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Michael J. Priestley
Michael J. Priestley

WORLD MARKET

New York Times, Sunday, December 13, 1992

7-Down : Unappreciative one

Author:
Michael Priestley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 629 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 153, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Michael J. Priestley has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Michael Priestley is an alias for Michael J. Priestley.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,741
Across
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Emporiums : MARTS
6
Romans' foes in Britain: fourth century : PICTS
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Edmond Dantès's creator : DUMAS
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Pomologist's spray : ALAR
20
Thumb-raising film critic : EBERT
21
Small bay : INLET
22
Bungling : INEPT
23
Cubic meter : STERE
24
Bulgarian salad green? : SOFIARUGULA
26
Canterbury prelate's headdress : MITRE
27
Small heaters : ETNAS
28
Vindicate : AVENGE
29
Gaucho's lariat : REATA
31
Egyptian lettuce? : CAIROMAINE
33
Desiccated : SERE
34
Gogol's "___ Souls" : DEAD
36
Open, as a sleeping bag : UNROLL
38
Greater London borough : BARNET
39
Polite bloke : GENT
40
Longhorns : STEERS
41
Author Yutang : LIN
42
Subject of Boyle's law : GAS
43
Canadian summer treat? : OTTAWATERMELON
48
Share the marquee : COSTAR
50
Steinbeck's "___ With Charley" : TRAVELS
51
They go to blazes : HOSES
52
Pinnule : FIN
53
Teed off : IRATE
56
Duke of Cornwall's wife : REGAN
57
Panhandle : BEG
58
Equine armor : BARD
59
Encrypted : CODED
60
Bone: Comb. form : OSSI
61
Bluish-green : AQUA
63
Neapolitan fruit? : CAPRICOT
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Marple or Havisham : MISS
68
Chemist Pauling : LINUS
70
Modern "Wellaway!" : OHDEAR
71
Hindu's hello or goodbye : NAMASTE
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Sprite : ELF
76
Luau neckwear : LEIS
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Gay tunes : LILTS
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Workbench tool : VISE
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Tyrant in "2001" : HAL
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Trusting : RELIANT
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Rolling restaurants : DINERS
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Jots : IOTAS
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Ferrous metal : IRON
86
Japanese gumbo ingredient? : TOKYOKRA
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Queen for 1,000 days : ANNE
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Ghanaian neighbor : TOGO
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"Queenie" author : KORDA
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Mountain, to Marcellus : MONS
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Nantes-to-Angers dir. : ENE
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Adjudged : RULED
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French title of respect, once : SIEUR
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Featherweight Attell : ABE
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Portuguese enclave in China : MACAO
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Salary : STIPEND
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Nullify : NEGATE
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Venezuelan perennial? : CARACASPARAGUS
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C.P.A.'s record : ACC
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Siouan of Okla. : OTO
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Buff : POLISH
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Jade : TIRE
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Emmenthaler, e.g. : CHEESE
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Jai-alai racquets : CESTAS
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Warble : SING
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God worshiped by Ahab's wife : BAAL
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Finnish fruit? : HELSINKIWI
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Cavalryman's weapon : SABER
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Empower : ENABLE
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Valor; virtue : ARETE
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Straighten : ALINE
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Lebanese tuber? : BEIRUTABAGA
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Certain circuit courts : EYRES
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Gunpowder ingredient : NITER
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Cabin builders' tools : ADZES
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Rose and Rozelle : PETES
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Variation of Alice : ALYS
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Cup, in Caen : TASSE
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Astromancers : SEERS
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On the qui vive : ALERT
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Cartouches : MESAS
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In excess of : ABOVE
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Allude : REFER
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Astrological aspect : TRINE
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Part of a hippocerf : STAG
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Musical direction : PIU
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Unappreciative one : INGRATE
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Tipped off : CLUED
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Honduran seaport : TELA
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Law-book material : STATUTES
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Feebleminded : DIM
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Emblem on British arms : UNICORN
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Cadmium and tungsten : METALS
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When Arbor Day comes : APRIL
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Poll follower : STER
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Rose oil : ATTAR
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Former Russian crucifer? : LENINGRADISH
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Spider, to Pliny : ARANEA
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Alley buttons : RESETS
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Of different meanings of words : SEMANTIC
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Distribute cards anew : REDEAL
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Anoint, old style : ANELE
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Geisha belts : OBIS
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Tolkien's tree shepherds : ENTS
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Old autos : REOS
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Actress Verdon : GWEN
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Los Angeles problem : SMOG
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English tear-jerker? : LONDONION
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Another, in Madrid : OTRO
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___ bien : TRES
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Sale labels : TAGS
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Be of help : AVAIL
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Zeus's mother : RHEA
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Approx. : CIRC
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Taste-bud stimulator : AROMA
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What the brave deserve : FAIR
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Seed covering : TESTA
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Ford's lemon : EDSEL
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Kiss : BUSS
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Effrontery : BRASS
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Relating to : ANENT
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Ecuadorean salad ingredient? : QUITOMATO
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Fissure : CHINK
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Planetarium in Chicago : ADLER
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Edomites' capital : PETRA
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Decorator's asset : TASTE
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Labor org. : ILA
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Miscellanies : OLIOS
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___ culpa : MEA
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Satie's namesakes : ERIKS
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Playwright Jones : LEROI
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Italian crunchy munchy? : FLORENCELERY
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Hollywood intersector : VINE
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Endow : INDUE
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Unit of force : DYNE
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Buddhist shrine : STUPA
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Honshu port : KOBE
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Dwarf buffalo : ANOA
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Actor Vidov : OLEG
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It's flexed by a kneeler : GENU
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Las Vegas posting : ODDS
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Merchant ships : ARGOSIES
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"To ___ His Dulcinea," 1965 song : EACH
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Laughter, in Lyon : RIRE
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Fifties' milkshake : MALT
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Nobelist for Peace: 1987 : ARIAS
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Winter melons : CASSABAS
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What dreidels do : SPIN
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Item for a toxophilite : TARGET
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Amenhotep IV's god : ATEN
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Trig functions : COSINES
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Swizzle stick : STIRRER
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Peloponnesian region : ACHAEA
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Tiegs or Ladd : CHERYL
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Lapwings : PEWITS
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Adlai's running mate: 1956 : ESTES
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Eyelashes : CILIA
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Bellow's "___ the Day" : SEIZE
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Where speech was an impediment : BABEL
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Diminish : ABATE
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"Luck and Pluck" author : ALGER
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Smallest amount : LEAST
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Founder of critical idealism : KANT
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Eliot's "Adam ___" : BEDE
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Sonoma neighbor : NAPA
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Before, in poesy : ERE
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Initials for the Intrepid : USS

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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