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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Wednesday, November 16, 1983

40-Down : Ill-gotten gains

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,426
Across
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Giant fishhook : GAFF
5
Partner of loose : FAST
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Name in a Rand title : ATLAS
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Etc.'s relative : ETAL
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Baltic feeder : ODER
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Hoisting machine : CRANE
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Hoopla : TODO
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Venetian cash : LIRA
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Richard D'Oyly ___ : CARTE
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Start of a James A. Garfield quotation : APOUNDOFPLUCKIS
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Denials : NOES
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Kind of master : PAST
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Sudden fall : HEADER
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K. A. Porter's "Noon ___" : WINE
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Gained a lap : SAT
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Christmas-card figure : ANGEL
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Dead duck : GONER
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Rah or bah : CRY
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Electric-company client : USER
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Rum-and-water drinks : GROGS
37
Witticism : QUIP
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Conventual : NUN
39
Forms droplets : BEADS
40
Sentiments of an electorate : PULSE
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Da Nang holiday : TET
42
Gruesome septet member : ENVY
43
Lost a sunburn : PEELED
44
Yours, in Lourdes : ATOI
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Dormer's base : SILL
46
End of the quotation : WORTHATONOFLUCK
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Milanese love : AMORE
54
Dyestuff : ANIL
55
Take care of a pressing detail : IRON
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Slow mover : SNAIL
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Pierre's pate : TETE
58
Place for a necklace clasp : NAPE
59
Arizona group : PIMAS
60
Word with while : ERST
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Lightheartedness : GLEE
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"___ horse!" : GETA
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At the apex : ATOP
3
Portuguese folk song : FADO
4
Flail in water : FLOUNDER
5
Origami hobbyist, e.g. : FOLDER
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Picador's farewell : ADIOS
7
Feudal thrall : SERF
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Paraphernalia : TRAPPINGS
9
Finger pointer : ACCUSER
10
Plot for an A-frame : TRACT
11
Carefree adventure : LARK
12
Con : ANTI
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___ red (fumes) : SEES
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Caroler's offering : NOEL
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Traffic divisions : LANES
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Visit often : HAUNT
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Result : ENSUE
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___ Orange : AGENT
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Herman or Allen : WOODY
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Row in a race : SCULL
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Originate : ARISE
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Transcribed notes : TYPED
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Be led by a certain force : GRAVITATE
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Ligurian Sea port : GENOA
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Activity of conquerors or pacifiers : QUELLING
39
Holy places : BETHELS
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Ill-gotten gains : PELF
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Ice ax : PIOLET
44
Latium courtyards : ATRIA
45
Fretful states : SNITS
46
Pesky insect : WASP
47
Where the Hawks fly : OMNI
48
Meander : ROAM
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Ripsnorter : ONER
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Caspian feeder : URAL
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Contend with successfully : COPE
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___-high to a grasshopper : KNEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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