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C. McInerney
C. McInerney

New York Times, Thursday, January 30, 1992

9-Down : End

Author:
C. McInerney
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
C. McInerney has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,423
Across
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Intense : ACUTE
6
Comprehend : GRASP
11
Actor Leibman : RON
14
Having a keynote : TONAL
15
Prognosticate : AUGUR
16
Berlin's "What'll ___?" : IDO
17
Hanna-Barbera's ___ Hound : HUCKLEBERRY
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The ___ Edition (rock group) : NEW
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More ___ (somewhat) : ORLESS
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Carty of baseball : RICO
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Pull : TOW
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Fr. holy women : STES
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Sigma's sound : ESS
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Fur for royal robes : ERMINE
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Soapstone : TALC
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The man with the hod : MASON
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Hoople or Dad : MAJOR
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___ fainéants : ROIS
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Emulate Whistler : ETCH
39
___ Jima : IWO
40
Steinbeck's travel companion : CHARLEY
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"Ça ___, ça tiendra" : IRA
44
Loch for Stack? : NESS
46
Girasol : OPAL
47
Skinnay, the bandleader : ENNIS
49
Ranks for Butz and Holliman? : EARLS
51
"Tell ___ the Marines!" : ITTO
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Legal writ : APPEAL
55
By means of : PER
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Bergman role : ILSA
60
Morse's T : DAH
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Plateau : MESA
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Agreement : ASSENT
65
Year in Alaric II's reign : DVI
66
One of Orion's pets : ARCTOPHONOS
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Actor Carmichael : IAN
69
One of the Four Horsemen : DEATH
70
"L'Elisir d'___" : AMORE
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Cather's "___ of Ours" : ONE
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___ Ababa : ADDIS
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"Hostess with the mostes'" : MESTA
Down
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Friend of Aramis : ATHOS
2
Play the swain : COURT
3
Garis's Wiggily : UNCLE
4
Likes : TAKESTO
5
Wings for Pei : ELLS
6
Palaver : GAB
7
Penitents : RUERS
8
Farmer's culture? : AGRI
9
End : SURCEASE
10
Senate's David and comedy's Richard : PRYORS
11
Metallic shepherd? : RINTINTIN
12
Pericles's theater : ODEON
13
Milne's "___ Are Six" : NOWWE
18
"Pin the tail" target for Kinder : ESEL
25
Chaplin co-star: 1918 : SCRAPS
27
A Stooge : MOE
29
Curve at l'Étoile : ARC
30
White House pet : MILLIE
31
Dressler role: 1930 : MIN
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Windmill sail : AWE
33
Susann's "Every Night, ___!" : JOSEPHINE
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___ pro nobis : ORA
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Dernier ___ : CRI
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Owns : HAS
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Called out : HOLLERED
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Thus far : YET
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Thus, in Ayr : SAE
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Offensive : NOISOME
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Arbor : RAMADA
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Sand at Medinah : TRAP
53
Goodbye, in Genova : ADDIO
54
Minuet's kin : PAVAN
55
Page of music : PATTI
57
Jay and family : LENOS
58
Bar slug : SNORT
59
Perplexed : ATSEA
62
Catalufa : SCAD
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Deceit on a bed? : SHAM
67
Sounds of wonder : OHS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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