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Ernst Theimer
Ernst Theimer

New York Times, Friday, December 18, 1987

9-Down : Least

Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 241 (avg 1.26)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,919
Across
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Parrot : APE
4
Mutiny name : CAINE
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Celerity : SPEED
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"___ Misérables" : LES
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___ Ababa : ADDIS
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Bantu linguistic division : MONGO
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Those taxed : ASSESSEES
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Kind of salt : ATTIC
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Inception : START
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Unarmored, in a way : STEELLESS
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Landed : ALIT
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Winged : ALAR
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TV-tube area : RASTER
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Clerical caps : BERETTAS
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Fuss : ADO
34
Border on : ABUT
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Scene : SCAPE
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Possible title for this puzzle : DOUBLEORNOTHING
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Female wild buffalo : ARNEE
42
Premed course : ANAT
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Prefix with classic : NEO
44
Nightingale relative : REDSTART
46
Medieval guild and fee : HANSAS
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Room or kitchen follower : ETTE
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Old fogy : DODO
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Letter recipient : ADDRESSEE
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Gambling game : MONTE
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Trail : SPOOR
60
Shrewd quality : CANNINESS
62
Chopin forte : ETUDE
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Plus value : ASSET
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Tun : VAT
65
Fall bloomer : ASTER
66
Satisfies, as needs : MEETS
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"You ___ There" : ARE
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"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto : ALAS
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Nudnik : PEST
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U.S. satellite : ESSA
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Rook : CASTLE
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Commercials : ADS
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Caesar's "that is" : IDEST
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Ruhr rivet : NIET
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Being : ESSE
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Least : SMALLEST
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Northwestern get-together : POTLATCH
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Diverts : ENTERTAINS
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Protection : EGIS
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Medics : DOCS
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Audience : EAR
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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Airport gear : RADAR
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Worship : ADORE
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Probed : SOUNDEDOUT
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Incinerated : BURNT
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Lab heater : ETNA
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Respiration problem : APNEA
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Liliaceous plants : SEGOS
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Sow's mate : BOAR
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Straddled : BESTRODE
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Draftsman, at times : LETTERER
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First-century Roman emperor : OTHO
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Loser to H.C.H. : AES
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Owns up : ADMITS
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Midday : NOON
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Thick : DENSE
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On the Black : ASEA
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Treas. and Agr. : DPTS
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Con job : SCAM
54
Relaxation : EASE
56
River to the Gulf of Finland : NEVA
57
Despot : TSAR
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Tasso patron : ESTE
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Seine : NET

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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