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Grace M. Gordon
Grace M. Gordon

OH PSHAW!

New York Times, Sunday, October 18, 1992

4-Down : Respire

Author:
Grace M. Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174, Blocks: 102, Avg Word Len: 4.91, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 651 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 19, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Grace M. Gordon has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,685
Across
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Updike title word : RABBIT
7
Mast support : STAY
11
Lunar New Year in Vietnam : TET
14
Protozoan : AMOEBA
20
" ... nature's copy's not ___": Shak. : ETERNE
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River in NE England : OUSE
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Mouthward : ORAD
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Birthplace of 99 Across : DUBLIN
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Swindle : FLEECE
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___ Stoker, Dracula's creator : BRAM
27
Desire to eat chalk, clay, etc. : PICA
28
Thais, e.g. : ASIANS
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Center the cross hairs : AIM
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Start of a quote : THEFICKLENESS
33
Cobblers' aids : LASTS
36
Treasure State capital : HELENA
38
"Le Roi d'Ys" composer : LALO
39
Part of the job, for 136 Across : TLC
42
Quote: Part II : OFTHEWOMENILOVEIS
46
Dostoyevsky's "The ___" : IDIOT
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Send money : WIRE
49
Hwy. : RTE
50
The Red Baron, e.g. : ACE
51
Sprain applications : ARNICAS
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Mesozoic or Cenozoic : ERA
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Western range : SIERRAS
58
Interlaken's river : AARE
61
Donovan's agcy. : OSS
62
Morning deposit : DEW
63
Quote: Part III : ONLYEQUALLEDBYTHE
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Drag : LUG
68
Gogol's "Taras ___" : BULBA
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Relating to thread : FILAR
70
Dickens, sometimes : BOZ
73
Word with book or load : CASE
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"Greetings" org. : SSS
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Dockworkers' org. : ILA
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Bristly : SETAL
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Word with star or stone : LODE
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Movie dog : ASTA
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Source of the quote, with "The" : PHILANDERER
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Lulu : ONER
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Penultimate Hebrew letter : SHIN
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Refrain syllables : TRALA
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Hindu god : DEV
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Coll. award : DEG
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Firebug : PYRO
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Understanding : KEN
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Dervish movement : WHIRL
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"The ultimate aphrodisiac" : POWER
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McClellan adversary : LEE
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Author of the quote : GEORGEBERNARDSHAW
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Rearward : AFT
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Anonymous Richard : ROE
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A TV Ricky : DESI
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Orchestrate anew : RESCORE
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Scand. land : NOR
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Flub : BLUNDER
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___ Canals : SOO
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Cinnabar or galena : ORE
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"Le ___ Goriot": Balzac : PERE
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In the doldrums : MOPEY
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Quote: Part IV : INFERNALCONSTANCY
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"High ___": Anderson : TOR
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"___ mio dulce ardor," Gluck aria : ODEL
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Tocsins : ALERTS
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___ Park, Colo. town : ESTES
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Quote: Part V : OFTHEWOMENWHO
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E.R. personnel : RNS
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Pavarotti's paese : ITALIA
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Sinn Fein homeland : ERIN
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Author of "Jake's Thing" : AMIS
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Dramatic devices : ASIDES
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Go at full speed : CAREER
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Laundry residue : LINT
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Easily handled, as a ship : YARE
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End of the quote : LOVEME
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Mad : INSANE
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___ volente : DEO
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Dirk of yore : SNEE
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Place of nether darkness : EREBUS
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N.H.L. whistler : REF
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Pt. of A. & P. : ATL
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Buzzer : BEE
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Respire : BREATHE
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Engrave : INCISE
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Pullulate : TEEM
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Julie Andrews film: 1981 : SOB
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Diamondback or hawkbill : TURTLE
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" ... even ___ gathereth her chickens ... ": Matt. 23:37 : ASAHEN
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Man from Sana : YEMENI
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Masai Mara antelope : TOPI
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Famous redhead : ERIC
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Paraphernalia : TACKLE
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Hersey town : ADANO
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Parnassus figure : MUSE
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Eastern accessories : OBIS
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Like a bungee jumper's cord : ELASTIC
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Crib of a sort : BIN
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Ques. opposite : ANS
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___ Lama : DALAI
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Part song : FALA
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Steber role : ELSA
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Made a bovine sound : LOWED
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Full of zeal : AFIRE
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Proverbial backbreaker : STRAW
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Hailey best seller: 1965 : HOTEL
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Hard abrasive : EMERY
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Mauna ___ : LOA
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Pts. of dollars : CTS
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Twists : WRINGS
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Orange-shipping city in Fla. : OCALA
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___ scaloppine : VEAL
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Tchr. : INSTR
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Kind of antenna : DISH
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Part of H.R.H. : ROYAL
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Trifle : SOU
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C.S.A. man : REB
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Eagle on high : AQUILA
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Roman dictator: 82-79 B.C. : SULLA
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Advert : REFER
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Worked on galleys : EDITED
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Desert : ABANDON
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Din : BLARE
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"___ and Ivory," 1982 hit song : EBONY
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Like Miniver Cheevy : LEAN
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Silesian river : ODER
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Broadway's Tevye : ZERO
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Tun : CASK
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Wimbledon champ: 1975 : ASHE
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Con artfully : STING
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Garnish unit : SPRIG
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Was altruistic : SHARED
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Stringent : SEVERE
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Canter's cousin : LOPE
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"___ Seeing You," 1938 song : ILLBE
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___ flask (thermos prototype) : DEWAR
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Cube root of 27 : THREE
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Angry looks : GLARES
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One of the Allens : WOODY
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Abbot's right-hand man : PRIOR
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Parts of a mi. : RDS
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Ram's mate : EWE
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He fought Joe Gans : ERNE
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Start of motto of N.C. : ESSE
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Skedaddle : SCOOT
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Tooters : HORNS
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Concerning : ANENT
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Word with meat or feed : FORCE
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Playing cards : TREYS
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N.Y.C. subway syst. : BMT
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Trevanian's "The ___ Sanction" : LOO
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Tumults : UPROARS
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First American female astronaut : RIDE
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Judah's second son: Gen. 38:4 : ONAN
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Kind of resistance : PASSIVE
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Banister terminus : NEWEL
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Rococo : FLORID
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Berlin hit: 1925 : ALWAYS
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New York Governor: 1932-42 : LEHMAN
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To believe, in Bretagne : CROIRE
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Type of muscle : TENSOR
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Chicago terminal : OHARE
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Dog's bane : FLEA
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___ Shan, central Asian range : TIEN
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Golconda : MINE
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Inner: Comb. form : ENTO
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Chest sound : RALE
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Here, to Henri : ICI
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Whip : TAN
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Bishopric : SEE
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Society newcomer : DEB
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Rhea's cousin : EMU
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His or her: Fr. : SES

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

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