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Ronald Rabinowitz
Ronald Rabinowitz

New York Times, Friday, October 23, 1981

46-Down : Martinique menace

Author:
Ronald Rabinowitz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.71, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Ronald Rabinowitz has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,672
Across
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Lucre : PELF
5
Duchesse, e.g. : SATIN
10
Whistlers on courts : REFS
14
Redolence : ODOR
15
Finale : CLOSE
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Charlie Plumb's "___ Cinders" : ELLA
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Asian staple : TARO
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Mrs. Chaplin et al. : OONAS
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Marianas isle : GUAM
20
With 48 Across, a Shakespearean line : MENOFFEWWORDS
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President who became a Chief Justice : TAFT
24
Glance : PEEK
25
Tunes : AIRS
27
Type of parking : VALET
30
Prefix with plasm : ECTO
31
Subject of a Kant critique : REASON
33
Batman and Robin, e.g. : DUO
36
Shakespearean trio : THEWEIRDSISTERS
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Eternally, to a poet : EER
40
Ukrainian river : DONETS
41
Shakespearean villain : IAGO
42
Gunpowder ingredient : NITER
43
"Merry Wives ... " lass : ANNE
44
Oil cartel : OPEC
46
Safety and straight : PINS
48
See 20 Across : ARETHEBESTMEN
54
Xeric : ARID
55
Rousseau novel : EMILE
56
Deesis : ICON
58
Bear's order : SELL
59
Eastern V.I.P. : AMEER
60
"There is no living with ___": Addison : THEE
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Fainéant : IDLE
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Peep show : RAREE
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Darn this thing : HOLE
Down
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Smugglers' "grass" : POT
2
Dutch cheese : EDAM
3
Wisdom : LORE
4
Area near the pit : FRONTROW
5
Sneer : SCOFF
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In the air : ALOFT
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Pitch : TONE
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"The Last Time ___ Paris" : ISAW
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Vane letters : NESW
10
Rue : REGRET
11
Dodge : ELUDE
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Ampulla : FLASK
13
Houston : SAM
21
Western alliance initials : OAS
22
Gapes : OPENS
25
Relative of smart : ACHE
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Road for Cato : ITER
27
Darth of "Star Wars" : VADER
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Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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Clark's girl : LOIS
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Nice summer : ETE
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Uproar : RIOT
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Fish hawk's cousin : ERNE
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Martin or Jagger : DEAN
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Yen : URGE
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Bear, to Pedro : OSO
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Ukase : EDICT
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Metalworker : TINSMITH
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Pester : NEEDLE
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Pismire : ANT
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Sculled : OARED
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Rich copper ore : PRILL
46
Martinique menace : PELEE
47
French department : ISERE
49
Audition : HEAR
50
Austen heroine : EMMA
51
Rathskeller quaff : BIER
52
Nymph who loved Narcissus : ECHO
53
Coward : NOEL
54
"The World ___ See It": Einstein : ASI
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George Eliot, ___ Evans : NEE

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

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