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Alex F. Black
Alex F. Black

TEMPUS FUGIT

New York Times, Sunday, January 27, 1974

150-Down : Devon river

Author:
Alexander Black
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 103, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 621 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 112, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19
Alex F. Black has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
Alexander Black is an alias for Alex F. Black.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,933
Across
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Pointed tool : AWL
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"I would if I ___" : COULD
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Brawls : RIOTS
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Flightless bird : KIWI
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Luau fare : POI
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Farm machine : AWNER
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East or West : INDIES
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Relative of a coon's age : AMONTHOFSUNDAYS
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Chatter : PRATTLE
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Diminutive suffix : ETTE
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"My country ___ ... " : TIS
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Island of a sort : ENCLAVE
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Sack : LOOT
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Sash : OBI
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Kindle anew : RELUME
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Constellation : LYRA
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Within: Prefix : ENTO
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Apple-pie maker : MOM
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Old water clocks : CLEPSYDRAE
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Terminated : ENDED
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Cockney abode : OME
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Ingest : EAT
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March King : SOUSA
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Sultan of ___ : SWAT
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Kind of deal : RAW
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Book, in Barcelona : OBRA
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Month: Abbr. : OCT
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O'Casey and O'Kelly : SEANS
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Claire : INA
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Chemical suffix : ENE
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Ripe : MATURE
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Drink : ADE
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Activist of the 1770's : MINUTEMAN
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Dancing miss of song : SLEEPYTIMEGAL
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Ending for bull or hill : OCK
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Discretion : TACT
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Flag : PENNON
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Uses binoculars : SPIES
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Dexterity : SKILL
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Celebes ox : ANOA
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"Brother ___" : RAT
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Plaines or Moines : DES
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U.S.N.A. grad's rank : ENS
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Formerly called : NEE
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Long time : EON
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Compass point : NNW
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Japanese case : INRO
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Roebuck's partner : SEARS
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Tournament drawings : SEEDS
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___ question (asked) : POSEDA
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Neighbor of Minn. : NDAK
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Rolled tea : CHA
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Zanuck film : THELONGESTDAY
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End of a K.O. count : TENANDOUT
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Ending for ster or rhomb : OID
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Boggy : MARSHY
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Urge, in Scotland : ERT
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Vessel : URN
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Town near Emden : ESENS
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Self : EGO
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Hindu music pattern : RAGA
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Graduate degree : DSS
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Kind of over-65 care : MEDI
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Ink, in Iberia : TINTA
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Furniture wood: Abbr. : WAL
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Turkish moneys: Abbr. : LRS
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Incites : ABETS
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Indefinite hour : ANYOLDTIME
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Bandleader Brown : LES
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Spheres : ORBS
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Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
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Score a market coup : CORNER
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Companion of wt. : HGT
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Watery defense : MOAT
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What son John had on : ONESHOE
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Jackie's mate : ARI
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Four scoreless quarters : OOOO
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Famous Moor : OTHELLO
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Lillian Russell feature : HOURGLASSFIGURE
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Stretch : STRAIN
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Snooped : PRIED
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Brush end : TIP
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Genus of sand snakes : ERYX
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Nasty : SNIDE
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Growing out : ENATE
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Period : ERA
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Actual being : ESSE
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N. Z. vine : AKA
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Delayed shocker : TIMEBOMB
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Unfaithful one : TWOTIMER
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Common contraction : AINT
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Off: Suffix : APH
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Court : WOO
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Elevate : LIFTUP
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Old highways in Britain : CAUSEYS
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Possess : OWN
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Wavy, in heraldry : UNDE
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Spare : LEAN
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Instruction to a tailor : DRYCLEAN
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Time traveler : RIPVANWINKLE
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Concerning : INRE
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Harem room : ODA
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Like a lord : TITLED
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Attack : SETON
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Kind of machine : SLOT
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Canonical hour : TERCE
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W. W. I admiral : SIMS
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Furtive : SLY
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W. W. II area : ETO
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Greek god : ARES
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Melville work : OMOO
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High note : ELA
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Divulge : LETOUT
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Amounts of medicine : DOSAGES
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Wheels, in Seville : RUEDAS
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Apocrypha name : ASAEL
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Celtic goddess : DANU
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State, in France : ETAT
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Staffed again : REMANNED
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Montana range : ANACONDA
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Departed : WENTAWAY
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Church corner : AMEN
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Malay dagger: Var. : CRIS
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Restrained : TEMPERATE
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Fireplace part : SMOKEDOME
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Footless animal : APOD
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English and Scottish rivers : TYNES
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"___ on parle ... " : ICI
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Greek letter : ETA
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Dashed : SPRINTED
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Hero's lover and others : LEANDERS
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Contestants : ENTRANTS
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One, in Munich : EINS
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Blind, in falconry : SEEL
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Easy gaits : LOPES
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Unexcelled : SECONDTONONE
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Must : NEEDSTO
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Delicatessen snack : NOSH
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Orel's river : OKA
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Asian gazelle : AHU
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Schoolboy game : SHINNY
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Obstacle : SNAG
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Soviet river : STYR
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Auto-wheel adjustment : TOEIN
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"The grass will ___ the streets" : GROWIN
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Unfeeling : NUMB
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Suffer, in Scotland : DREE
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Light carriage : STANHOPE
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Round-the-clock : ALLHOURS
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Calendar reformer and others : GREGORYS
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Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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Man or Pines : ISLE
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Mayor, in Spain : ALCALDE
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French soul : AME
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"Vive ___!" : LEROI
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Nautical direction : ASTERN
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Dumb ___ : DORA
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Sad : TRISTE
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Shoulder: Prefix : OMO
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Goes bad : ROTS
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Thai money : BAHTS
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Residue : ASH
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Smelly : OLID
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Hillbilly possessive : OURN
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Silkworm : ERIA
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Molding : OGEE
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Mongoloid tribesman : LAI
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Comprehend : GET
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Gawaine, for one : SIR
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Humorist's initials : FPA
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Devon river : EXE

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 21 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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