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John M. Samson
John M. Samson

YULETIDE NINE

New York Times, Sunday, December 23, 1990

4-Down : Modern medium

Author:
John M. Samson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 535 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 102, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
John M. Samson has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,020
Across
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Castile : SOAP
5
Ontario tribesmen : CREES
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N.Y.C. river : HARLEM
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Piece of cake : CINCH
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Novelist Troyat : HENRI
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Birdman : AVIATOR
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CUPID : SAMCOOKESONG
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Hurdle : LEAPOVER
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Farrell's knee bend : PLIE
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Peter and a Wolfe : NEROS
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"The Perfect Fool" composer : HOLST
28
Prime-time time : NINE
29
Small "small" : LIL
30
Canary's cousin : SERIN
31
Label anew : RETAG
33
Athenian vowel : ETA
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Asunder : APART
36
Spruce : NEAT
38
TV bee : MAYA
39
Poor surfer : HODAD
41
Voice : THROAT
43
"Santa Claus Is Watching You" singer : STEVENS
45
Indeed : VERILY
46
Rats! : DRAT
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They were: Lat. : ERANT
49
Tower of Bombay : MINAR
50
Alluded : REFERRED
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Old age, of old : ELD
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VIXEN : BATTLEAX
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European capital : OSLO
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Oder tributary : NEISSE
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In holiday spirits : GALA
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Behold, to Brutus : ECCE
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Western lizard : UTA
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DANCER : TARANTIST
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Jacky : TAR
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Mild oath : GOSH
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Boston catcher : PENA
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Shelved : TABLED
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Convex moldings : TORI
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Transient things : EPHEMERA
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Marble : MIB
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Abstruse : ESOTERIC
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Ferric : IRONY
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Dr. Salk : JONAS
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John, in Cardiff : EVAN
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William Conrad role : CANNON
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Zingers : RETORTS
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Ham : EMOTER
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Swiss sledder : LUGER
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Bastes : SEWS
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Hang behind : DRAG
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Likely : PRONE
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"Artie" author : ADE
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Tape over : ERASE
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Soft-palate projection : UVULA
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Divinity deg. : STD
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Letter opener : SIRS
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White poplar : ABELE
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Useful : UTILE
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A sister of Europa : ASIA
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Nov. 11 honoree : STMARTIN
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DASHER : PARTOFACHURN
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Conspicuous : SALIENT
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Propose : OFFER
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Mold : SHAPE
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Where Virgil wrote the "Georgics" : NAPLES
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Rating symbols : STARS
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Focal points : HUBS
Down
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Suchlike : SIMILAR
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Third of thrice : ONCE
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French explorer in Colonial America : ACO
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Modern medium : PHONE
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Dijon darlings : CHERIES
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Resound : RESONATE
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One of Eve's grandsons : ENOS
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White-tailed bird : ERN
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Deep breath : SIGH
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COMET : HALLEYS
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Parsees' sacred writings : AVESTA
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Cowboy's rope : RIATA
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Pomeranian's place : LAP
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Lord Wimsey's alma mater : ETON
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DONNER (popular variant of Donder) : MOVIEDIRECTOR
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Islamic leader : CALIPH
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Charter car : RENTAL
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Panel strip : SPLAT
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"Sunny" composer : KERN
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Psyched up : READY
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Praying figure : ORANT
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Brenda of comics : STARR
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Belgian port : GHENT
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Copland ballet : RODEO
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Missionaries of Charity founder : TERESA
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Remedy : MEND
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Pontifical cape : ORALE
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Lake in a cirque : TARN
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RUDOLPH : VALENTINO
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Biography : VITA
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Wobbling : TEETERY
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Kind of cross : MALTESE
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Roulette bet : ROUGE
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Bar, to a barrister : ESTOP
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BLITZEN : FLASHINGERMAN
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An aunt of Princess Beatrice : DIANA
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Swiss canton (former spelling) : BASLE
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Mites : ACARI
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Adapted to the desert : XERIC
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Mme., in Madrid : SRA
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Male cat : GIB
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Garment for Geraint : TABARD
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City in the Ruhr region : HERNE
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Keystone State's eponym : PENN
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"Pacific" bird : DOVE
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Substance : TENOR
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"Santa Claus" star : MOORE
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Epigrams : MOTS
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Super Bowl XVIII site : TAMPA
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Pink Panther, e.g. : JEWEL
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PRANCER : STRUTTER
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Caliber : CLASS
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I.R.S. inquiries : AUDITS
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Bristles : RESENTS
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Deliverers : SAVIORS
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Even choices : TOSSUPS
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Plenary : ENTIRE
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Fortification : REDAN
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E Texas river : SABINE
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Abyss : GULF
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Badgerlike mammal : RATEL
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Trammel of a sort : LEASH
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Reception room : SALA
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Heroic verse : EPOS
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City in SE Turkey : URFA
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Husband of Jezebel : AHAB
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Torn or Taylor : RIP
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Sternward : AFT
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Philosopher ___ Hsi : CHU

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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