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Ronald Rabinowitz
Ronald Rabinowitz

New York Times, Friday, October 23, 1981

5-Down : Sneer

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
16
Charlie Plumb's "___ Cinders" : ELLA
17
Asian staple : TARO
18
Mrs. Chaplin et al. : OONAS
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Marianas isle : GUAM
20
With 48 Across, a Shakespearean line : MENOFFEWWORDS
23
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
61
Fainéant : IDLE
62
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
6
In the air : ALOFT
7
Pitch : TONE
8
"The Last Time ___ Paris" : ISAW
9
Vane letters : NESW
10
Rue : REGRET
11
Dodge : ELUDE
12
Ampulla : FLASK
13
Houston : SAM
21
Western alliance initials : OAS
22
Gapes : OPENS
25
Relative of smart : ACHE
26
Road for Cato : ITER
27
Darth of "Star Wars" : VADER
28
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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Clark's girl : LOIS
30
Nice summer : ETE
31
Uproar : RIOT
32
Fish hawk's cousin : ERNE
33
Martin or Jagger : DEAN
34
Yen : URGE
35
Bear, to Pedro : OSO
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Ukase : EDICT
38
Metalworker : TINSMITH
42
Pester : NEEDLE
43
Pismire : ANT
44
Sculled : OARED
45
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
57
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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