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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Tuesday, January 19, 1988

3-Down : Small dog with a curly tail

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,951
Across
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Flavor : SAPOR
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Caesar's partner : COCA
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Snatch suddenly : GRAB
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Island off Venezuela : ARUBA
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Mil. truant : AWOL
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Ingredient in succotash : LIMA
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Henning forte : MAGIC
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Punch-in time : NINE
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Fruit drinks : ADES
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Subordinate player : SECONDFIDDLE
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Horned viper : ASP
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Canine problem : MANGE
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Cold-cut counters : DELIS
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Twain's original surname : CLEMENS
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Burns's denial : NAE
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Break bread : EAT
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Edible rootstock : TARO
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Faith of the Moslems : ISLAM
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Orchestra member : VIOLONCELLIST
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"George White's Scandals," e.g. : REVUE
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Kind of chamber : ECHO
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Inside dope : TIP
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First follower : AID
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Tutor of Héloïse : ABELARD
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Store : AMASS
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De Valera : EAMON
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Mire : MUD
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Part of a parade : MARCHINGBAND
60
Woody's son : ARLO
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Coarsely ground pulse : MEAL
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Down source : EIDER
66
Mexican city : LEON
67
Laborer of yore : ESNE
68
Birthplace of St. Teresa : AVILA
69
Peut-___ (perhaps): Fr. : ETRE
70
Boris of Bulgaria : TSAR
71
Resign : DEMIT
Down
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TV's "My Sister ___" : SAM
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Southern constellation : ARA
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Small dog with a curly tail : PUG
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Sashes in Nara : OBIS
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Inflorescence on a stem : RACEME
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Contrapuntal musical compositions : CANONS
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Due : OWING
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Contract : CONDENSE
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Hebrew letter: Var. : ALEF
10
Area in the woods : GLADE
11
What Oedipus solved : RIDDLE
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Pilot Earhart : AMELIA
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Most lowdown : BASEST
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Put up : CAN
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Beau ___ : IDEAL
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Pretend : ACT
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Pole, for one : SLAV
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Lovely girl : PERI
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Othello, e.g. : MOOR
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Entire : ALL
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Diamonds, to a hood : ICE
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Honey: Sp. : MIEL
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Set of three hounds, in hunting : LEASH
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Egg: Comb. form : OVI
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State of undress : NUDENESS
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Con man's ruse : SCAM
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By means of, for short : THRU
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Eccentric : ODD
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Treat in Taxco : TAMALE
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Turkish hospice : IMARET
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Beauty ___ : PARLOR
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"Journey Into Fear" author : AMBLER
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Neckpiece : BOA
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Group of nine : ENNEAD
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Tidbit for tea : SCONE
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Capital of Guam : AGANA
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"___ a man ... " : IMET
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Emulate Phil Boggs : DIVE
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Switch to low beam : DIM
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Actor Wallach : ELI
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Ship's deserter : RAT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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