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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Friday, December 22, 1989

54-Down : Skunk cabbage, e.g.

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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J
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V
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S
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I
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S
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A
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K
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A
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G
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G
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I
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E
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A
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T
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N
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A
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N
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M
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B
R
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A
D
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Y
O
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P
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G
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B
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P
Y
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A
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S
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A
L
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P
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P
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I
K
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R
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S
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O
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S
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R
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E
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W
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D
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D
E
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S
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C
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N
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S
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Y
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L
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M
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E
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C
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C
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E
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R
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C
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Y
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S
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S
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R
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S
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R
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W
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O
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O
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D
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A
P
R
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O
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M
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A
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M
B
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A
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S
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T
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B
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K
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E
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G
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H
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M
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P
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M
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E
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,654
Across
1
Second-string coll. teams : JVS
4
Author Dinesen : ISAK
8
College Station student : AGGIE
13
Little island : AIT
14
Pitcher Ryan : NOLAN
16
Honeydew, e.g. : MELON
17
20
"You bet your ___" ("Laugh-In" line) : BIPPY
21
Makes amends : ATONES
22
Crooked : ALOP
23
Stingy soul : PIKER
25
Lusitania's last gasp : SOS
28
Began again : RENEWED
30
Added upper melody : DESCANT
33
Nostrils : NARES
35
Emulate Minnie Pearl : YODEL
36
40
Catlike creature : CIVET
41
Nerds, to Don Rickles : YOYOS
42
Planting aids : SEEDERS
45
Many a West Coast giant : REDWOOD
49
Rainy mo. : APR
50
Molecular building blocks : ATOMS
52
"This one's ___" : ONME
53
Rhythmic dances : MAMBOS
56
Asia's ___ Mountains : ALTAI
57
61
Westcott's "David ___" : HARUM
62
"The Republic" is his work : PLATO
63
Mrs. Gump : MIN
64
Nitti, to Ness : ENEMY
65
Town west of London : ETON
66
Feminine suffix : ESS
Down
1
Kareem Abdul-___ of N.B.A. fame : JABBAR
2
Manly : VIRILE
3
___ a dime : STOPON
4
Racing city, for short : INDY
5
Piglet's mom : SOW
6
In the manner of : ALA
7
Snug canoe : KAYAK
8
Cry of assent : AMEN
9
DNA's milieu : GENE
10
Gliding step, in ballet : GLISSADE
11
Tennis coach Tiriac : ION
12
Part of Gr. Br. : ENG
15
Famous : NOTED
18
Added as a supplement : APPENDED
19
Stoma : PORE
23
Makeup mogul Westmore : PERC
24
Fancy : IDEA
26
Rare fellow : ONER
27
Cardinals' insignia : STL
29
Ralph of "The Waltons" : WAITE
31
Church council : SYNOD
32
Gloucester sheep : COTSWOLD
34
Crafty : SLY
36
___ Gies, Anne Frank's protector : MIEP
37
Always : EVERMORE
38
Bulblike stem : CORM
39
Beholders have them : EYES
40
Ark. joined this alliance : CSA
43
Playwright Ellis ___ : RABB
44
Bend : STOOP
46
Prompt : ONTIME
47
Men from Muscat : OMANIS
48
Condescends : DEIGNS
51
"___ mio" : OSOLE
54
Skunk cabbage, e.g. : ARUM
55
Words of wonder : MYMY
56
In a bit : ANON
57
That lady : SHE
58
Bather's goal : TAN
59
Herriman's was Krazy : KAT
60
D.D.E.'s area of command : ETO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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