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Hume R. Craft
Hume R. Craft

CAMPANOLOGY

New York Times, Sunday, February 5, 1967

20-Down : Sports event, for short.

Author:
Hume R. Craft
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 90, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 636 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 127, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 12, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Hume R. Craft has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,385
Across
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Smokers. : STAGS
6
Man ___. : OWAR
10
Star in Draco. : ADIB
14
Hundred: Prefix. : HECTO
19
Assumes. : POSITS
21
C'est ___. : ADIRE
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Child: Sp. : NINO
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Chinese name, in part. : ENLAI
24
Screen star of old. : ADOREE
25
Alias Dracula. : BELALUGOSI
27
In the least. : ATALL
28
Cuckooflowers. : CANTERBURYBELLS
30
Eliza Doolittle's word. : LOVERLY
32
Regard. : EYE
33
___ Fail. : LIA
34
Evermore: Poet. : AYE
35
Classes. : GENERA
36
Light blues. : CIELS
38
Impertinence: Dial. : SASS
40
Filly. : MARE
41
Dark. : EBON
44
Library specialty. : BELLESLETTRES
48
Quadruped. : ASS
49
Jacques. : FRERE
50
Inter ___. : ALIOS
51
20 quires. : REAM
52
Shrine Bowl team. : EAST
54
Illuminated, old style. : GASLIT
55
Frosty. : RIMY
56
Danish girl's name. : KAREN
58
Convoyed. : ESCORTED
60
Share. : LOT
61
"___ Ballads." : BAB
62
Clove-studded orange. : POMANDER
64
Harden: Var. : ENURE
65
Tempest. : GALE
66
Party. : SOIREE
68
Stout hero. : NERO
70
He has: Fr. : ILA
71
Disburdened. : EASED
72
Power of the medieval church. : BELLBOOKANDCANDLE
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Cod or haddock. : GADID
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Noun suffix. : IER
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Snick and ___. : SNEE
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Metal band. : COLLET
85
Lover of Galatea. : ACIS
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Rinka ___, Irish dance. : FADDA
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Sketchers. : DRAFTERS
91
Golf term. : LIE
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Kind of bank: Abbr. : SAV
94
Carousals, in old England. : WASSAILS
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In the high decibel category. : NOISY
97
Neckpieces. : BOAS
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Conqueror of Hannibal. : SCIPIO
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Ohio city. : LIMA
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See 62 Down. : VERB
102
Coconut meat. : COPRA
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German ones. : EINES
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Winnow. : FAN
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Château-Thierry's neighbor. : BOISDEBELLEAU
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Heroic work. : SAGA
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Permits. : LETS
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Results. : ENDS
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Fumed. : RAVED
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Warriors. : BRAVES
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Adjective suffix. : BLE
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Cote sound. : BAA
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School subj. : ALG
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Like some nuts. : SHELLED
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Apocryphal book. : BELANDTHEDRAGON
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Conquest of the 1950's. : POLIO
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Cigars. : BELVEDERES
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One of Hera's rivals. : EUROPA
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Youthful ones. : COLTS
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Sailor's word. : ALEE
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Before: Fr. : AVANT
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Fifth wheels. : SPARES
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Bewildered. : ATSEA
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Frenchman. : GAUL
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Spacecraft maneuvers. : YAWS
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Outstanding: Colloq. : SMASH
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Part of NASA. : SPACE
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Our time. : TODAY
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___ man. : ASONE
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Encircled. : GIRT
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Marbles. : STEELIES
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Breslau's river. : ODER
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Sly. : WILY
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Horse. : ARAB
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Quitclaim. : RELEASE
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Special technique. : ANGLE
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Deity: Sp. : DIOS
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Office holders. : INS
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Kettles. : BOILERS
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Pant. : HEAVE
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Bookkeepers, in a sense. : ENTERERS
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Organ stops. : CLARABELLAS
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High. : TALL
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Suave. : OILY
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Sports event, for short. : SERIES
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Eastern name. : ABU
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Presidential first name. : ULYSSES
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Belle's milieu. : BALL
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Pronoun. : ONE
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Embryonic stage. : GASTRULA
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Surfeit. : CLOY
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Saw: Lat. : SERRA
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___ nonsense. : STANDNO
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Branch. : ARM
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Descriptive of York rite. : MASONIC
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Babe Ruth was one. : ORIOLE
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Caught. : NETTED
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Sting. : BARB
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Disney's middle name. : ELIAS
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Place of oblivion. : LIMBO
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Kind of age. : TEEN
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Specialty of the "in" set. : FAD
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Scoring stroke. : ACE
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Letter. : GEE
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Cuckoo of India. : KOEL
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Miss Smedley and others. : AMELIAS
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Certain chores. : ERRANDS
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Enraptures. : TRANCES
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Sentence part: Abbr. : PRED
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Shrill cries, à la comics. : EEKS
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Highlander. : GAEL
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Sacred bird. : IBIS
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Great expert: Slang. : ONER
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Additions. : ELLS
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Mattress supports. : BEDSLATS
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Consecrates. : ORDAINS
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Nun. : DEANESS
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Fishing boat. : DORY
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Chats idly: Slang. : GASSES
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Garden plant. : ACACIA
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Underwater workshops. : DIVINGBELLS
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Abscond. : ELOPE
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Crown. : TIARA
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Food agency of the U.N. : FAO
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Purpose. : AIM
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Henry. : FORD
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Historic river. : TIBER
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Biblical twin. : ESAU
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State: Abbr. : WIS
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___ France. : LABELLE
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Audacious. : BOLD
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Carbon and iron alloy. : PEARLITE
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See: Lat. abbr. : VID
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Settlements. : CLEARUPS
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Food container. : FEEDBAG
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Type of dosage. : ONEADAY
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Infant. : BABE
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Shuns. : EVADES
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Opposite of arr. : LVE
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Shad genus. : ALOSA
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Chamfer. : BEVEL
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Athens area. : AGORA
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Runs. : LOPES
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Grind. : GNASH
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Animal's friend. : SPCA
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Scotsman's exclamation. : HOOT
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Rouge, blanc, et ___. : BLEU
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Leningrad's river. : NEVA
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Tie. : DRAW
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Big casinos. : TENS
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Presidential monogram. : HST
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Ancient Syria. : ARAM
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Qua ___ (here and there): It. : ELA

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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