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George Madrid
George Madrid

CONSUMER GOODS

New York Times, Sunday, December 1, 1974

4-Down : Places for pitches

Author:
George Madrid
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 92, Avg Word Len: 5.20, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 649 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 121, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17 Grid has duplicate clues.
George Madrid has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,241
Across
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Out-and-out : UTTER
6
German pronoun : SIE
9
Port in Iraq : BASRA
14
Eateries : DINERS
20
Play by Sartre : NOEXIT
22
Mass. cape : ANN
23
Movie dog et al. : ASTAS
24
___ be (was) : USEDTO
25
The works : SOUPTONUTS
27
Butter-maker : CHURN
28
Kind of voyage : MAIDEN
29
Feminine suffix : ETTE
30
Prepare to dine : PUTONTHEFEEDBAG
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Meal times, for some : NOONS
35
Thermos's inventor : DEWAR
36
Brawl : FRAY
37
Hourly sound : CHIME
41
Clerical haircuts : TONSURES
43
Things to know : ROPES
46
Asian holiday : TET
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Yokel : BOOR
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Coin for Louis IX : ECU
50
Baltic people : LETTS
51
Eating place : HASHHOUSE
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Roman emperor and others : OTHOS
60
"___ Town" : OUR
61
Shot-glass measure : OUNCE
62
Poetic word : OFT
63
Look : MIEN
64
Depart : PUSHOFF
68
Begat : PROCREATED
71
Electric unit : AMPERE
73
Angel's Islamic kin : HOURI
74
Santa ___ : ROSA
75
Ancient Nile kingdom : NUBIA
77
Mouths : ORA
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U. S. Indian : OTOE
80
Big bird : EMU
81
Portable cafeterias : CANTEENTRUCKS
86
Before J.F.K. : DDE
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Solar god : ATON
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Go quickly : HIE
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Age group : TEENS
90
Kind of stick : POGO
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Stupid ones : LOUTS
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Set forth : DEPART
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Kind of potatoes : SHOESTRING
102
Subjugate : ENSLAVE
104
Chinese gelatin : AGAR
105
Go amiss : ERR
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Hair tint : HENNA
107
French article : UNE
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Dry lake of West : PLAYA
109
Of an early era of man : BRONZEAGED
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Eating places : BEANERIES
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Good exam grade : APLUS
117
Some transit lines : ELS
118
Templeton : ALEC
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Type of light : ARC
120
Lanchester and Maxwell : ELSAS
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Self-defense, for one : MANLYART
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Houseboat's rich relative : YACHT
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Philosopher Immanuel : KANT
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Objective : IDEAL
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Old Roman port : OSTIA
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Roadside come-on sign : EATSNGASONEMILE
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Yorick's skull, e.g. : PROP
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Flowering tree : MIMOSA
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Recycling material : PAPER
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Arctic air short-cut : POLARROUTE
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Main and current : EVENTS
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Like some gases : INERT
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State: Abbr. : ORE
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Certain retailer : GROCER
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Bothers : TEASES
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Moves carefully : EASES
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Son of Odin : TYR
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Prunes, in Scotland : SNEDS
Down
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Like some letters : UNSENT
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La-di-da : TOOTOO
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Berliner, for one : TEUTON
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Places for pitches : EXPENSEACCOUNTLUNCHEONS
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Abbr. in music : RIT
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Pan-fries : SAUTES
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Trailing : INTOW
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Caught : ENSNARED
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Composer of inventions : BACH
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Tennis name : ASHE
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Prepares a roaster : STUFFS
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Thinner : RARER
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___ a pin : ASNEATAS
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Type of waiter : DUMB
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Newton or Stern : ISAAC
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Place for a bite : NEIGHBORHOODGREASYSPOON
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Actor Byrnes : EDD
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Way: Abbr. : RTE
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Native ___ : SON
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Hard or big : TOP
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Subject for Duchamp : NUDE
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Fox or turkey : TROT
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Colorings : DYES
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Texas Guinan's clientele : SUCKERS
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Marker : IOU
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Jan. and Dec. : MOS
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Before, to Byron : ERE
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___ it in (needle) : RUB
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Cynical words for cafés : PTOMAINETRAPS
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Gauge : ESTIMATE
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Old pronoun : THOU
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Veiled : LATENT
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Make sharper : HONE
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Kind of puppy : HUSH
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Style of jazz : BOP
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Capek play : RUR
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Prodigious : ENORMOUS
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Spanish town : ROA
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Newt : EFT
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Wise to : HEP
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Make java, for short : PERK
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Excelling : OUTDOING
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Cleaving tool : FROE
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Pooh! : FIE
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___ other : EACH
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Owing : DUE
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Sindbad's bird : ROC
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Sellout : BETRAYAL
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Snakes : ASPS
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Old-tie school : ETON
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Staff person : AIDE
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Born: Fr. : NEE
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M.D.'s helpers: Abbr. : RNS
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Shows to a seat : USHERS
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" ... no more cakes and ___?" : ALE
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Role for Paul Robeson : OTHELLO
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Healthy : SANE
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Buddies : PALS
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Turkish title : AGA
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Gold, in Mexico : ORO
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Sea eagle : ERN
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Compass reading : NNE
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Kind of about : GAD
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Miss Vague : VERA
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Dessert : PECANPIE
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Travelers' place : BUSDEPOT
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Oriental sect : ZEN
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Window or rum : BAY
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Highest note : ELA
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Power group: Abbr. : AEC
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Bothers : IRKS
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Rested : LAIN
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Warehouses : ETAPES
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Writer Norman : MAILER
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___ breve : ALLA
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Sign ___ (end hostilities) : ATRUCE
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Brawled : RIOTED
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Romantic table lights : TAPERS
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Bit : TASTE
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Disease spread by tsetse flies : NGANA
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Atlanta campus : EMORY
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Russian agency : TASS
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Dry : SERE
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Leftovers : ORTS
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Work unit : ERG
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Home for "Aida," etc. : MET
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"___ got sixpence" : IVE
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___ culpa : MEA
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Carriers: Abbr. : RRS

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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