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Norma Steinberg
Norma Steinberg

New York Times, Tuesday, January 31, 1989

48-Down : ___ and tear

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 3, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,329
Across
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Former talk-show host : PAAR
5
Town SE of Perugia : ASSISI
11
T-man, e.g. : FED
14
Goya's Duchess of ___ : ALBA
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Tars : SEAMEN
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Like a street after sleet : ICY
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Obeyed the rules : TOEDTHEMARK
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Hockey org. : NHA
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Clothing : ATTIRE
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Liquid container : FLAGON
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Price : COST
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Father : SIRE
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Sister of Goneril and Cordelia : REGAN
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Easter entree : HAM
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Simps : NERDS
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Jimmy Carter's middle name : EARL
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Ta-ta's cousin : SOLONG
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In shape : FIT
39
Colors : HUES
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___ acid : AMINO
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Surf sound : ROAR
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American humorist: 1866-1944 : ADE
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Set some distance apart : SPACED
44
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
45
Great catcher for the Reds : BENCH
47
Gel : SET
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Walked in water : WADED
49
Golf-course hazard : TRAP
51
Brought to court : SUED
53
On land : ASHORE
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Writer Dos ___ : PASSOS
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Grant or Piniella : LOU
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Mayor Bono's bailiwick : PALMSPRINGS
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Shade tree : ELM
65
Kay Thompson character : ELOISE
66
Clod : DOLT
67
Corn holder : COB
68
Primer, e.g. : READER
69
Sheepcote matriarchs : EWES
Down
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___-cake (children's game) : PATA
2
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
3
Foster a felon : ABET
4
Group left of liberals : RADICALS
5
Fireplace residue : ASHES
6
Call, in poker : SEE
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P.I. Spade : SAM
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"___ little teapot ... " : IMA
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Oppressed persons : SERFS
10
Idea : INKLING
11
Canapés, e.g. : FINGERFOOD
12
Reverberate : ECHO
13
Actress Cannon : DYAN
18
Cyclo follower : TRON
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Exist : ARE
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More, for one : THOMAS
26
G.I.'s therapy : REHAB
27
___ Cologne : EAUDE
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Good gardener's appendage? : GREENTHUMB
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March Hare's guest : ALICE
31
Louvre treasures : MONETS
33
Actress Keaton : DIANE
34
Antique violin : STRAD
36
Tree juice : SAP
37
One of Wynken's shipmates : NOD
41
Motel's locale : ROADSIDE
43
Less obtuse : SHARPER
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___-Magnon : CRO
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___ and tear : WEAR
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Positive thinker : PEALE
52
Kind of crust : UPPER
53
Actor Guinness : ALEC
54
Go it alone : SOLO
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Good news at Stowe : SNOW
57
Eye a peri : OGLE
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Sights at J.F.K. : SSTS
61
Mauna ___ : LOA
62
Amongst : MID
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Buffalo-to-Olean dir. : SSE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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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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