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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Saturday, October 17, 1992

26-Down : 8E?

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,684
Across
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A "Tonight Show" host : PAAR
5
Cultivate : TILL
9
Cease : QUIT
13
A Sedgwick : EDIE
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High hideaway : AERIE
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Golden-rule preposition : UNTO
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Works by Horace : ODES
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Afternoon affair : TEADANCE
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Mary and John Jacob : ASTORS
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"Golden Days" author : SEE
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Mohammedanism : ISLAM
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Sir or dame : TITLE
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Rich cake : TORTE
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Dyne's kin : ERG
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Channels cut inside barrels : HOWELS
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City district : WARD
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Mineo of movies : SAL
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School founded in 1440 : ETON
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Home of Oral Roberts University : TULSA
40
Lab burner : ETNA
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Actor Vallone : RAF
42
Recherché : RARE
43
Buckley, Bush et al. : YALIES
45
Inner: Prefix : ESO
46
Les ___-Unis : ETATS
48
Venetian products : LACES
49
Mutinous one : REBEL
51
Sidekick : PAL
53
Movie-set personnel : EXTRAS
55
Damages modifier : PUNITIVE
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Check : REIN
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Bellicose son of Hera : ARES
64
___ Salaam, Tanzania : DARES
65
Schiaparelli : ELSA
66
Missing : LOST
67
Stretches to make last : EKES
68
Actress Young : SEAN
Down
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No-see-um, e.g. : PEST
2
Together: Mus. : ADUE
3
Verdi opus : AIDA
4
Memorable Foxx : REDD
5
Rhyming triplet : TERCET
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"Dies ___" : IRAE
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Ovid's 52 : LII
8
Enticed from the right path : LEDASTRAY
9
Proportional share : QUOTA
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Road for Romulus : ITER
12
Cast : TOSS
14
Poet Sexton : ANNE
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Support for Soyer : EASEL
21
Monoski : SLED
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Cleopatra attendant : IRAS
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Comforting word : THERE
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Jots : IOTAS
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Actor Cariou : LEN
29
Wee hooter : OWLET
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Punjabi princess : RANEE
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Tumbler : GLASS
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America, viewed from abroad : STATESIDE
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Caspian feeder : URAL
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Guido's high note : ELA
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Country music's McEntire : REBA
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Bushed : ALLIN
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Froths : SPUMES
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Lubitsch of filmdom : ERNST
52
Tropical black birds : ANIS
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Of a period : ERAL
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Dry: Comb. form : XERO
55
Study hard : PORE
56
Wed. preceder : TUES
57
Key : ISLE
58
Endorsement on a passport : VISA
59
Of the dawn : EOAN
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Roble : OAK

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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