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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Thursday, March 12, 1992

25-Down : In an underlying way

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,465
Across
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European shrub : FURZE
6
Goat's-hair fabric : ABA
9
Kinds : SORTS
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Cautionary color : AMBER
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Sigma follower : TAU
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Ward off : AVERT
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Book's back : SPINE
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Chang's sidekick : ENG
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Speech disorder: Comb. form : LALIA
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Married state : CONJUGALITY
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Makes foolish : BESOTS
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Workplace-safety agcy. : OSHA
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Turn right : GEE
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Scholarly : ERUDITE
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Flat-top hat : TAM
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Leb. neighbor : ISR
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Polio fighter : SABIN
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Futile : VAIN
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Lobster traps : POTS
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Giant battleships, e.g. : JUGGERNAUTS
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Weaver's twisted silk thread : TRAM
42
Story starter : ONCE
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Oz books illustrator : NEILL
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Campers' ___ room : REC
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Information unit : BIT
48
More intelligent : SMARTER
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Unfold, in verse : OPE
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___ probandi : ONUS
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Seine city : TROYES
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Latin student's task : CONJUGATING
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Ending for poet or critic : ASTER
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Mazel ___ : TOV
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Aturkic language : UZBEK
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Lunar trenches : RILLS
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Agency concerned with ecol. : EPA
66
Hair-raising : EERIE
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Sundial gnomon : STYLE
68
Ursine birthplace : DEN
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Darling : DEARY
Down
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Tones above mis : FAS
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Diamond off. : UMP
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Stat for Ruth : RBI
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Buddhism branch : ZEN
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Constructor's activity : ERECTING
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Amenhotep IV's deity : ATEN
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Type of clock : BANJO
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Two early saints : AUGUSTINES
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Low bow : SALAAM
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Football shape : OVAL
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Devoutness : RELIGIOSITY
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Most hackneyed : TRITEST
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Perseverant ones : STAYERS
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East, in Bonn : OST
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Accra's land : GHANA
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Egyptian god of music : BES
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Epoch : ERA
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In an underlying way : SUBJACENTLY
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Hatred : ODIUM
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Resulted : EVENTUATED
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Catenary : ARC
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Wing: Comb. form : PTERO
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"___ My Way" : GOING
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Admitted : UNARGUED
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Surgical instruments : TROCARS
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Put back : REPOSIT
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Actress Michele : LEE
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Parlors: Abbr. : LRS
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French stock exchange : BOURSE
49
Range pt. : MTN
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Mining excavation : STOPE
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Become definite : JELL
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Netman Lendl : IVAN
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Tappan or Zuider : ZEE
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Bikini part : BRA
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Healer at Valhalla : EIR
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Essential : KEY

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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