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Thomas Sheehan
Thomas Sheehan

REVERSE ENGLISH

New York Times, Sunday, November 14, 1971

69-Down : Abandoned ship

Author:
Thomas Sheehan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 651 (avg 1.76)
Open Squares: 129, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 21
Thomas Sheehan has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,128
Across
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Defensive barricade : ABATIS
7
Doghouse dweller : FLEA
11
Hayseeds : CLODS
16
Hercules, e.g. : LABORER
18
Santa's standbys : SLEDS
19
Pale : ASHEN
20
Edward Bellamy title, taken literally : DRAWKCABGNIKOOL
24
Dance : RUMBA
25
Ms. men : EDS
26
Bar items : STIRRERS
27
Arrived : CAME
29
Time period out West : YAR
30
Carol : NOEL
32
___ anchor (be moored) : LIEAT
33
Nitwit : SIMP
34
Earthy clay : MARL
35
Retaliate : STRIKEBACK
38
Certain movie scenes : FLASHBACKS
40
Mask : DOMINO
41
Irritate : ROIL
42
Sports: Abbr. : ATH
43
Wyatt's contemporary : BAT
46
Badminton need : BIRD
47
Malay sailboat : TOUP
48
Angora fabrics : MOHAIRS
52
Briefly : INAWORD
54
Be found wanting : FALLSHORT
56
Screening : NET
57
Theodore and family : BIKELS
58
Answers a phone memo : CALLSBACK
59
Well-known Benedict : EGGS
60
Canasta term : MELD
61
Retraces one's steps : WALKSBACK
62
Hindu gentleman : BABU
63
Luxuriate : BASK
64
Flinches : PULLSBACK
65
Middleman's specialty : RESALE
67
___ glance : ATA
68
Reverts to : HARKSBACK
69
Char's millinery : DUSTCAP
70
Vagrancy : HOBOISM
72
Support : BACK
73
"___ Mabel" : DERE
74
Mode of Biblical reading : KRI
75
Berne's river : AAR
76
Dearth : LACK
77
Corday's victim et al. : MARATS
79
Ready for a duel : BACKTOBACK
83
Holder of the last straw : CAMELSBACK
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Places of refuge : ARKS
88
Young ___ : TURK
89
Kind of snake : CORAL
90
"___ in the Money" : WERE
91
Paley's place : CBS
92
Arctic sight : BERG
93
On the ___ of (chummy) : GOODSIDE
96
Dakota Indian : REE
97
N.H. city : KEENE
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Emulate John Osborne? : REGNANIKCABKOOL
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Charlie Chan portrayer : OLAND
103
Exchange places : SEATS
104
" ... toil and ___" : TROUBLE
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Weird Sisters : FATES
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Musicians' stints : SETS
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Words for a certain friend : INNEED
Down
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In-laws of the Mullenses : ALDENS
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French star : BARDOT
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One who degrades : ABASER
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Haul : TOW
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Annoys : IRKS
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Faction : SECT
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Wishful winker : FLIRT
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Albanian coins : LEKS
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Nigerian people : EDO
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Self-centered : ASOCIAL
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Attention : CARE
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Baton Rouge campus : LSU
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Epitaph for Atlas : OHMYACHINGBACK
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Land : DEBARK
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Barber's headaches : SNARLS
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Racing fan : RAILBIRD
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Kind of preview : SNEAK
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Kellogg-___ Pact : BRIAND
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Dancer Jose : GRECO
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Beats it : LAMS
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Speedometer initials : MPH
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Operculum : LID
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Returns on the q. t. : SLIPSBACK
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Miss Hari : MATA
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German sprite : KOBOLD
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Eastern rulers : EMIRS
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Hits a ball out of play : FOULSBACK
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Thai money : BAHT
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Reduces, as prices : ROLLSBACK
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Lobster-eater's wear : BIB
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Lively, in music : ANIMATO
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Emulates a shrinking violet : TAKESABACKSEAT
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Gets sassy : TALKSBACK
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Sham : MOCK
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Grampus: Var. : ORK
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Gas-pump word : REGULAR
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Wall, etc.: Abbr. : STS
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Bandleader : WELK
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Joins the also-rans : FALLSBACK
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Certain writer : HACK
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Cleat's relative : CALK
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Area of the wise men : EAST
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Bavarian river : WURM
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Hems in : BESETS
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Scrooge word : BAH
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___ de Calais : PAS
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Minnie Pearl style : RURAL
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Roof ornament : EPI
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New Orleans name : HIRT
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Abandoned ship : DERELICT
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Dumbarton, for one : OAKS
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Napery fabric : DAMASK
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Liberal giving : LARGESS
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After lundi : MARDI
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Direction at sea: Abbr. : SBW
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Supporting : BACKOF
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Old Assyrian city : ARBELA
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Suffix of origin : OTE
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Tillstrom : BURR
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___ age : COONS
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Organism needing oxygen : AEROBE
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Cookery style : CREOLE
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Tipped over : KEELED
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Covers : COATS
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River areas : BEDS
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Mosquito, in England : GNAT
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Grain sorghum: Var. : DARI
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Dark : EBON
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Compass point : NNE
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Whillikins' partner : GEE
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Hungary's Bela : KUN

Answer summary:
17 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 9 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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