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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

MARK MY WORDS

New York Times, Sunday, October 10, 1982

14-Down : Plant poisonous to fish

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 88, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }
Open Squares: 109, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,024
Across
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Unbending : RIGID
6
Reduce : PARE
10
Greek letter : CHI
13
Singular : ODD
16
Correct : EMEND
17
Prospero's servant : ARIEL
18
One feted : HONOREE
20
Receipts of a kind : CANCELLEDCHECKS
22
Cloakroom personnel : HATCHECKGIRLS
24
Ionian gulf : ARTA
25
Mrs. Mahler : ALMA
26
Streeter's "___ Mable" : DERE
27
Book of Hours : HORAE
28
Honey buzzard : PERN
29
Fannie follower, in banks : MAE
30
Submerge : WHELM
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Type of skirt : ALINE
33
Sow's pad : STY
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Nuclear particle : MESON
38
"___ iron bars a cage" : NOR
39
"Israel in Egypt," for one : ORATORIO
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Cold : ALOOF
44
___ dimittis : NUNC
46
Aromatic spice : NUTMEG
51
Letter stroke : SERIF
52
Prefix for date or cede : ANTE
53
Legal matter : RES
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Leather worker : TOOLER
58
Champ in 1934 : BAER
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Riv. boat : STR
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Exhausted : SPENT
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Curb : BRIDLE
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Energy unit : ERG
64
Berlin divider : CHECKPOINTCHARLIE
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Greek undergrounders : EAM
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Trap setter : SNARER
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Michelangelo masterpiece : PIETA
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Like: Suffix : OID
72
Sra.'s daughter : SRTA
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Teacher's concern : TENURE
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For good, to Gray : EER
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Noted Jesuit lexicographer : RALE
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Impenetrable : SOLID
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Near the back : DORSAL
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Asther of old films : NILS
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"Home, Sweet Home" author : PAYNE
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Inclined : DISPOSED
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Scull : OAR
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Aristocles : PLATO
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Game using marbles : CHINESECHECKERS
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Scale notes : MIS
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Trooper's beam : RADAR
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Pequot sachem : UNCAS
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Alphabetic trio : MNO
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"Lead us not into ___ Station" : PENN
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Role in "Don Carlos" : EBOLI
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Selvage : EDGE
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Actor from N.Y.C. : CAAN
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Biblical preposition : UNTO
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These have 64 squares : CHECKERBOARDS
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Supermarket feature : CHECKOUTCOUNTER
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Like Simba : LEONINE
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Not rented : UNLET
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Accumulate : STORE
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Coterie : SET
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Debussy's "La ___ " : MER
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Buddies : PALS
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Brings home the bacon : EARNS
Down
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Summaries : RECAPS
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Inn of Istanbul : IMARET
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The upper class : GENTRY
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Quechua : INCAN
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Ike : DDE
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Course for a future g.p. : PREMED
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Amonasro's daughter : AIDA
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Inspect again : RECHECK
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Overhead transports : ELS
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Casanova type : CHARMER
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Table d'___ : HOTE
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Contained : INCHECK
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Passerine bird : ORIOLE
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Plant poisonous to fish : DERRIS
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Part of F.D.R. : DELANO
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Historian Nevins : ALLAN
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Old Irish alphabet : OGHAM
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Truman's birthplace in Mo. : LAMAR
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Greeting for Parton? : HELLO
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Witnessed : SEEN
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Obligation : DEBT
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Mass. city : WORCESTER
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Mao's successor : HUA
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Homophone for Chekhov : CHECKOFF
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Admonitory word : DONT
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Sign the register : CHECKIN
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Rouge's counterpart : NOIR
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Win at an auction : OUTBID
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___ as possible : ASBEST
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Erudite : LEARNED
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Pizza spice : OREGANO
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Western alliance : NATO
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Green : UNRIPE
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Sped : TORE
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"Après ___ le déluge ... " : MOI
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Getting on : ELDERLY
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Glutinous material : GELATIN
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Gain further potential from : REHARNESS
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Alfonso's queen : ENA
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Amble : STROLL
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Transformed : REMADE
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Coverlet : SPREAD
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Agt.'s cut : PCT
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Nixon's spaniel : CHECKERS
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Never, in Bonn : NIE
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Tall tales : LIES
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River in W. Germany : RUR
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Hang-glide : SOAR
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Staff man : AIDE
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Evian and Dax : SPAS
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Permit: Abbr. : LIC
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Quake : SHUDDER
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Engine knocks : PINGS
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Head of a tale : ONCE
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Tar's milieu : SEA
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U. of Maine locale : ORONO
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Verify before proceeding : PRECHECK
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Stickers : LABELS
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Jeanne de la Fonte : ADOREE
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Large hound : TALBOT
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Hunter on high : ORION
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Defeats in chess : CHECKMATES
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Play the part : ENACT
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Coach : MENTOR
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Hospital figure : INTERN
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Saws cords at night : SNORES
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___ Arenas, Chile : PUNTA
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Marine flier : ERNE
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Choose what is choice : CULL
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Objective : AIM
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Medical examination : CHECKUP
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"___ Clear Day" : ONA
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Function : USE

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

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