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Michael J. Priestley
Michael J. Priestley

New York Times, Friday, January 19, 1979

56-Down : Number of cattle

Author:
Michael Priestley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Michael J. Priestley has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Michael Priestley is an alias for Michael J. Priestley.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,664
Across
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Foreheads : BROWS
6
Buckwheat tree : TITI
10
Jane or Zane : GREY
14
Holy Grail, e.g. : RELIC
15
Amplitude : ROOM
16
Straightedge : RULE
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Faye of film fame : ALICE
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At the summit : ATOP
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Used-car condition : ASIS
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Faulkner's fictional county : YOKNAPATAWPHA
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Abbr. at the end of a series : ETC
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Freudian ___ : SLIP
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Bump on a log : KNAR
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Use a shuttle : TAT
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State without proof : ALLEGE
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Poet's twilight : EEN
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Actress Anouk : AIMEE
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Tattle : LETON
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Faulkner novel : THEUNVANQUISHED
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Model T essential : CRANK
43
Inspection circuits : TOURS
44
___ out (make do) : EKE
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Catapult : HURTLE
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Creek : RIA
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A famous Scott : DRED
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Tear apart : REND
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Born : NEE
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Faulkner novella : SPOTTEDHORSES
59
Abstruse : DEEP
60
Double-reed instrument : OBOE
61
Successful hitchhiker : RIDER
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Painter of stunted pines : DALI
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Dietrich role : MATA
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In-house publication : ORGAN
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AC or DC current : ELEC
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Educated : BRED
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Salacious looks : LEERS
Down
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Lingerie dept. item : BRA
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Bank (on) : RELY
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Medley : OLIO
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Small pliant twig : WICKER
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Milady's finishing touch : SCENT
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Kind of door or drum : TRAP
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Jot : IOTA
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"___ and Casper," old comic strip : TOOTS
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Antelope of Africa : IMPALA
10
Struggles : GRAPPLES
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Blitz, in football : RUSH
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Lamb : ELIA
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Sí or oui : YES
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Last of "Aida" : ACTIV
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N.B.A.'s Reed : WILLIS
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Fishing vessel : KETCH
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Former Indian prime minister : NEHRU
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Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
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Latin student's word : AMAT
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What 33 Down is : TENOR
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Anesthetic : ETHER
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Met luminary : GOEKE
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Over : ENDED
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Short sock : ANKLET
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Prefix with lateral or distant : EQUI
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Cool and comfortable : UNTROPIC
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Heavenly prefix : URANO
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Sepulcher : ENTOMB
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Velleity : DESIRE
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Exclude : DEBAR
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Flynn : ERROL
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Circus performer : SEAL
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Soccer great : PELE
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Act feebly : DOTE
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Number of cattle : HEAD
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Advantage : EDGE
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Catch on a gun : SEAR
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Ike's initials : DDE
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Medical "angels" : RNS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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