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Mel Rosen
Mel Rosen

New York Times, Friday, February 26, 1982

40-Down : ___ the line (behaved)

Author:
Mel Rosen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Mel Rosen has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,798
Across
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Disintegrate : ATOMIZE
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Cheer : HEARTEN
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Kin of a cookie jar : CAKEBOX
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Get : ACQUIRE
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Translucent type of glass : OPALINE
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School figure : STUDENT
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Tie fabric : REP
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Factions : SECTS
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Early Dr. Kildare : AYRES
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Creek : RIA
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One-on-one contests : DUELS
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12-year-old : PRETEEN
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Sounds of laughter : HAHA
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Used air-to-ground machine guns : STRAFED
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Thoroughfare : AVENUE
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Came : ARRIVED
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One who evades the issue : SKIRTER
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Hot, to a hood : STOLEN
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Shrove ___ : TUESDAY
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Arthur Garfield ___ : HAYS
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Metrical foot : SPONDEE
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TV's Verdugo : ELENA
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Coq ___ : DOR
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Plane : SHAVE
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City northeast of Venice : UDINE
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Fight : ROW
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Gear for Ansel Adams : CAMERAS
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Bucolic poem : ECLOGUE
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Surplus : OVERAGE
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Ravel-proof edge : SELVAGE
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Tutelary deities : PENATES
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Got ready for action : TRAINED
Down
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Acidity : ACOR
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Come to a point gradually : TAPER
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Giraffe's cousin : OKAPI
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Torme : MEL
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Wading bird : IBIS
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Gridiron ploy : ZONEDEFENSE
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Carried out : EXECUTED
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Be a pain in the neck : HASSLE
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Outer: Prefix : ECT
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Light greenish blue : AQUA
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Vallee : RUDY
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Pinafore : TIER
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Lake in Ireland : ERNE
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Jersey cagers : NETS
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___ off (irate) : TEED
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" ... young ___ blue surprise": O'Donnell : APRILS
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One in a zigzag procession : SNAKEDANCER
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Hoped-for review : RAVE
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Kept in line : HERDED
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Architectural pier : ANTA
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One of the Long fellows : HUEY
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Atmosphere: Prefix : AER
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Mex. girl's title : SRTA
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To which Helen was taken : TROY
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Shop tool : VISE
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Eliot's "___ Wednesday" : ASH
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Least clouded over : SUNNIEST
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___ the line (behaved) : TOED
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Assets : PLUSES
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Radio City Music Hall feature : ORGAN
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Makeup : ROUGE
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Old minstrel : SCOP
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Experience : HAVE
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It is so : AMEN
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Vague on the screen : VERA
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What "est" becomes tomorrow : ERAT
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Name meaning "elfin" : ELLA
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Knawel is one : WEED
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Ripen : AGE
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Egg: Prefix : OVI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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