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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

SELECTED WORDS

New York Times, Sunday, October 18, 1970

40-Down : Take a safe dueling role

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 513 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 142, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,736
Across
1
U.S. missile : POLARIS
8
Nile feature : DELTA
13
Ignominy : SHAME
18
Combative : MILITANT
19
Ethiopian town : ADUWA
20
Source : PARENT
22
Elevation : EMINENCE
23
Mansion : MANOR
24
Princeton color : ORANGE
25
Range : ROVE
26
Tact personified : DIPLOMAT
28
Assail vigorously : BOMBARD
29
Campbell : GLEN
30
Ruin : DOIN
31
Neighbor of Turkey : IRAN
33
Modified organism : ECAD
34
Attention : EAR
35
Tobacco mixture : BLEND
37
Daughter of David : TAMAR
39
Amory, for short : CLEVE
40
Elmo : SAINT
41
Willamette Univ. site : SALEM
42
Smoker's gadget : HOLDER
43
Type of playhouse : ARENATHEATER
46
Evening: It. : SERA
47
Golfer's wear : SLACKS
48
Inspire : ELATE
49
Chinese dynasty : HAN
50
Discourse: Abbr. : SER
53
Purport : TENOR
54
Lively : AGILE
55
Hobby hours : SPARETIME
58
___ acid : AMINO
59
Sometime city flood source : WATERMAIN
61
Austerity : RIGOR
62
U. S. system of W. W. II aid : LENDLEASE
64
Florida cape : SABLE
65
Spanish corn bread : TANTA
66
Compass reading : ENE
67
Malay gibbon : LAR
68
Word of mouth : PAROL
69
City in Conn. : DARIEN
70
Earthen building material : PISE
71
July 4 parade feature : MILITARYBAND
73
Inhabit : TENANT
76
Kind of lily : CALLA
77
Lively dances : REELS
78
In company with : AMONG
79
Racetrack fences : RAILS
80
Gaze : STARE
81
Mil. award : DSC
84
___ temperature : RUNA
85
Nobleman : EARL
86
Stadium sounds : BOOS
87
Strip of wood : LATH
88
With extra calories, so to say : ALAMODE
90
Encounter : COMEUPON
94
Kind of code : AREA
95
Carrying on : WAGING
96
Nymph loved by Minos : PARIA
97
Rapid-fire joke : ONELINER
99
Immediately : ATONCE
100
Antelope : ELAND
101
In a stringent way : SEVERELY
102
Stage direction : ENTER
103
Playing marble : ALLEY
104
Foot lever : TREADLE
Down
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Stuffed olive : PIMOLA
2
Kukla's friend, formally : OLIVER
3
Cambric or damask : LINEN
4
Used up : ATE
5
Famous fan dancer : RAND
6
Occurrence : INCIDENT
7
Pick up speed : STEPONTHEGAS
8
Famous friend : DAMON
9
Dutch cheese : EDAM
10
Large moth : LUNA
11
False friend : TWOTIMER
12
Swiss river : AAR
13
Golf club : SPOON
14
Injury : HARM
15
Strauss opera : ARABELLA
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Threatened : MENACED
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Impress deeply : ENGRAVE
18
Coalesce : MERGE
21
British marshal of W. W. II : TEDDER
27
Part of a jar : LID
28
Tribunal : BAR
32
Crash into : RAM
35
Financing : BANKROLLING
36
English limestone : LIAS
37
Fancy vests : TATTERSALLS
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Toward shelter : ALEE
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Cozy bistro setting : CORNERTABLE
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Take a safe dueling role : SECOND
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German river : SAALE
42
Find out : HEAR
43
Certain pub drinkers : ALEMEN
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Like a frog : RANINE
45
Choice segment : ELITE
46
Alan Ladd film : SHANE
47
Mate of a sort : STALE
50
Register : SIGNIN
51
Hammed it up : EMOTED
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Sought office again : RERAN
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Cognizant : AWARE
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Shoe : SABOT
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Aimless drifting : PILLARTOPOST
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Headbands : TIARAS
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"West Side Story" girl : MARIA
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Dude territory : EAST
68
Tiresome person : PILL
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Musician Richard ___-Bennet : DYER
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Calif. range : PANAMINT
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Army camp event : MAILCALL
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TV newsman Harry : REASONER
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Pacific island : TARAWA
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Imitate : EMULATE
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Geometric figure : NONAGON
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Jalopy : CAR
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Scottish explorer : RAE
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___ markee : SOU
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Weedy grass : DARNEL
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English essayist : STEELE
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Cautious : CHARY
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Trimming device : EDGER
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Like snakes' eyes : BEADY
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Defense Sec. : LAIRD
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Formerly : ONCE
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Spoken : ORAL
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Pit : MINE
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Granular snow : NEVE
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Shell-game item : PEA
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Grassland : LEA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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