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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Wednesday, February 25, 1976

31-Down : Chinese herb

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,692
Across
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One or false : STEP
5
Lunch, e.g. : MEAL
9
Snake : COBRA
14
___ down (modify) : TONE
15
U. S. holly : ASSI
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Advantage : AVAIL
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Baseball trio : OUTS
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Soaks : RETS
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Military chest wear : MEDAL
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Sitting ___ : PRETTY
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Different : OTHER
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Old car : REO
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Genuine : REAL
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Flatfoot : COP
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Beguiling : INTRIGUING
33
___ Lisa : MONA
34
U. S. air org. : NAA
35
Turkish pound : LIRA
36
Kind of dive : GAINER
38
Wage : STIPEND
40
Prefix for cute : ELECTRO
41
Musical workers : TUNERS
42
Max of boxing : BAER
43
Carplike fish : RUD
44
Locale : AREA
45
Lots and lots : EVERSOMANY
48
Induced : LED
49
Bills : ONES
50
Cistern : BAC
51
Right or acute : ANGLE
52
Built a certain home : NESTED
55
Red and diploma : MILLS
58
Presidential action : VETO
60
Golfer's target : HOLE
61
Carrot's relative : ANISE
62
Repeat : ECHO
63
Kind of horse : IRON
64
Storehouse : DEPOT
65
Now's partner : THEN
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Slave of yore : ESNE
Down
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Sojourn : STOP
2
___ de force : TOUR
3
Considered : ENTERTAINED
4
Annoy : PESTER
5
Contrary girl : MARY
6
Compass point : ESE
7
Oregon city : ASTORIA
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___ to reason : LISTEN
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Desert plyer : CAMEL
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Above's partner : OVER
11
Kind of blood : BAD
12
Estuary : RIA
13
"It's ___ in the game" : ALL
21
Worker : TOILER
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Bargains pettily : HAGGLES
26
Building-trade figures : CONTRACTORS
27
Product of a bases-empty homer : ONERUN
28
Caricature : PARODY
29
Set up : INSTAL
30
Character : NATURE
31
Chinese herb : GINSENG
32
Bean of India : URD
33
O. T. book: Abbr. : MIC
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Oxygen bacterium : AEROBE
39
Green or jacket : PEA
40
Thing to lend : EAR
42
Beg : BESEECH
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"National ___" : VELVET
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Golf club : MASHIE
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Assault : ONSET
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___-ran : ALSO
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Highest point : NOON
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Biblical judge : ELON
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Sand hill, in England : DENE
55
Cap or house : MAD
56
Chemical ending : INE
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Back talk : LIP
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Article : THE

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

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