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Norma Steinberg
Norma Steinberg

New York Times, Monday, January 30, 1984

47-Down : Hindu's liquid butter

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,501
Across
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Kings of the road : HOBOS
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Partner of woof : WARP
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Bucket : PAIL
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Love, in Verona : AMORE
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Where Burma is : ASIA
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Jason's craft : ARGO
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Greek dialect : IONIC
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Durocher was one : SHORTSTOP
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"___ no see" : LONGTIME
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Liquid measures : LITERS
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Like a street after sleet : ICY
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Axe : CAN
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Choir members : ALTOS
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Dark horse : LONGSHOT
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Variety of shrimp : PRAWN
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Again : ONCEMORE
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Jacob's third son : LEVI
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Glittered : SHONE
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"Shave ___ haircut ... " : ANDA
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Sweet potatoes : OCARINAS
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Indian now living in Okla. : CREEK
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Whopper : TALLTALE
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Sylvan deity : SATYR
44
Engine stats : HPS
45
School dance : HOP
46
Aleut dwellings : IGLOOS
50
Like some glances : SIDELONG
55
Gregg or Pitman hieroglyphics : SHORTHAND
57
Small dramatic part : CAMEO
58
Little Miss Trent : NELL
59
Theatrical award : OBIE
60
City on the Allegheny : OLEAN
61
Distant: Comb. form : TELE
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Bugler's piece : TAPS
63
___ Gabriel Rossetti : DANTE
Down
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Greet : HAIL
2
Melville book : OMOO
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Beethoven's birthplace : BONN
4
Not a dup. : ORIG
5
Grandstand area : SECTION
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"How Green ___ Valley" : WASMY
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He rivaled Laver : ASHE
8
Ebro, e.g. : RIO
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Mode of speech : PARLANCE
10
Prologue, perhaps : PAST
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Comic Johnson : ARTE
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Borodin prince : IGOR
13
Cuts off : LOPS
19
Hint of color : TINGE
21
Suffix for hero or poet : ICS
24
N.E. state : CONN
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Palm : ARECA
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French politician: 1883-1945 : LAVAL
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Use a baton : TWIRL
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Like a caftan : LOOSE
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Don Adams role : SMART
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Sweetheart : HONEY
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Short-___ cook : ORDER
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Wood for shipbuilders : TEAK
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Scheme : PLOT
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Album entry : SNAPSHOT
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"Jolly Trio" painter : HALS
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"Some Like ___," 1959 film : ITHOT
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Subject of a Patti Page hit : CAPECOD
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Implant a lawn : SOD
45
Pelts : HIDES
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Legitimate kin of "ain't" : ISNT
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Hindu's liquid butter : GHEE
48
Hang around : LOLL
49
Lancelot's wreath : ORLE
50
Trim : SNIP
51
Gershwin's "___, Lucille" : LALA
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Augury : OMEN
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Nifty : NEAT
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No longer here : GONE
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Arab robe : ABA

Answer summary:
1 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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