle for tools : KIT
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Unclose, poetically : OPE
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Introduction : PROEM
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Intellect : WIT
40
Fencing term : APPEL
42
River to the Rhine : AAR
43
Storage box : BIN
44
Pair used for bending wire : PLIERS
45
Triangle side : LEG
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"The ___ of Hiawatha" : SONG
47
Article for a Berliner : EIN
48
Most of the atmosphere : NITROGEN
51
Peggy of early TV : CASS
55
Upright stone slabs : STELAE
57
Pot topper : LID
58
Knievel : EVEL
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Small S.A. monkey : TITI
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Twofold : DUAL
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Actress Ekberg : ANITA
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Architectural pier : ANTA
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Peak in Thessaly : OSSA
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Stupefy with alcohol : BESOT
66
Actress Donna : REED
67
Place for a mizzen royal : MAST
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Endangered layer : OZONE
Down
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Go wrong : STRAY
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Hackneyed : TRITE
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Slacken : REMIT
4
Optical-instrument part : EYEPIECE
5
Letter afterthoughts : PSS
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Chemical compound : ESTER
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Carroll's "Through ___" : THELOOKINGGLASS
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Chessmaster Mikhail : TAL
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Aeschylus's "Seven ___ Thebes" : AGAINST
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Sell tickets illegally : SCALP
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Galileo used one : TELESCOPE
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Blue-pencil : EDIT
13
Legumes : PEAS
21
Actor Richard from San Francisco : EGAN
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Hatch or cracker preceder : NUT
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Cool one's heels : WAIT
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Aries : RAM
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Copycat : APER
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Electrical units : RELS
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Girasol : OPAL
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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Opera glasses : LORGNETTE
39
A certain derelict : WINO
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"The Greatest" : ALI
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Spectacles of a sort : PINCENEZ
43
Ennui : BOREDOM
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Await judgment : PEND
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Dep. : STA
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Partner of the "Odyssey" : ILIAD
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Israeli port : EILAT
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Dispatch boat : AVISO
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___ Hall, college in N.J. : SETON
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Early writing tablet : SLATE
55
Antares or Deneb : STAR
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Prong : TINE
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National monogram : USA
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Three blood groups : ABO

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