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New York Times, Monday, February 1, 1993

32-Down : Set of kettledrums

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,791
Across
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"___ the Devil," Bogart film : BEAT
5
Tête cover : BERET
10
Cpls.' bosses : SGTS
14
Peak : ACME
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"Sakes ___!" : ALIVE
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In this spot : HERE
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Bogart film : THEAFRICANQUEEN
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Sweetie : HON
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Took a bus : RODE
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Not mounted, as a diamond : UNSET
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Rational : SANE
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Hits hard : SMITES
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Protected, at sea : ALEE
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Sleek fabrics : SATINS
31
Diamond weights : CARATS
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Actress Anderson : LONI
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Slugger's stat : RBI
38
"The ___," Bogart film : ROARINGTWENTIES
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Casablanca has one : ESS
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Foal parent : MARE
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Employ anew : REHIRE
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Watchful ones : SPIERS
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Ferrara family : ESTE
47
Full of sandbanks : SHOALY
49
Concerning : ASTO
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___ in (inducted) : SWORN
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Bismarck is its cap. : NDAK
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___ de Calais : PAS
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"The ___," Bogart film : PETRIFIEDFOREST
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___ fixe : IDEE
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"___ mio" : OSOLE
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Aleutian island : ATTU
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Gwyn or Carter : NELL
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Corn breads : PONES
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"___ Reckoning," Bogart film : DEAD
Down
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Something drawn : BATH
2
Canyon sound : ECHO
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Prayer finish : AMEN
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Pekoe, e.g. : TEA
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The Red ___ (W.W. I ace) : BARON
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Passes over : ELIDES
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Tex. university : RICE
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A Gabor : EVA
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Half a score : TEN
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Sidetracks : SHUNTS
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Silly ones : GEESE
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Oak and elm : TREES
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___ packing (dismissed) : SENT
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___ Lippo Lippi : FRA
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Antimalarial drug : QUININE
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Scorch : SEAR
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Put away : STOW
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Coal digger : MINER
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Parcel of land : ACRE
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Cambodian neighbor : LAOS
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Historic periods : ERAS
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Take in pants : ALTER
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Set of kettledrums : TIMPANI
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Slow person : SNAIL
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Reformer Jacob ___ : RIIS
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Actor Lahr : BERT
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"Uh huh" : ISEE
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Zane or Jane : GREY
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One of the Huxtables : THEO
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Light reddish-brown : SORREL
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Jockey's perch : SADDLE
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Native of Stockholm : SWEDE
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Monopoly investment : HOTEL
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Yeggs' targets : SAFES
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Ref's verdict : TKO
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Twirl : SPIN
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Bright sign : NEON
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Netman Sampras : PETE
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Film fox terrier : ASTA
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___ poker : STUD
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Dandy : FOP
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Prefix for metric : ISO
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Half a diam. : RAD

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