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Jim Page
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New York Times, Saturday, December 28, 1991

2-Down : ___ fours (small cakes)

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 52, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,390
Across
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N.Y.P.D. broadcasts : APBS
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Conducted : LED
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Poker players' "bullets" : ACES
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River of Malaysia : BERNAM
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Consume : USE
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Rough, heavy nap : SHAG
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Conductor José : ITURBI
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Paraguayan city : ITA
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Verrucca : WART
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One: Ger. : EIN
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Goals for Hindu Horace? : ENDSOFMANN
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Pitchout? : STEALTRAP
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Prank : ANTIC
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Type of lead glass : STRASS
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Rank below cpl. : PFC
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Wife of Athamas : INO
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Branch : ARM
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___ volente : DEO
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Vietnam's ___ Dinh Diem : NGO
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Anti-Tory group wearing hairpieces? : POWDEREDWHIGS
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French vineyard : CRU
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Air, in compounds : AER
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House site : LOT
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Torrid : HOT
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Abed: Abbr. : RTD
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___ as two peas in a pod : ASLIKE
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___ Lauder : ESTEE
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Siloed beans? : CACHECROP
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Vikings with an ornate playbook? : PURPLEPROS
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Memorabilia : ANA
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Antitoxins : SERA
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Nabokov book : ADA
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Hedren et al. : TIPPIS
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Samovars : URNS
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Langley A.F.B. group : TAC
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Snatch quickly : SNAPAT
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Pinocchio feature : NOSE
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Homophone for air : ERE
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Middies' inst. : USNA
Down
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"___ Irish Rose" : ABIES
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___ fours (small cakes) : PETITS
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Hair color : BRUNET
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Last year's jr. : SNR
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Sister of Isabel II : LUISA
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Barred, at the bar : ESTOPPED
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Unable to hear : DEAF
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Egypt's ___ Dam : ASWAN
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Singing, in a way : CHANTING
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Investment gains, e.g. : EARNINGS
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Rank above cpl. : SGT
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Héloïse's beloved : ABELARD
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Make ___ of (destroy old coins?) : MINTSMEAT
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No et al. : DRS
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Singer Davis : MAC
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" ... ___ and gusty day": Shak. : ARAW
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Dove's cry : COO
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Larry Bird free throws? : FOWLSHOTS
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___ Alte (Adenauer) : DER
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Duke in "The Tempest" : PROSPERO
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Conditions in which shipments arrive : OUTTURNS
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American juniper : REDCEDAR
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___-one (golf rarities) : HOLESIN
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Suffix with Ham : ITIC
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___ Guevara : CHE
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Tie fabric : REP
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Tip: Comb. form : ACR
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Beckett's "___ Last Tape" : KRAPPS
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Lasting a long time : EONIAN
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Rub out : ERASE
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Swiftly : APACE
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Macaroni, e.g. : PASTA
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Not on time : LATE
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Bask : SUN
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French winter resort : PAU

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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