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John M. Samson
John M. Samson

YULETIDE SPIRIT

New York Times, Sunday, December 22, 1985

2-Down : Wily

Author:
John M. Samson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 539 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 119, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
John M. Samson has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,193
Across
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Comedienne Peggy : CASS
5
First V.P. : ADAMS
10
Floridian Reubin : ASKEW
15
Jezebel's husband : AHAB
19
Arthur from Richmond : ASHE
20
Olympic locale of 1988 : KOREA
21
Maui neighbor : LANAI
22
PBS show : NOVA
23
Yule gifts from Bigfoot? : STOCKINGSTUFFERS
26
Superficial : GLIB
27
Kind of jelly : CURRANT
28
Yes follower : SIRREE
29
Unfold : EVOLVE
31
Vermont's ___ Creek : OTTER
32
"Ain't She Sweet?" composer : AGER
33
Polite Post : EMILY
34
Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
36
Located : SITED
38
Foretold : PRESAGED
41
Interwove : ENTWINED
43
Appomattox name : GRANT
44
Gorky river : OKA
45
Book ascribed to St. Luke : ACTS
48
Bears' founder : HALAS
49
Busch and Marsh of films : MAES
50
Shoelace tag : AGLET
52
Startling sound : BOO
53
Water-polo team : SEVEN
54
Regal Egyptian name : RAMSES
56
___-mémoire : AIDE
57
Cambridgeshire's Isle of ___ : ELY
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Birdhouse dweller : WREN
59
Title in Bangalore : RANEE
60
Yuletide drink : NOGG
62
Weatherwax's collie : LASSIE
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Cocked hat : TRICORN
66
Pres. Ford, e.g. : OMAHAN
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Jot : IOTA
70
"Unsafe at Any Speed" author : NADER
71
What Claus is coming to : TOWN
73
Singer's syllable : TRA
74
Choreographer White : ONNA
76
Dawdle : LOITER
78
TV talk-show hostess Freeman : SANDI
79
Unit for Steve Cram : LAP
80
Aquarium fish : TETRA
82
Some noncoms : SGTS
83
Pole in a Gaelic game : CABER
84
Nabors role : PYLE
85
Suffix for sheep : ISH
86
Questionable : FISHY
88
Circus-parade sight : CALLIOPE
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"Hurry!" : STEPONIT
92
Actor Markham : MONTE
93
"Ariel" poet : PLATH
96
Originated : AROSE
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Touch down : LAND
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Hood's missile : ARROW
100
Idaho, e.g. : POTATO
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Sally : SORTIE
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Southwestern saloon : CANTINA
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High: Comb. form : ALTI
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Buddy Rich, at three? : LITTLEDRUMMERBOY
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Redolent garlands : LEIS
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A sister of Clio : ERATO
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Evans of "Dynasty" : LINDA
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Receive a stipend : EARN
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Nutmeg product : MACE
115
American saint : SETON
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Hanker : YEARN
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More : ELSE
Down
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Portland's bay : CASCO
2
Wily : ASTUTE
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Attire for Wilander : SHORTS
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Hides : SECRETES
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Similar : AKIN
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"I ___ Care," 1905 song : DONT
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Rosario loc. : ARG
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Hodgepodge : MESS
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Gluts : SATIATES
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Southwestern N.Y. university : ALFRED
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Morley of TV : SAFER
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Kind of jerk : KNEE
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Mug's lug : EAR
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"Star Trek" principals? : WISEMEN
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Zambian neighbor : ANGOLA
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Advice to a hall decorator? : HOLLYGOLIGHTLY
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Tel ___ : AVIV
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Crèche cynosure : BABE
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Black in "Nashville" : KAREN
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Exhorted : URGED
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ACTION program : VISTA
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Wipe out : ERASE
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Heavenly : ETHEREAL
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Song new parents long for? : SILENTNIGHT
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___ instant (immediately) : INAN
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How every Santa should look? : PRESENTABLE
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Supplemented, with "out" : EKED
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Coin inscription : DATE
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Roller : WAVE
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Winning hit, in baseball lingo : GAMER
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Second son : ABEL
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___ di Rienzi, Roman orator : COLA
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Hellman's Christmas Eve work? : TOYSINTHEATTIC
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Lord's residence : MANOR
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Dippy or dotty : GAGA
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Loretta from Passaic : SWIT
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Heiden's skate : RACER
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Spring-blooming herb : SNOWDROP
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Fair attractions : RIDES
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Hawks' Georgian home : OMNI
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Hang glide : SOAR
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Like a flophouse : RATTY
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Russian sea : ARAL
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Scruff : NAPE
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"The ___ Love Belongs ... ": Kahn-Jones : ONEI
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N.B.A.'s Birdsong : OTIS
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Retreat : NEST
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Actor Davis : OSSIE
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'Tis the seasoning to be chary of : SALT
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In progress : AFOOT
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How Frank speaks? : CANDIDLY
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Place for a partridge? : PEARTREE
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They comfort heels : INSOLES
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Actor in "Tony Rome" : CONTE
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Santa's alternative vehicle? : PLANE
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"___ the Lord" : PRAISE
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A Jackson brother : MARLON
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Clannish, in a way : TRIBAL
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Tee privileges : HONORS
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Numbers game : LOTTO
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Levi of the links : WAYNE
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Victorious symbol : PALM
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Olive genus : OLEA
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Thermo follower : STAT
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Buffalo's county : ERIE
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U.S.N.A. rank below capt. : CMDR
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"___ Called Peter," 1955 movie : AMAN
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Exasperation : IRE
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"Faerie Queene" damsel : UNA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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