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Karen Young Bonin
Karen Young Bonin

New York Times, Wednesday, February 16, 1983

48-Down : Figure cut by Babilonia

Author:
Karen Hodge
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Karen Young Bonin has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Karen Hodge is an alias for Karen Young Bonin.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,153
Across
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Org. Lincoln opposed : CSA
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Austrian physicist : MACH
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Lively dance : POLKA
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Beast that killed Adonis : BOAR
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Govt. regulatory agcy. : OSHA
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Perfect : IDEAL
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Poilu's weapon : ARME
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Auguste's Christmas : NOEL
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Vigorous argument : SETTO
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He wrote "A Boy's Will" : ROBERTFROST
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Ending for critic : IZE
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___ claim (establish mining rights) : STAKEA
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A weasel : STOAT
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Time ___ half : ANDA
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"___ You in My Dreams" : ILLSEE
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An "Ave!" for Julius from W.S. : HAILCAESAR
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Sole : ONLY
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Susann's "Once ___ Enough" : ISNOT
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Fa follower : SOL
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Game animal : MOOSE
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Wagons-___ : LITS
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Wouk opus, with "The" : WINDSOFWAR
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Goddess of wisdom : ATHENA
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Certain Celt : GAEL
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Expunge : ERASE
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Educational aids : REALIA
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___ favor (please, in Ponce) : POR
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Jules Verne hero : PHILEASFOGG
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The ___ Family Singers : TRAPP
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Wolf down : GULP
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Tessera's kin : TILE
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Nimble : AGILE
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Jumble : HASH
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Son of Aphrodite : EROS
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Clerical council : SYNOD
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Calendar abbr. : TUES
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Old car : REO
Down
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Barbizon painter : COROT
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Brazilian dance : SAMBA
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Full of fumes : AREEK
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Top QB: 1981-82 : MONTANA
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Starting with : ASOF
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Chastity's mother : CHER
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Celestial headgear : HALOS
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Luger : PISTOL
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Keats offering : ODE
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Words from a Styne-Cahn song : LETITSNOW
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He wrote "Days of Wrath" : KATZ
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Agave : ALOE
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"Nor iron ___ a cage" : BARS
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Respond : REACT
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Brouhaha : STIR
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Remote : ALOOF
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Lucy's onetime co-star : DESI
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For ___ (cheaply) : ASONG
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Wagner heroine : ELSA
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Witness : EYER
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Scars on seeds : HILA
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___ were : ASIT
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"Singin' ___" : INTHERAIN
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McGovern, in 1972 : LOSER
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"M*A*S*H" star : ALDA
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Spies despised by the good guys : MOLES
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Perform ablutions : WASH
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Angelic group : SERAPHS
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Siestaed : NAPPED
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Figure cut by Babilonia : EIGHT
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Following : AFTER
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Saint-Etienne's department : LOIRE
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Eskimo lodging : IGLOO
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Eon ingredients : AGES
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School-community orgs. : PTAS
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Bacchanal : ORGY
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Occasion to cry "O, poi!" : LUAU
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Besides : ELSE
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Arafat's org. : PLO

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

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