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Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon

New York Times, Tuesday, November 10, 1992

24-Down : Whence Columbus set sail

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Peter Gordon has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 109 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,708
Across
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Hammer specialty : RAP
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Small landmass : ISLET
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Attic : LOFT
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Frost a cake : ICE
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Guides : LEADS
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Wild card : JOKER
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French President: 1959-69 : CHARLESDEGAULLE
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Roll-call response : HERE
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___ Largo : KEY
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Narcotic drug : OPIATE
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Wilbur Post's horse : MRED
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Sch. groups : PTAS
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Like some collisions : MIDAIR
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Actress Madeline : KAHN
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Droop : SAG
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Decorate : ADORN
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Actress Negri : POLA
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Valley girl's hangout : MALL
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French President: 1969-74 : GEORGESPOMPIDOU
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Crèche figure : MARY
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Deli breads : RYES
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Silly : INANE
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Donkey : ASS
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Sail a boat zigzag : TACK
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Piccolos' cousins : FLUTES
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Abe Vigoda role : FISH
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Pinball no-no : TILT
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Fly : AVIATE
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Anger : IRE
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Certain nest eggs: Abbr. : IRAS
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French President: 1974-81 : GISCARDDESTAING
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Foreigner : ALIEN
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Make happy : ELATE
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Blaster's material : TNT
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Take five : REST
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Car type : SEDAN
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Kent's letter : ESS
Down
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Opulent : RICH
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Feel pain : ACHE
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Bartlett, e.g. : PEAR
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Sick : ILL
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With "The," song by The Who : SEEKER
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Gave off coherent light : LASED
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Whirlpool : EDDY
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Mao ___-tung : TSE
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Braille's first name : LOUIS
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Tex. neighbor : OKLA
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Pool-table surface : FELT
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Growth in Eden : TREE
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Land of the Rising Sun : JAPAN
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Emulate Liz Taylor : REMARRY
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The Big Apple : GOTHAM
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Circus stage : RING
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Whence Columbus set sail : PALOS
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Molten material : MAGMA
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Light bulbs, in comics : IDEAS
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The ___ (Jim Morrison's group) : DOORS
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Part of a ruble : KOPEK
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Egyptian leader of the 70's : SADAT
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Solo : ALONE
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Pastes : GLUES
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___ out (intimidate) : PSYCH
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Trifling matter : MINUTIA
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Pencil pusher's need : ERASER
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Tablet : PILL
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A moon of Saturn : TITAN
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Celebration : FIESTA
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Gem surface : FACET
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Sneaker bottom : TREAD
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Culture medium : AGAR
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Base : VILE
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Egyptian goddess of fertility : ISIS
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Not working : IDLE
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Ceremony : RITE
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Landers and Jillian : ANNS
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Certain NCO's : SGTS
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___ Moines : DES
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Decimal base : TEN

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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