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Sandy Graf
Sandy Graf

50 K'S

New York Times, Sunday, December 16, 1990

40-Down : Screenwriters Garson and Michael

Author:
Sandy Graf
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 822 (avg 1.86)
Open Squares: 161, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Sandy Graf has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,013
Across
1
Newsstand : KIOSK
6
Large brown bear : KODIAK
12
Flair : KNACK
17
Klingon foe : KIRK
21
Painter-writer Kokoschka : OSKAR
22
Anxiety, in Aix : ALARME
23
King of Hollywood : VIDOR
24
Yemeni seaport : ADEN
25
Destiny : KARMA
26
N.Z. songbird : KIRITEKANAWA
28
Composer Luigi ___ : NONO
29
Russian river : OKA
30
Blackguards : KNAVES
32
Peon's mite : PESO
33
Fanatic : ZEALOT
35
Yellow-fever mosquito : AEDES
36
Sale sign : ASIS
37
Cold-climate craft : KAYAK
39
Org. founded in 1915 : KKK
42
Junket : TOUR
43
Patch of land : PLAT
44
Tarbell, e.g. : MUCKRAKER
48
"Merry Mount" composer: 1934 : HANSON
50
Laughing jackasses : KOOKABURRAS
52
Philip Johnson's org. : AIA
53
Singer Baker : ANITA
54
French physician-novelist: 1894-1961 : CELINE
56
Originator of Jellicle Cats : ELIOT
57
Richmond V.I.P. set : FFV
58
Recoil : KICK
59
Delirious : RAVING
60
Primary locations : POLLS
61
Actor Sam: 1891-1984 : JAFFE
63
Calligraphers' needs : INKS
64
Catkin : AMENT
65
Stick with these! : GLUES
66
Whalebone : BALEEN
67
Compass pt. : SSE
68
"Either/Or" questioner : KIERKEGAARD
70
Hearth shelves : MANTELS
71
Massive mammals, for short : RHINOS
73
Standing start : OUT
74
Documentary film hero : NANOOK
75
Legendary victims of the Romans : SABINES
77
De Mille epic, with "The": 1927 : KINGOFKINGS
81
___ Cruces : LAS
84
Conjured up : EVOKED
85
Actress Hope or Jessica : LANGE
86
Palindromic French quisling : LAVAL
87
Gasp : PANT
88
More pleasant : NICER
89
Signs on : HIRES
90
Hairy herb : BORAGE
91
Luncheon follower : ETTE
92
Post station in India : DAK
93
"Lili" film composer : KAPER
94
Coronation gown : KIRTLE
95
Buckwheat cereal : KASHA
96
All-purpose trk. : UTE
97
Zorba's creator : KAZANTZAKIS
99
Devilish : DEUCED
100
Betty Boop quality : PERKINESS
102
Solar disk : ATEN
103
Integument : SKIN
105
Admiralty abbr. : HMS
106
Tarsus : ANKLE
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Pastoral poem : IDYL
108
Mr. Spock's father in "Star Trek" : SAREK
109
Shrub of the rose family : SPIREA
112
"And giving ___ ... " : ANOD
113
Deep-seated : INNATE
114
"Keystone" character : KOP
117
Part of 39 Across : KLAN
118
Indian tobacco mixture : KINNIKINNICK
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Skewer : SPIKE
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Hindu discipline : YOGA
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Play the part : ENACT
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Aria for two : DUETTO
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Mr. Kovacs : ERNIE
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Jedi's furry friend : EWOK
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Advantages : EDGES
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Teeter : SEESAW
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Bumpkin : YOKEL
Down
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"The Mikado" executioner : KOKO
2
Baroness Blixen, a k a ___ Dinesen : ISAK
3
Gumbo basic : OKRA
4
Danson role in "Cheers" : SAM
5
Eruption site: 1883 : KRAKATOA
6
Beethoven trio, Op. 121a : KAKADU
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Hardy one : OLIVER
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Salaam preliminaries : DARES
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Blue flag : IRIS
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Qty. : AMT
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Memento : KEEPSAKE
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Russian beer : KVASS
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Bilbao boy : NINO
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Nabokov title : ADA
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Daunt; awe : COW
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Coconino County cutie : KRAZYKAT
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A Hawaiian : KANAKA
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Iconoclast's target : IDOL
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"Splitsville," once : RENO
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Clove hitch, e.g. : KNOT
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First president of Mali : KEITA
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Broadway gas : NEON
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Listeners : EARS
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Forth : ALONG
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Russian islands : KURILS
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Circus performers: Abbr. : ACROS
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Jeans' alternative : KHAKIS
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Screenwriters Garson and Michael : KANINS
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Sen. Bradley was one : KNICKERBOCKER
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Grosse ___, Mich. : POINTE
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Pondered : MULLED
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Gossip's delight : KAFFEEKLATSCH
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Noted French engineer : EIFFEL
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Poe-tic birds : RAVENS
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N.Y.S.E. abbr. : STKS
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Klemperer role : KLINK
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"Let independence ___ boast": Hopkinson : BEOUR
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Carved gemstones : CAMEOS
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Baseball's Crab or Hoot : EVERS
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Bestowed abundantly : RAINED
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Founder of famed Academy : PLATO
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___ Starker, famed cellist : JANOS
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Palo singer? : ALTO
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Yardstick : GAUGE
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Bracelet, e.g. : BANGLE
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Pittsburgh slugger, turned announcer : KINER
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Tam-tams : GONGS
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Direct : MANAGE
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Raise or increase sharply : HIKE
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Abounding with snow : NIVAL
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Takeoff : SENDUP
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Emulate Odom : AVIATE
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Namesakes of 2 Down : KARENS
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Lifeless : INERT
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Gold coin in Edam : FLORIN
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Small racing vehicles : KARTS
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Key work : ANTHEM
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Places : STEADS
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Digestive enzyme : LIPASE
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___ de soie (cloth for dresses) : PEAU
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Filbert : HAZEL
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Actor-folk singer from Vienna : BIKEL
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City in Ill. : KANKAKEE
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Noisy grasshoppers : KATYDIDS
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"Cuckoo's Nest" builder : KENKESEY
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Cattle, in poesy : KINE
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Handel's "___ the Priest" : ZADOK
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Regimen : DIET
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Ancient temple site : KARNAK
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Female saint: Lat. : SANCTA
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City on the Vistula : KRAKOW
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F.D.R. and D.D.E., e.g. : INITS
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Swivets : SNITS
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Celestial terrier? : SKYE
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Till : PLOW
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Shakespearean baddie : IAGO
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End of vigil : ANCE
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Arrow poison : INEE
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Quirk : KINK
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Steinbeck protagonist : OKIE
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Strip off : PEEL
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N.Y.C. subway : IND
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Worn-out horse : NAG
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Cloud, to Baudelaire : NUE
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In favor of : PRO

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 14 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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