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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Tuesday, October 25, 1983

36-Down : One of triplets

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { B F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,404
Across
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Stitched quickly : RANUP
6
Multiplied : GREW
10
Boundary : EDGE
14
Biblical commander : AMASA
15
Newspaper sect. : ROTO
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Medical device : XRAY
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Artist Winslow ___ : HOMER
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Chorus member : ALTO
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Pear or quince : POME
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Made tracks : SKEDADDLED
22
Declare : AVER
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Practice girth control : DIET
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Comes in : ENTERS
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Deteriorate : WORSEN
30
Steinbrenner, to the Yankees : OWNER
32
Collier's access : ADIT
33
Stare in surprise : GAPE
35
Delay bedtime : SITUP
39
Muscle conducive to turning : ROTATOR
41
Phoenician's Aphrodite : ASTARTE
43
Play : DRAMA
44
Group of devotees : CULT
46
Row : TIER
47
Airport tower : PYLON
49
Danish seaport : ODENSE
51
Spanish saint : TERESA
54
Concerning : INRE
56
Gobian : ARID
57
Sudden departure : DECAMPMENT
63
Grotto : CAVE
64
"When the frost ___ the punkin": Riley : ISON
65
External : OUTER
66
Passageway for Pompey : ITER
67
Honshu city : NARA
68
Char : SINGE
69
Oodles : TONS
70
Bren and Sten : GUNS
71
Obliterate : ERASE
Down
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Autumnal sounds : RAHS
2
In a frenzy : AMOK
3
Decision at a christening : NAME
4
Secondhand : USED
5
Flaunt : PARADE
6
Slope : GRADE
7
Desk type : ROLLTOP
8
Cigar or leather follower : ETTE
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Stiff; dull : WOODEN
10
Banish : EXPATRIATE
11
Herd : DROVE
12
More courageous : GAMER
13
Those who watch : EYERS
21
Wild dog of Australia : DINGO
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Snug retreat : NEST
26
Hospital unit : WARD
27
Perfume : ODOR
28
"Rio ___" : RITA
29
Cattle in a panic : STAMPEDERS
31
Sound state : WEAL
34
Bow for Amati : ARCO
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One of triplets : TRIN
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Shoshoneans : UTES
38
The elder Dumas : PERE
40
Scottish lake and river : TAYS
42
Kind of trooper : STORM
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Mythical horselike beast : UNICORN
48
Cargo : LADING
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Remove from office : DEPOSE
51
Silent : TACIT
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Muse of love poetry : ERATO
53
Split : RIVEN
55
British nursemaids : NANAS
58
Edomites' progenitor : ESAU
59
Naturalist John: 1838-1914 : MUIR
60
Sicilian volcano : ETNA
61
Photogs.' developments : NEGS
62
Banyan or baobab : TREE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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