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Avery

New York Times, Tuesday, November 6, 1984

40-Down : Allude to

Author:
Avery
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0
Avery has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,782
Across
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What keglers do : BOWL
5
Possessive pronoun : THEIR
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Mature : GROW
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Amor's wings : ALAE
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Rope, in Jalisco : REATA
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Dancer Montez : LOLA
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Candidate: 1952 and 1956 : EISENHOWER
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Stadium sound : RAH
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Agile : SPRY
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Actor Welles : ORSON
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What thinkers produce : IDEAS
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Hawaiian island : MAUI
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Tropical tree : BANYAN
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Pens : CORRALS
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Dudgeon : ANGER
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"Ars gratia ___" : ARTIS
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Part of "Tiny Alice" : ACT
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Realtors' offerings : LOTS
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Angler's basket : CREEL
38
At a distance : AFAR
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Declaration to a J.P. : IDO
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Hospital sign : QUIET
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Like an eremite : ALONE
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Lasted : ENDURED
44
Fish dish : SMELTS
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Yukon river : ROSS
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What barkers do : SPIEL
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___-Simon test : BINET
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Bosc, e.g. : PEAR
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"Der ___ Konig" : ERL
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Candidates: 1904, 1932, etc. : ROOSEVELTS
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Greek porch : STOA
58
Vous ___ : ETES
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Dialect : IDIOM
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Victim of Gudrun : ATLI
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"What's My Line" emcee : DALY
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Hammer parts : PEENS
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Document : DEED
Down
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Columnist Bugs : BAER
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Oil jar : OLLA
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Unopposed candidate: 1789 : WASHINGTON
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Actress Remick : LEE
5
Brain surgeon's instrument : TREPAN
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Some presumptives : HEIRS
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Marryat's midshipman : EASY
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Believer: Suffix : ITE
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Sought office : RAN
10
Steinem : GLORIA
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To-dos : ROWS
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Spread : OLEO
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Sound the tocsin : WARN
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"Dance of the ___" : HOURS
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Prepare a roast : SEAR
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Uses indigo : DYES
25
Musical piece : MOTET
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Seed covering : ARIL
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Pacific isle : BALI
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Battery part : ANODE
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Set of tenets : CREED
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Candidate: 1924 : LAFOLLETTE
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Slight : SCANT
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Ram sign : ARIES
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Pierre's "very" : TRES
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Mongrels : CURS
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Away from the wind : ALEE
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Allude to : QUOTE
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Moslem prince : AMIR
43
Elaborate : DRESSY
44
Twitches : SPASMS
46
Attack : SETON
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Raised : BRED
48
Tittle : IOTA
49
Joyous season : NOEL
50
Ballet move : PLIE
52
Willy Loman, e.g. : ROLE
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Installed, as track : LAID
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Big wheel : VIP
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Commune near Arnhem : EDE
57
Like Niobe : SAD

Answer summary:
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