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Clinch
Clinch

New York Times, Friday, January 27, 1978

5-Down : Glossy paint

Author:
Clinch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { B J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Clinch has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,394
Across
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Yawning : AGAPE
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Sounds of laughter : HAHA
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"Mother of the Gods" : RHEA
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___ Heights : GOLAN
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Teen follower : AGER
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Plant of the nettle family : HEMP
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Greek marketplace : AGORA
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Sediment : SILT
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Affording ingress : OPEN
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Important Greek seaport : HERMOPOLIS
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Half a bray : HEE
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Chops yews : HEWS
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Long, slimy fish : EEL
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Constellation : ARA
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Transfix : IMPALE
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Immature : UNRIPE
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Crusted dishes : PIES
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Salvador from Catalonia : DALI
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Mr. Topper of early TV : COSMO
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Decorative cross-stroke on a letter : SERIF
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I.O.U.'s of a sort : PNS
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Singer John from Middlesex : ELTON
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Follow : ENSUE
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Intense emotion : HATE
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Christmas : YULE
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Chemical compounds : ESTERS
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Falls into disuse : LAPSES
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Baby food : PAP
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Workers' org. : ILO
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Sound of relief : SIGH
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Shade tree : ASH
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Aegean group (literally "twelve islands") : DODECANESE
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Greek portico : STOA
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Kind of dream : PIPE
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Not quite right : AMISS
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Prong : TINE
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College or jacket : ETON
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"Cosi fan ___," Mozart opera : TUTTE
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Mars, to the Greeks : ARES
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Repose : REST
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Robert Devereux : ESSEX
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Turkish general : AGA
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V. Van ___ : GOGH
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Lily plant : ALOE
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Great ancient Greek painter : PARRHASIUS
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Glossy paint : ENAMEL
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Hinged fastenings : HASPS
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Exchange premium : AGIO
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Greek scholar : HELLENIST
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More chi-chi : ARTIER
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Greek letter after pi : RHO
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Greek god of fire : HEPHAESTUS
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Arabian ruler : EMEER
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Suffocation : APNEA
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Was obligated : OWED
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Golf stroke that veers to the right : SLICE
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Self, to Sulla : IPSE
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Demeanor : MIEN
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Queen of the infernal regions : PERSEPHONE
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Arm bones : ULNAS
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Odysseus' one-eyed jailer : POLYPHEMUS
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Goddess of love and beauty : APHRODITE
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Birthmark : MOLE
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Individuals : ONES
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Smelly : FETID
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Charles Lamb : ELIA
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A certain runaway : ELOPER
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Paternal relative : AGNATE
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Spaghetti or macaroni : PASTA
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Active : ASTIR
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Lavender water, e.g. : SCENT
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Heroic poetry, Greek style : EPOS
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Holds council : SITS
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Italian noble family : ESTE
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Loser to D.D.E. : AES
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One of Alex Comfort's topics : SEX

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 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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