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Jim Page
Jim Page

E.G.O. TRIP

New York Times, Sunday, October 16, 1988

28-Down : Handle a problem handily

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.13, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 541 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 120, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 23, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,222
Across
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Title of courtesy, once : MARM
5
S.A. wood sorrel : OCA
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French floor : ETAGE
13
"The Hairy Ape" role : YANK
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On the Channel : ASEA
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___ de jambe (ballet movement) : ROND
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Kind of renewal : URBAN
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"The Long Voyage Home," e.g. : MOVIE
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"Death's duell" author : JOHNDONNE
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Paint splashes : GLOBS
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"___ You Glad You're You?" : ARENT
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Conquistador Juan de ___ : ONATE
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Sec. of State: 1977 : VANCE
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English writer Arthur ___ : MEE
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Alley button : RESET
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Mine, in a way : RESUE
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Franklin's father was born here : ECTON
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Voice of Tweetie Pie : BLANC
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Saloon where 50 Down bent an elbow : HARRYHOPES
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"A ___ the Misbegotten" (Robards vehicle) : MOONFOR
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Idi ___ : AMIN
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Suffix with musket : EER
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"The Hungarian Rome" : EGER
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"___ is sinking to-day": Ufford : SOMEONE
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Sloth, for one : SIN
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"Return of the ___," 1983 movie : JEDI
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Meadow : LEA
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Immerses : DIPSIN
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Scottish pudding : HAGGIS
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Whence comes take-home : SALARY
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Fran of "Kukla ... " : ALLISON
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___ damnée (willing tool) : AME
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Made a path : TROD
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Biblical shepherd : ABEL
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Prop finish : ANE
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Fit : SPASM
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Monday-morning quarterbacking, e.g. : HINDSIGHT
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Charged particle : ION
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A eucalypt : YATE
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Unbend : THAW
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Extinct bird : MOA
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___ of paris : PLASTER
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"Henry the Fifth, thy ___ invocate": Shak. : GHOSTI
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Aegean island : ANDROS
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Calico ponies : PINTOS
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Chinese dynasty : HAN
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___ Porsena : LARS
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Gelderland city : EDE
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Innuits, e.g. : ESKIMOS
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Fancy : IDEA
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650, to Cato : DCL
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Expressions of disgust : FIES
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Washington Square Players' vehicle by 8 Down : THEROPE
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Tony role for Dewhurst: 1974 : JOSIEHOGAN
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Invitation reqs. : RSVPS
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Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
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Grown dearer in price : RISEN
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More underhanded : SLIER
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"___ Napoli": T. A. Daly : EEN
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"Lest we lose our ___": Browning : EDENS
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Island off Venezuela : ARUBA
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Amazon tributary : NEGRO
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Book reviewer Bliven : NAOMI
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Changed a menu selection : REORDERED
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Rose, to Jackie : INLAW
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Customary drink : USUAL
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A.A.R.P. concerns : SSNS
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Blood fluids : SERA
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Robeson of "The Emperor Jones" : PAUL
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"Now sleeps the crimson ___ ... ": Tennyson : PETAL
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J.F.K. visitor : SST
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Calls for silence : TSTS
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Bowes, e.g. : MAJOR
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Together : ASONE
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Working up old material again : REHASHING
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Veronese neighbor : MANTUAN
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"___ y Plata" (Mont. motto) : ORO
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Transported : CONVEYED
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Vehicle for Garbo : ANNACHRISTIE
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This E.G.O. arrived Oct. 16, 1888 : EUGENEGLADSTONEONEILL
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Santa Fe or Oregon: Abbr. : TRL
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Fermi focus : ABOMB
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"The Thief" actor : GABEL
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Marks with scars : ENSEAMS
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Time past : YORE
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Farewells : AVES
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"___ beanrows will I have ... ": Yeats : NINE
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Etta ___ : KETT
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Tooth: Comb. form : DENTO
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Vehicle for Lunt: 1928 : MARCOMILLIONS
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Venison : DEER
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Handle a problem handily : COPE
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The old bean : NOODLE
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"Tears" poet : REESE
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Forecaster : SEER
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Town in Liberia or Italy : NEPI
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Bone hollows : FOSSAE
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"Poor Man's Tapestry" author : ONIONS
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It curdles milk : RENNET
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Panatela residue : ASH
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"Cara ___," 1954 song : MIA
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Manta, e.g. : RAY
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He and Hickey took the stage together : JIMMYTOMORROW
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Chat idly : GAS
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Alder tree: Scot. : ARN
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Israeli city : LOD
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Circa: Abbr. : ABT
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Vehicle for Cohan: 1933 : AHWILDERNESS
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Fragment : SIPPET
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Buff pumps : POLISH
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Mother of the Fates, to Plato : ANANKE
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Roscoe: Abbr. : HTR
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Monogram for Jesus : IHS
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Rod : GAT
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Pop : DAD
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Hague's "___ Fables" : AESOPS
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Danny's girl : MARLO
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Blend batter : STIR
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F-J link : GHI
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Pilgrimage to Mecca : HADJ
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Extends liability coverage : REINSURES
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"___ to Walt Whitman": García Lorca : ODE
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French possessive : SES
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Dean and Edward : ACHESONS
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Card game : SEVENUP
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"And mine ___ one": Shak. : ASAD
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Adjective for Snow White : FAIREST
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Cupcake toppers : ICERS
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Alum : GRAD
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"___ porridge hot ... " : PEASE
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Weevil feature : SNOUT
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German Republic's first president : EBERT
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Nothingness states : NADAS
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Upstart : SNIP
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Hyena, of the comics : LENA
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Snow-blind? : IGLU
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Epochal : ERAL
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Lost lamb's call? : MAA
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Q-U connection : RST

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 16 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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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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