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Tangredi
Tangredi

New York Times, Monday, November 5, 1984

37-Down : He wrote "Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands"

Author:
Tangredi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 54, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Tangredi has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,781
Across
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"___ dien," motto for Prince Charles : ICH
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Viper : ASP
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Game of strategy : CHESS
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Scholarly : ERUDITE
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Bring to life : CREATE
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Makes over, as a house : REMODELS
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Beat in a footrace : OUTRAN
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Type of fighter plane : MIG
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Rules : REIGNS
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F.D.R. program : NRA
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Jet-engine housing : POD
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Hamilton's Broadway hit: 1941 : ANGELSTREET
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Mystery : ENIGMA
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Tu + tu : VOI
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Home base, to von Braun : ERDE
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"Gloria ___," a doxology : PATRI
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Botch : MESSUP
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Anatevka's matchmaker : YENTE
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Razor accessory : STROP
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Like some grins : TOOTHY
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Preprandial prayer : GRACE
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Look over : SCAN
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Vegetable : PEA
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Fuel, to a Londoner : PETROL
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Kirkland's Broadway hit: 1933 : TOBACCOROAD
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Unit of energy : ERG
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S.A. port, informally : RIO
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Of the main artery : AORTAL
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Explosive stuff : TNT
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Radcliffe graduate : ALUMNA
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Connoisseurs of beauty : ESTHETES
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Lessee : TENANT
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C. 1000 B.C.-A.D. 100 : IRONAGE
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In a strange way : ODDLY
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Prefix for thesis : SYN
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Law, to Lucretius : LEX
Down
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Suffix for front : IER
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Amati bailiwick : CREMONA
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Climatological concern : HUMIDITY
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Succor : AID
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Breastbones : STERNA
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Pequod's co-owner : PELEG
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Outer layer : CRUST
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All ___ up (excited) : HET
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Breadwinner : EARNER
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Gazed : STARED
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Byrd-Eagleton milieu : SENATE
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Lad in a Terhune book : DOG
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Be composed (of) : CONSIST
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Equipment for a forty-niner : SIEVE
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Having a high sheen : GLOSSY
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Vigor : PEP
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Type of acid : AMINO
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Formal account : REPORT
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Scotland's ___ Green : GRETNA
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Shooting star : METEOR
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Pressed : URGED
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Outer garment : TOPCOAT
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Type of school : PARENTAL
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He wrote "Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands" : HARTE
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Entourage : CORTEGE
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Actress Taina : ELG
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Prefix for sphere : STRATO
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Wound : COILED
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Be plentiful : ABOUND
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Trifling : PALTRY
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Shrewd : CANNY
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Desert sight : OASIS
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Hamilton bill : TEN
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Evil: Fr. : MAL
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Sweetie : HON
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Comfort's "The Joy of ___" : SEX

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

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