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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Friday, October 3, 1986

2-Down : Spanish tubers

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,478
Across
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Altar's milieu : APSE
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Director's call : ACTION
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Agt.'s take : PCT
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Stuff to the gills : SATE
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Gale Storm role on TV : MARGIE
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Guido's high note : ELA
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Shirley Temple film: 1934 : STANDUPANDCHEER
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Partake of : EAT
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Tropical tree resin : ELEMI
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Jeweler's measure of fineness : KARAT
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Gorgeous creature : STUNNER
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Mosaic tile : TESSERA
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A thermoplastic : SARAN
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Rotisserie rod : SPIT
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Ivan or Alexander : TSAR
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Popular toy trucks, for short : SEMIS
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Cry of delight : OOH
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Curvaceous feminine suffix : ESS
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Audit a course : SITINON
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Matter; instance: Fr. : CAS
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Negative prefix : NON
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Latin dance : SAMBA
46
Ubiquitous TV series : MASH
47
Japanese wooden clog : GETA
49
Singing Nellie : MELBA
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Cut into : INCISED
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Developing little by little : GRADUAL
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Throat bane, for short : STREP
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Atka native : ALEUT
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Yalie : ELI
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Goof off at the office : LIEDOWNONTHEJOB
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Alfonso's queen : ENA
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Change a cryptogram : RECODE
64
New Delhi princess : RANI
65
Stop up : DAM
66
Nickname for Stan Musial : THEMAN
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Votes in favor : AYES
Down
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Evaluate : ASSESS
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Spanish tubers : PATATAS
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Height : STATURE
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Postsundown time, to Poe : EEN
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Stubborn as ___ : AMULE
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Pickled flower buds : CAPERS
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London trolley : TRAM
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Combustion system : IGNITION
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Ending for aster or human : OID
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Parts of violins : NECKS
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Noblewoman : PEERESS
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As ___ mud : CLEARAS
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Dental calculus : TARTAR
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Ketcham's imp : DENNIS
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Urgency : HASTE
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Hanoi's locale, to a G.I. : NAM
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Guiding beliefs of a people : ETHOS
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Exact moment : POINT
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Burn superficially : SINGE
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Ballerina's routine : TOEDANCE
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Broadway Joe : NAMATH
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Mexican saloon : CANTINA
39
"Skim milk masquerades ___": W. S. Gilbert : ASCREAM
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Started, as a horse : SHIED
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One of the grad schools : MED
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Royal opponent, sometimes : BLUEJAY
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Ear shell : ABALONE
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Deluded : MISLED
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Slate : AGENDA
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Excuses for defendants : ALIBIS
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Big spender : SPORT
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Bavarian measures of length : RUTEN
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Meet one's gaze in a haze : LOOM
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Lohengrin's "Alas!" : WEH
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Stat for Gooden : ERA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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