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Bernard Meren
Bernard Meren

New York Times, Saturday, January 30, 1988

16-Down : Armstrong's "___ Jimmy Valentine"

Author:
Bernard Meren
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J K Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 4 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Bernard Meren has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,962
Across
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Followers of lambdas : MUS
4
Khayyám : OMAR
8
Mid-Amer. time initials : CST
11
Skin : PARE
12
Bar mitzvah, for one : RITE
13
Glut : SATE
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Breeze-freeze mix : WINDCHILLFACTOR
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Catherine Archipelago, today : ALEUTIANISLANDS
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Cartoonist Gardner ___ : REA
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Fainéant : IDLE
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Reflection : IMAGE
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Barbecue place : PATIO
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___ John, M.D. of TV : TRAPPER
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Poetic everlasting : ETERNE
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Ewes' mews : BAAS
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Writer Earl ___ Biggers : DERR
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Pasteur or Prima : LOUIS
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Some condos : APTS
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Throw in the towel : QUIT
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___ de corps : ESPRIT
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Pill : CAPSULE
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Biarritz blintz : CREPE
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Cremona craftsman : AMATI
44
"Cielo ___," Ponchielli aria : EMAR
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T.K.O. giver or taker : FTR
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Business practice stressing variety : DIVERSIFICATION
52
Revenue sources for local governments : REALESTATETAXES
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Nine: Comb. form : ENNE
54
U.S. critic-poet: 1899-1979 : TATE
55
Mediocre marks : CEES
56
Buffalo-to-Olean dir. : SSE
57
Mob follower : STER
58
Abbr. for 100 : HND
Down
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Shark or tiger, at times : MANEATER
2
Indic language : URDU
3
Word after string or rhythm : SECTION
4
Belonging to: Suffix : ORIAL
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"Ariadne" author : MILNE
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Gudrun's second husband : ATLI
7
Arena arbiters, for short : REFS
8
Forty winks : CATNAP
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What British gluttons do : STODGE
10
More succinct : TERSER
11
Capped, as a mushroom : PILEATE
13
Rogue : SCAMP
14
Distorted : WARPED
15
Stashed : HID
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Armstrong's "___ Jimmy Valentine" : ALIAS
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Inits. on discounted mdse. : IRR
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Randy's rink partner : TAI
24
Make an incised mark : RASE
26
Jewish month : ELUL
27
However : BUT
30
French goose : OIE
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Mo. of showers : APR
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Placed in front : PREFIXED
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Walks lightly : TIPTOES
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Whence to watch wakes : STERNS
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Twenty-four sheets of paper : QUIRE
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Pool misplay : SCRATCH
38
Military-unit starters : CADRES
39
French cathedral city : AMIENS
40
Stately 16th-century dance : PAVANE
41
Upright stone slab : STELE
44
New Hebrides island : EFATE
45
Carpenter's ___ box : MITER
46
Unbeatable service : ACE
49
Tu-144's : SSTS
50
"Let's leave ___ that!" : ITAT
51
Captured, to Cowper : TAEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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