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Josephine A. Felker
Josephine A. Felker

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New York Times, Sunday, January 19, 1975

6-Down : Gas-pump listing

Author:
J. A. Felker
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.32, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 562 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 123, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 27 Grid has duplicate clues.
Josephine A. Felker has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
J. A. Felker is an alias for Josephine A. Felker.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,290
Across
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Fuel : COAL
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Converse : CHAT
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Nonplus : STUMP
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Month: Abbr. : SEPT
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Dance : HULA
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French river : OISE
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Aaron's forte : HOMER
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King Arthur's father : UTHER
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Alice T. Hobart's fuel of 1930's : OILFORTHELAMPSOFCHINA
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Entertain : FETE
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Network initials : ABC
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Rhine attraction : LORELEI
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Topper : LID
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Take five : REST
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W.W. II girl : WAAC
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Spotted cats : OCELOTS
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___ of tea : ACUP
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Hurry : STEPONTHEGAS
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Look well on : BECOME
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Biblical wells : AINS
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Grandfather: Lat : AVUS
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Religious degrees : THMS
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Overwhelmed : INAWE
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Naked or hairy : APE
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Delight : GLEE
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Dickens clerk : HEEP
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Shell game, so to speak : OILEXPLORATION
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___ rat (suspect) : SMELLA
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Hoosier poet : RILEY
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Blessings : BOONS
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Tramps : HOBOES
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Slight trace : SOUPCON
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Overwhelms : ROUTS
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Calms : SEDATES
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Lose : MISLAY
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Kind of plaster : COURT
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___ hairs : SPLIT
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Trojans : ILIANS
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Stage award : TONY
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Parry : FEND
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Butterfly gear : NET
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Pluperfect, e.g. : TENSE
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Asian trees : ENGS
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Port of Egypt : SAID
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Symbol of cruelty : SADE
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Kitt : EARTHA
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Zippy : FULLOFENERGY
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Lamb : YEAN
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Schooner feature : TOPSAIL
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___ fault : FIND
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Husky's tow : SLED
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Hosp. people : RNS
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Resins : ELEMINS
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Musical notes : LAS
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Kind of car lot : USED
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Avocet's kin : STILT
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Fran's friend : OLLIE
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Mostel : ZERO
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Night or shanks' : MARE
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Minerals : ORES
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Controls : REINS
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Eur. power : USSR
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Fuel : PEAT
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Japanese measure : CHO
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"___, monsieur" : OUI
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One and ___ : ALL
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Kind of riot, in comedy ads : LAFF
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Polite, in Rome : CORTESE
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Gas-pump listing : HITEST
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Tree : ASH
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Letter : TEE
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Moslem months : SHABANS
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Fence sitter : TOMCAT
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Arbiter, for short : UMP
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Mine, in France : MES
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Literary kickoff : PROLOGUE
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French sugars : SUCRES
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Kennedy : ETHEL
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Vance : PHILO
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Belief : TENET
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Moslem ruler : RAIS
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Poetic word : OER
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Get the ___ (call the police) : LAWON
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Spanish seals : FOCAS
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Lips: Prefix : LABIO
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Ancient tribe of England : ICENI
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Of a nobleman : DUCAL
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Three-legged stand : TEAPOY
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___-sur-Marne, France : CHALONS
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Muscular coups : POWERPLAYS
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Harbor unit : PIER
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Smooths out : EVENS
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Kind of jumping bean : MEXICAN
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Gotham park : THEBATTERY
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Slave : HELOT
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Brawl : MELEE
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German joke : SPASS
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Danish measure : ALEN
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Florentine painter : GIOTTO
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Strategic moves : PLOYS
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Be rich in : ABOUND
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Vacation activities : TOURS
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Closet catchall : SHELF
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Spanish dressmaker : MODISTA
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Hit : SMITE
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___ troubled waters : OILON
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Consuming : USING
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Buy a ___ drinks : ROUNDOF
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Kind of check : SPOT
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Town near Paris : CREIL
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Takes the wheel : STEERS
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Wavy, in heraldry : UNDE
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Share in : ENTER
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Biblical town : ASHAN
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Wealth : MEANS
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Becomes a hoax victim : FALLSFOR
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Going to court : SUING
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Governing bodies : SENATES
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___ on (etc.) : ANDSO
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"I only have ___ you" : EYESFOR
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Passes out : FAINTS
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Provide details : FILLIN
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Workers in adhesives : GLUERS
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Beverages : TEAS
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"When I grow too ___ dream" : OLDTO
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Ask, in Spain : PEDIR
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Umbrella, in song : SMILE
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State: Abbr. : DEL
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Mine gas : DAMP
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Rubber tree : ULE
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Whitney : ELI
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___-chou (Chinese pottery) : TZU
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Males : HES
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West : MAE
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Time : ERA
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Determine : SET

Answer summary:
19 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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