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Kay Sullivan
Kay Sullivan

New York Times, Tuesday, November 3, 1981

47-Down : Moved with long, swinging strides

Author:
Kay Sullivan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Kay Sullivan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,683
Across
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Brazilian rubber source : PARA
5
Abounding : RIFE
9
Middle-of-the-___ policy : ROAD
13
Obtained from oil : OLEIC
15
Enough, in poesy : ENOW
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All: Comb. form : OMNI
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"Arf!" maker : SANDY
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___ of tears : VALE
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Musical ending : CODA
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Very conservative : HIDEBOUND
22
Norwegian toast : SKOAL
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Thin sword : EPEE
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"Dolce ___ niente" : FAR
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Type of Southern sauce : CREOLE
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Kind of devotion : FILIAL
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Candidate : RUNNER
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Tales with morals : PARABLES
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Art study subj. : ANAT
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Subside : ABATE
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___ fide : BONA
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He's good under a hood : MECHANIC
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G-men, e.g. : AGENTS
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Mounts : STEEDS
44
Western exhibits : RODEOS
45
Bus. day : FRI
46
O'Neill's "Desire Under the ___" : ELMS
48
Opposite of intaglio : CAMEO
51
Like some votes : CROSSOVER
56
King or Alda : ALAN
57
Turkey carved by reviewers : FLOP
58
Kind of tower : IVORY
59
French copper : FLIC
60
Relieve : EASE
61
Rhythmical beat : PULSE
62
Old slave : ESNE
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___-in-the-wool : DYED
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Two great N.Y. centers of culture : METS
Down
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Fashionable; elegant : POSH
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Split : REND
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Officer's assistant : AIDE
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Musical : REVUE
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Senseless : INANE
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Pen for sheep : FOLD
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Occupant of above : EWE
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Unyielding, as the Old Guard : ROCKRIBBED
10
Melville work : OMOO
11
" ... bone ___ hank of hair" : ANDA
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Kind of tone : DIAL
14
Goddess of nature : CYBELE
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Modus ___ : OPERANDI
22
Hall, in Pisa : SALA
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What some bear and others can't bear : FIREARMS
25
Stuff : CRAM
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Ancient Scandinavian poems : RUNES
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Pass into law : ENACT
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Like some politicians : ONTHEFENCE
29
Word with chance : FAT
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"I'm ___ Because I Love You" : ALONE
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Slow, in music : LENTO
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Body viewed from CA : PAC
34
Back talk : SASS
37
Encore! : BIS
40
Of or for planes, blimps, etc. : AERO
42
Hearsay : GOSSIP
46
Unevenly shaped : EROSE
47
Moved with long, swinging strides : LOPED
48
Certain society : CAFE
49
"___ Well That Ends Well" : ALLS
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Might's partner : MAIN
51
Kind of pipe or pigeon : CLAY
52
Egg cell : OVUM
53
Field mouse : VOLE
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Once, once : ERST
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These cross the bar : RYES
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The ___ (U.S. banking system) : FED

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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