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William A. Lewis Jr.
William A. Lewis Jr.

DIVERTISSEMENT

New York Times, Sunday, March 12, 1967

87-Down : Very well educated.

Author:
William A. Lewis Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 132, Blocks: 65, Avg Word Len: 5.70, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 522 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 144, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
William A. Lewis Jr. has 45 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,420
Across
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Bullies. : TOUGHS
7
A religion. : ISLAM
12
Father: Comb. form. : PATRI
17
What many trees have. : TAPROOTS
19
Nary a soul. : NOONE
20
Did a "Lindy" hop. : SOLOED
21
Fringe benefit. : EXPENSEACCOUNT
23
Bean or pea. : LEGUME
24
Vietnam address. : APO
25
Of the chin. : GENIAL
26
___ Horn, kind of sheep. : DORSET
28
Managed. : RAN
29
Large-scale. : MASS
31
Hold together. : SOLDER
33
Ouch!, slangy style. : YIPE
34
Imprint. : DINT
35
Watching. : EYING
37
What "Ich dien" is. : GERMAN
39
Evergreen. : CYPRESS
41
What a blowup shows. : DETAIL
43
Intensifies. : DEEPENS
45
"Bounce." : OUST
46
Betake oneself. : REPAIR
48
Marsh denizen. : SNIPE
49
Looses. : UNLACES
52
Piece of gossip: Fr. : ONDIT
54
Girlish laughter. : TEHEES
56
"Lady of the Lake." : ELLEN
57
Pre-launch routine. : COUNTDOWN
61
Artillery-man's nickname. : REDLEG
63
Source of poi. : TARO
64
Month: Abbr. : APR
65
Old French measure. : SETIER
67
Joined inseparably. : WELDED
69
Knight. : SIR
70
¼ shekel. : REBA
72
The "Mile-High City." : DENVER
74
Of inferior status: Fr. : DECLASSEE
76
Beyond: Prefix. : TRANS
78
Farm machine. : REAPER
80
Of early Franks. : SALIC
81
Relatives of talaria. : SANDALS
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Deceit: Lat. : DOLUS
85
Make a new deal. : RESELL
88
City of 60 Down. : RENO
89
Keels. : CARINAS
91
Old French coin. : DENIER
93
Lacus Asphaltites. : DEADSEA
95
Bill. : TENNER
97
Seven: It. : SETTE
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English admiral. : PENN
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See 110 Across. : TALC
101
Superfluous: Fr. : DETROP
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What china comes in. : SETS
104
An: Fr. : UNE
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Outcast. : PARIAH
107
Inspires. : RAISES
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Govt. agency. : REA
110
Dust. : POWDER
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Salinger to Kennedy. : PRESSSECRETARY
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Begone!: Shak. : AVAUNT
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Unrhymed Japanese poem. : HAIKU
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Xanthippe's husband. : SOCRATES
118
Things underfoot. : SOLES
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Piece. : STRIP
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"Sight saver." : EYELID
Down
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One behind Uncle Sam. : TAXPAYER
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Facing. : OPPOSITE
3
State of being: Suffix. : URE
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Kind of signal. : GONG
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Lines. : HOSES
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One dictated to, for short. : STENOG
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Stormy. : INCLEMENT
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___ Canals. : SOO
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What some colors are. : LOUD
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"Bug." : ANNOY
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Prosody. : METRICS
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Man of letters. : POET
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Math course: Abbr. : ALG
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Kind of accommodation. : TOURISTCLASS
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Gives new courage to. : REMANS
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Name, rank and serial number, for short. : IDENT
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Joined forces. : TEAMED
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Indulged in water sport. : SAILED
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Think it over, in a way. : SLEEPON
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Core groups. : CADRES
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Hero of many a tale. : SPY
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Designed for easy fastening. : SNAPON
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Old-time side arm. : RAPIER
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Distill, as seawater. : DESALT
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National League team. : GIANTS
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One of a clan. : NEPHEW
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Principle. : RULE
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Capped. : LIDDED
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Vital. : NEEDED
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Headline getters. : RIOTERS
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Something secondhand. : USEDCAR
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Unnatural. : EERIE
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Dormitory sound. : SNORE
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String. : TWINE
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They: Fr. : ELLES
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Supermarket gear. : CARTS
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Salzburg specialty. : OPERA
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One remedy for "downtown blight." : URBANRENEWAL
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The "Silver State." : NEVADA
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Set. : GELLED
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"The Warren ___." : REPORT
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Podia. : DAISES
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Figuratively, lofty, grand. : ANDEAN
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Banked (on). : RELIED
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What "takes" make. : SCENES
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Neutral color. : SAND
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Those who almost win. : RUNNERSUP
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Skill no longer known. : LOSTART
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December figures. : SANTAS
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Scholarly ones. : LITERATI
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Very well educated. : LETTERED
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Moslem leaders. : CALIPHS
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Orderly group. : SERIES
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Repeats. : RESAYS
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Afresh: Lat. : DENOVO
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Newspaper upper-corner box. : EAR
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Mobster's weapon. : ROSCOE
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Immature insects. : PUPAS
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200-milligram unit. : CARAT
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Hotspur's name. : PERCY
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Produces an epistle. : PENS
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One who should succeed. : HEIR
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Like scorched earth. : SERE
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Expected. : DUE
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What to do in Stowe, Vt. : SKI
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___. qual. (just as they come): Lat. abbr. : TAL

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3 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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