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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

BIBLICAL SCIONS

New York Times, Sunday, February 18, 1990

2-Down : Covered cart

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.32, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 560 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 134, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,712
Across
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Tick, e.g. : ACARID
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Succinct : TERSE
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Til : SESAME
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Pertaining to the nostrils : NARINE
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Nonterrestrial : ALIEN
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Wild asses of central Asia : ONAGERS
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Anna Mary Robertson : GRANDMAMOSES
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A 1914 Oriole who took wing : BABERUTH
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Lubricate : OIL
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Caught sight of : ESPIED
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Certain trucks : SEMIS
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Buck's mate : DOE
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___ ha-Shanah (Jewish New Year) : ROSH
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Brave who really could hammer : HENRYAARON
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Connors or Wallace : MIKE
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Epithet of Athena : ALEA
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Lesions : SORES
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Young tag-on : STER
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Subdued : MUTED
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Scorch : SEAR
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Angered : IRED
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Even : TIED
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Woodpeckers : BORERS
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Propelled a randan : OARED
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Jet-engine housing : POD
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Type of pinafore : TIER
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Open grating : GRILLE
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Jonathan Winters, e.g. : COMEDIAN
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Husband of Jezebel : AHAB
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Jack or Julie : LONDON
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Heddle's place : LOOM
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Naso of Rome : OVID
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Mythical beast : YALE
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Obloquy : ABUSE
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Singer-song writer ("Piano Man") : BILLYJOEL
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Miguel de ___, Spanish composer : FALLA
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A memorable Mostel : ZERO
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Garb for Lakmé : SARI
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Canning equipment : JARS
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Kin of pine martens : SABLES
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Düsseldorf donkey : ESEL
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Prepares for later use, as a meal : PRECOOKS
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Stop : ARREST
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One-eyed god : ODIN
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That ship : SHE
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Doctrine : DOGMA
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N.M.U. member : SEAMAN
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Island off Ireland : ARAN
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Iron-containing pigment : HEME
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"___ Copy," TV program : HARD
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Crazy Legs Hirsch : ELROY
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Dross : SLAG
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Errand boy: Slang : GOFER
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"Sting like ___": Ali : ABEE
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Claim on a property : LIEN
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Actor in "Hold Back the Dawn" : WALTERABEL
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Grain for Vassar : MALT
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Kind of dye : AZO
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1957 Nobelist in Literature : CAMUS
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Shadows, to Jeanne : OMBRES
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Bishopric : SEE
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Lyricist-collaborator with Burt Bacharach : HALDAVID
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U.S. novelist-poet : ROBERTNATHAN
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Conceal : SECRETE
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Soul : ANIMA
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Quiescent : ATREST
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Broke up a shutout : SCORED
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Part of a potpourri : PETAL
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Carolina river : PEEDEE
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Certain cats and goats : ANGORAS
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Covered cart : CARIOLE
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U.S.S.R. inland body of water : ARALSEA
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___ Tin Tin : RIN
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State adjoining Ill. : IND
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Administrative division of Greece : DEME
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Interfered : TAMPERED
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Carried away, as property : ELOINED
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Perron parts : RISERS
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Down at the heels : SEEDY
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Naval off. : ENS
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Grew serious, with "up" : SOBERED
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Captivate : ENAMOR
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Antipolio pioneer : SABIN
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Ripens : AGES
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Matelot's milieu : MER
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Scholarly : ERUDITE
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O'Neill's Yank, e.g. : STOKER
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On land : ASHORE
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Listens to : HEEDS
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Glut : SATE
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Netman from D.C. : HAROLDSOLOMON
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Stage device : ASIDE
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F. ___, Oscar winner in 1984 : MURRAYABRAHAM
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Mud eel : SIREN
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Country singer Bandy : MOE
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Former Yankee pitcher : TOMMYJOHN
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Tie : BIND
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Medicinal plant : ALOE
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Game in "The Color of Money" : POOL
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What a Manx cat lacks : TAIL
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Take panes with one's work : GLAZE
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Judges' garb : ROBES
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Habituate : INURE
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Mulligrubs : COLIC
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Spots for slots : DOORS
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Type of grape : IVES
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Handel's birthplace : HALLE
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"Deutschland über ___" : ALLES
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A sixth-day creation : BEAST
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Cambio in Calabria : LIRE
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Rembrandt's "___ and Cottage" : BARN
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Hunky-dory; copacetic : JAKE
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Sow and hoe : FARM
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Gyre : SPIN
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More discerning : SAGER
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River or Indian : OSAGE
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Forsyth's "The ___ of the Jackal" : DAY
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Postponement : DEFERRAL
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Breakfast fare : OMELET
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Hebrew word in the Psalms : SELAH
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Doolittle and namesakes : ELIZAS
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Small interstices : AREOLES
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Referred (to) : ALLUDED
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Deserters : RATS
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Dutch painter: 1638-1709 : HOBBEMA
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Disconcerted : ABASHED
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Let go : RELEASE
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Relaxing of international tensions : DETENTE
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Heavy silk fabric in the Middle Ages : SAMITE
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Opening maneuver to gain advantage : GAMBIT
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Show indecision : WAVER
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ABC's Arledge : ROONE
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Dear, in Italy : CARO
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Shot or dragon preceder : SNAP
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Caesar's 700 : DCC
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Reverse of par : RAP
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Olympic brat : ATE
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Uno, due, ___ : TRE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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