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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Tuesday, December 2, 1986

23-Down : Control, in a way

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,538
Across
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Masters or Guest : EDGAR
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Oil cartel's inits. : OPEC
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Orson or Andy : BEAN
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Photographer Arbus : DIANE
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"Swan Lake" costume : TUTU
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French pronoun : ELLE
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Top box-office film star: 1953 : GARYCOOPER
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Toodle-oo : TATA
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City transports : ELS
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Clark's "Homecoming" co-star : LANA
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Wobble : TOTTER
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Former Japanese prime minister : SATO
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Barristers : LAWYERS
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Size up : ASSESS
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Supreme follower : BEING
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Low-cost : CHEAP
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___ Quivira National Monument : GRAN
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Repose : REST
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Cornucopia : HORN
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Wherewithal : MEANS
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Skipper's command : ALEE
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"Beowulf," e.g. : EPIC
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Cephalopods' outputs : INKS
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Lessened : EBBED
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Kukla's friend : OLLIE
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Kin of Peeping Toms : OGLERS
45
Piece of weaponry : GRENADE
48
"Splendor in the Grass" scenarist : INGE
49
English actor Michael ___ : RENNIE
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Addict : USER
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Mauna ___ : LOA
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Kitchen add-on : ETTE
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Top box-office film star: 1934 : WILLROGERS
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Row or rank : TIER
59
Anglo-Saxon peon : ESNE
60
Religious seasons : LENTS
61
Ethereal, in poesy : AERY
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Mild expletive : DRAT
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Slightest : LEAST
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Brink : EDGE
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Phone feature : DIAL
3
Needlefish : GARS
4
Word with way or where : ANY
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Fasten a necklace again : RECLASP
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Autumn, in Avila : OTONO
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Stage between larva and imago : PUPA
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Juillet-août period : ETE
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Veils of a sort : CURTAINS
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Top box-office film star: 1943 : BETTYGRABLE
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Buoy one's spirits : ELATE
12
Transform : ALTER
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Approaches : NEARS
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Feed-bag contents : OATS
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Control, in a way : OWN
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Top box-office film star: 1965 : SEANCONNERY
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Lists : LEANS
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Throb : ACHE
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Charcuterie, e.g. : SHOP
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Mexican Indian : SERI
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Decelerate a car : BRAKE
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Aladdin's benefactor : GENIE
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German river : ELBE
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Tarot pro : SEER
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Danson and Knight : TEDS
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Discolored by fungi : MILDEWED
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Oriental appetizer : EGGROLL
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Medieval lyric poem : LAI
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Ripsnorter : ONER
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A first name in film annals : GRETA
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Knot anew : RETIE
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"___ Talking," Joan Rivers book : ENTER
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Atoll : ISLET
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Radius neighbor : ULNA
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Musically, a Horne of plenty : LENA
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Little leftovers : ORTS
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Rank for a prof. : ASST
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Haifa cit. : ISR
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Whiz preceder : GEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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