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Jack Jumonville
Jack Jumonville

New York Times, Saturday, October 16, 1993

38-Down : Places for securing ships

Author:
Jack Jumonville
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jack Jumonville has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,048
Across
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Dodo : ASS
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Finsteraarhorn, e.g. : ALP
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Deg. for W. T. G. Morton : DDS
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Hail, to Ovid : AVE
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Coast, to Colón : LITORAL
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Wile : ART
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Demented : MAD
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Leader for Moses? : GRANDMA
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Where the Powder flows : WYOMING
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Bear on high : URSA
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Sailing alternately close-hauled and free : BYANDLARGE
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Mast support : MAINSTAY
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"Heart of ___," old sea song : OAK
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Ike's command : ETO
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Emulating Leno or Letterman : EMCEEING
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Kind of boat or train : GRAVY
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City in Iran : ARAK
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Part-time mil. group : USAR
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Pays off : REDEEMS
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Order with 14 legs : ISOPODA
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Augury : OMEN
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Cries of triumph : OHOS
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Neighbors of radiuses : ULNAS
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Maidenhair trees : GINKGOES
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Had a meal : ATE
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Byron's always : EER
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A typeface : SANSERIF
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Surprised at sea by a sudden wind shift : TAKENABACK
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Baylor U. site : WACO
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Comparability : ANALOGY
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Spot checker : CLEANER
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Football pos. : CTR
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Examine carefully : VET
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Putting trust in : RELYING
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Metric meas. : KIL
66
Enzyme suffix : ASE
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Solicit : ASK
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Never, in Bonn : NIE
Down
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Biblical tree : ALGUM
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Old term of address : SIRRA
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Position: Comb. form : STASI
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Ending for drunk? : ARD
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"...as a ___ the slaughter": Isa. 53:7 : LAMBTO
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Salt pan : PLAYA
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Backup for Tony Orlando : DAWN
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Ship-repair facilities : DRYDOCKS
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Tunics for Agrippina : STOLAE
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Muslim V.I.P. : AMIR
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Gaff steadier : VANG
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Advantage : EDGE
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Steadily : ONANEVENKEEL
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Compensate for lateral drift : MAKEUPLEEWAY
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Pablo's yesterday : AYER
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Eyelid swelling : STYE
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But, in Brest : MAIS
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"...frost ___ the punkin..." : ISON
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Nothing for Felipe : NADA
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Pâté de foie ___ : GRAS
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Tar's beverage : GROG
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Ancient name of Reims : REMI
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Arabian Sea gulf : ADEN
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N.C. county : ASHE
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Places for securing ships : MOORAGES
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Subdivisions of innings : OUTS
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Bones : OSSA
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Birthplace of Colombo : GENOVA
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Where tarsi are found : ANKLES
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Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
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Arrested : RANIN
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Queen Boadicea's tribe : ICENI
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Smithy : FORGE
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Change the course of a sloop : TACK
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Not for : ANTI
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Actor Malden : KARL
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Eight bits to computer folk : BYTE
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Cervus canadensis : ELK

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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