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Marie West
Marie West

New York Times, Monday, December 12, 1977

13-Down : Kind of sandwich

Author:
Marie West
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Marie West has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,348
Across
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Like some tales : TALL
5
Pairs : MATES
10
Solemn vow : OATH
14
Site of Put-In Bay : ERIE
15
Wide-awake : ALERT
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Dancer's knee bend : PLIE
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Upturn, in Wall St. parlance : RISINGBAROMETER
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Gym item : MAT
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Burden : ONUS
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Author of "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" : PINERO
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Per ___ wages : DIEM
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Resiliency : TONE
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Hardy : ROBUST
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False fronts : COVERUPS
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Escoffier's spice : EPICE
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Manufacturer : MAKER
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Theater sign : SRO
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"Red" coin : CENT
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Fellow with a future : COMER
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Modish : CHIC
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Exist : ARE
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His point system revolutionized bridge : GOREN
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Rain or spot follower : CHECK
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Fatherly : PATERNAL
43
Trumpet sounds : BLARES
44
Historian whose work covered 142 books : LIVY
45
Whistle-blowing time : NOON
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Shoe part : INSOLE
49
Revs up : GUNS
50
Swindle : CON
53
Market regulator : SUPPLYANDDEMAND
56
Rose fancier : ABIE
57
Kind of orange : OSAGE
58
Peruvian ruler of yore : INCA
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Direct one's course : WEND
60
Valued : RATED
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Garlic's cousin : LEEK
Down
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Six years in the Senate : TERM
2
Showpiece for Sutherland : ARIA
3
Shopping aid : LIST
4
Oahu garland : LEI
5
Lodestone : MAGNET
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Music lover's purchase : ALBUM
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Pekoe and oolong : TEAS
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Make a slip-up : ERR
9
Roadside inn : STOPOVER
10
First game in a series : OPENER
11
German graybeard : ALTE
12
Layer : TIER
13
Kind of sandwich : HERO
18
"A ___ like a hidden brook": Coleridge : NOISE
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He may do some stripping : MINER
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Conduit : DUCT
24
Keepsake : TOKEN
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Summary : RECAP
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"Turandot" is one : OPERA
27
Test deviser : BINET
28
Lawrence's steed : CAMEL
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Groomsman : USHER
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Buyer's concern : PRICE
31
Hose : SOCKS
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Brightly colored eel : MORAY
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Kind of belt : CONVEYOR
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Oriental hawkshaw : CHAN
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Subject to the third degree : GRILL
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Neck and neck : CLOSE
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Absconded : ELOPED
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Like some whisky : BONDED
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Poke : NUDGE
46
"___ three ships ... " : ISAW
47
Cloud over Chile : NUBE
48
What the lilies don't do : SPIN
49
Midge : GNAT
50
Chaplin prop : CANE
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First word of "The Raven" : ONCE
52
Neighbor of Mont. : NDAK
54
Stubborn ___ mule : ASA
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Wire measure : MIL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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