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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, October 26, 1988

22-Down : Bigwigs

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,232
Across
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Southampton shindig : BASH
5
Disturbances : RIOTS
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Salt tree of India : ATLE
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Kind of chamber : ECHO
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Bar at the bar : ESTOP
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Table game : POOL
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Campbell's "___ Cowboy" : RHINESTONE
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___ rock : PUNK
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Military brass : GENERALS
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Disinclined : AVERSE
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Math term : SINE
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Father of Paris : PRIAM
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Using an ottoman : SEATED
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Supplant : DISPLACE
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N-R connection : OPQ
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Canary's cousin : SERIN
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Saddle, in Roma : SELLA
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Cat or mouse, e.g. : NOUN
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Judicial opinions : DICTA
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Per ___ : DIEM
40
Robin of ballads : ADAIR
42
Gab and song followers : FESTS
44
Denial in Glasgow : NAE
45
Odds and ends of fabrics : REMNANTS
47
Spuds : TATERS
49
Sponsorship : AEGIS
50
Large, game fish : CERO
51
___ du jour (menus) : CARTES
53
Device on a bomb : TIMEFUSE
57
Theatrical award : OBIE
58
Material for a necklace : SEEDPEARLS
60
Actor Wilder : GENE
61
Irish rebel-nationalist : EMMET
62
Region in Spain : LEON
63
British carbine : STEN
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Approaches : NEARS
65
"Abide With Me" composer : LYTE
Down
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Nautical hazard : BERG
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Pine : ACHE
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Area of the leg : SHIN
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Like Abe : HONEST
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Used an abrasive again : RESANDED
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Basketry fiber : ISTLE
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Siouans : OTOS
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The world of fashion : TON
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Asparagus shoots : SPEARS
10
Took to a higher court : APPEALED
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An October birthstone : TOURMALINE
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Two thespian Chaneys : LONS
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Sommer of the screen : ELKE
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Hurons' cousins : ERIES
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Bigwigs : VIPS
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Half ___ (little people) : PINTS
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Navigation apparatus : SONAR
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Lyric verse : EPODE
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Pastel hue : AQUAMARINE
28
Prepares vegetables, in a way : DICES
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Net : CLEAR
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Soprano Emma : EAMES
33
Geological faults : RIFTS
36
Score minus one : NINETEEN
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Essays : ATTEMPTS
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Temper tantrum : RAGE
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Ganges garb: Var. : SAREE
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___ hut (prefabricated shelter) : NISSEN
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"Soar not too high ___ ... ": Massinger : TOFALL
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Type of vinegar : CIDER
51
Vital parts : COGS
52
Incite : ABET
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Melodic subject for Muti : TEMA
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Nobelist in Chemistry: 1934 : UREY
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Place for a quarter : SLOT
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Feudal workman : ESNE
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Bobby Burns's uncle : EME

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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