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Leslie
Leslie

New York Times, Tuesday, November 20, 1984

19-Down : Upset

Author:
Leslie
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Leslie has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,796
Across
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"Of ___," Updike title : THEFARM
8
Curiosity victim : CAT
11
Dandy : FOP
14
Name for a golden girl : AURELIA
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Wonder plus : AWE
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Unclose, to Shakespeare : OPE
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True again : REALIGN
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Kind of schooner : PRAIRIE
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Mental pictures : IMAGERY
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Close : NEAR
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Charon's river : STYX
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Breakfast dish for Brutus : OVA
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Urgency : HASTE
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Card wool : TUM
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"A Chorus ___" : LINE
31
Sponsored a party : HOSTED
32
Dentist's patient, e.g. : GRIMACER
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Baseball great : OTT
35
Start of a Butler adieu : FRANKLYMYDEAR
39
J.F.K.'s predecessor : DDE
40
Not adequate, except in golf : BELOWPAR
42
Character parts : CAMEOS
45
Cassini : OLEG
46
Madrid Mrs. : SRA
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Deborah ___ of "Dynasty" : ADAIR
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Fuss : ADO
49
Appear : SEEM
50
Always : EVER
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Ship's "hospital" : DRYDOCK
54
Ol' Blue Eyes : SINATRA
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Oval : ELLIPSE
60
Biblical king : ASA
61
Polish : RUB
62
Redolent : ODOROUS
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Vermilion : RED
64
Golfer Alcott : AMY
65
Irritates : NETTLES
Down
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Sailor : TAR
2
Shade : HUE
3
Waylaid amendment : ERA
4
Frankfurter : FELIX
5
Moslem teacher : ALIM
6
European capital : RIGA
7
Medieval war machine : MANGONEL
8
"Lost Horizon" director : CAPRA
9
Wrong : AWRY
10
Oolong or pekoe : TEA
11
Primeval place : FOREST
12
Narcotic : OPIATE
13
Gazed : PEERED
19
Upset : INASTEW
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One and all : EVERYBODY
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Brit. money : STG
24
Sod : TURF
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Norse mythical giant : YMIR
27
Frankfurter : HOTDOG
29
Poet who wrote "Rose Aylmer" : LANDOR
30
Sec. of Interior under F.D.R. : ICKES
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Games man : HOYLE
33
A white wine : MADEIRA
36
Small keyboard organ : MELODEON
37
Church part : APSE
38
Infrequent : RARE
41
Aries : RAM
42
Salad name : CAESAR
43
Counsel : ADVISE
44
Bacchante : MAENAD
48
Sheik's home : ARABY
49
Evade : SKIRT
51
Kind of roll or fish : DRUM
52
Ye ___ Curiosity Shoppe : OLDE
53
Solidify : CLOT
55
Musical syllable : TRA
57
Campaigner, for short : POL
58
Petition : SUE
59
Curve : ESS

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

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