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William Coburn
William Coburn

New York Times, Friday, October 12, 1984

9-Down : Yogi unmasked?

Author:
William Coburn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0
William Coburn has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,757
Across
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Conceal in the hand : PALM
5
Illegal grass : POT
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Early man : ABEL
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Song for Domingo : ARIA
13
Growth celebrated in a musical : HAIR
14
Hammett's P.I. : SPADE
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Simian soldier? : GUERRILLA
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Ieper, to the French : YPRES
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Copy a flightless bird? : EMULATE
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Lurches : CAREENS
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Overflow : SPILL
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Chanteuse Edith ___ : PIAF
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Do-well predecessor : NEER
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Marine mammal route? : SEALANE
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Snakes : ASPS
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Cheats : ROOKS
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Carangid fish : SCAD
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Ballad : LAY
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Wildebeest : GNU
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Work unit : ERG
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Bacon's associates : EGGS
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13 to 19 : TEENS
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Vortex : EDDY
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Bedouin parking area? : CAMELOT
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Oven : KILN
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Gardner's namesakes : AVAS
47
TV puppet : MADAM
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Oval : ELLIPSE
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Cringed like Elsie? : COWERED
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Tracks : RAILS
56
Like a cat's oniony dish? : LYONNAISE
58
Soap plant : AMOLE
59
The Iron ___ (Mrs. Thatcher) : LADY
60
Nobelist poet Sully-Prudhomme : RENE
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Rational : SANE
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Heaven : SKY
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Coaster : SLED
Down
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Verso or recto : PAGE
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Flowering plants : ARUMS
3
Stay in bed, as an invalid : LIEUP
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Game fish : MARLINS
5
Stake : PALE
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Bribe : OIL
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Agr. vehicle : TRAC
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Court of ___ : APPEALS
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Yogi unmasked? : BAREFACED
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First place : EDEN
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Of lower degree : LESS
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Schicklgruber, allegedly : HITLER
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Site of Latakia : SYRIA
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Breathing sound : RALE
20
Gibbons : APES
24
Thesaurus maker : ROGET
25
Give out goose eggs : SKUNK
26
Aromatic plant : NARD
27
Irritable : EDGY
28
Guinness, for one : ALEC
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Story : SAGA
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Shaw's porcine play? : PYGMALION
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Monad : ONE
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Home of Mozart's barber : SEVILLE
39
Flip : TOSS
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Sale of church property : SIMONY
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Wins affection : ENDEARS
43
Slip : LAPSE
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Fine fabric : LAWN
48
Prospero's sprite : ARIEL
49
Intermediate, in law : MESNE
50
Periods : ERAS
51
Mongolian monk : LAMA
52
Old measures of length : ELLS
53
Buffalo Bill : CODY
54
Exploit : DEED
57
Chatter like an ox? : YAK

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