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Asnas
Asnas

New York Times, Monday, March 13, 1989

33-Down : Fleeced

Author:
Asnas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Asnas has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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W
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H
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A
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R
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F
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J
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T
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F
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F
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D
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L
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N
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O
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M
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S
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S
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W
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B
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A
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T
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O
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T
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K
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S
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A
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T
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U
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N
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L
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G
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A
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A
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,370
Across
1
Quay : WHARF
6
Iota : JOT
9
On a grand scale : EPIC
13
Correo ___ (Spanish airmail) : AEREO
14
Big brass item : TUBA
15
Verdi heroine : AIDA
16
Young chicken : FRIER
17
Opposed : ANTI
18
Fairy-tale word : UPON
19
Acts silly : FOOLSAROUND
22
High rails, as in Chi. : ELS
23
Lithe : LISSOM
24
Endure : STAND
26
Habitat: Comb. form : ECO
27
Fat : OBESE
30
Lodge member : MOOSE
33
Avoid : SKIRT
34
Planted : SOWED
35
Party : BASH
38
Gypsy's card : TAROT
41
Make cardigans : KNIT
42
Montreal nine : EXPOS
44
Pit : ABYSS
46
___ firma : TERRA
47
Overturned a glass of milk : SPILT
48
Govt. "cleanup" agency : EPA
51
___ pink (healthy) : INTHE
53
Chalk's effacer : ERASER
55
Biddy : HEN
57
Diverted : SIDETRACKED
60
Impulse : URGE
62
Verne captain : NEMO
63
Linen fabric : TOILE
64
Oaf : LOUT
65
Seize : GRIP
66
Vocalist in "Stop the Music" : ARMEN
67
Venomous snakes : ASPS
68
Superlative suffix : EST
69
Scornful sound : SNORT
Down
1
Puckered pancake : WAFFLE
2
Valorous : HEROIC
3
Recitative-song mixture : ARIOSO
4
Film spools : REELS
5
Renounced : FORSOOK
6
Jupiter's mate : JUNO
7
Insensitive : OBTUSE
8
Contaminate : TAINT
9
___ de Cologne : EAU
10
"Shush!" : PIPEDOWN
11
Object of worship : IDOL
12
Fires : CANS
14
Sailor : TAR
20
Circuit; bounds : AMBIT
21
Beavers' creations : DAMS
25
Cozy corners : NOOKS
28
Memorable period : ERA
29
Thong : STRAP
31
Spotted whale : SEI
32
Time-zone abbr. : EDT
33
Fleeced : SHORN
35
Wager : BET
36
Cutting tool : AXE
37
Sprout : SPRINGUP
39
Sash for a geisha : OBI
40
Part of M.T.M. : TYLER
43
Col. admission exams : SATS
45
Diva Teresa : STRATAS
47
Ceremonial dinners at Passover : SEDERS
48
Indigenous Alaskan : ESKIMO
49
Kitchen utensil : PEELER
50
Impassioned : ARDENT
52
Door part : HINGE
54
Oak nut : ACORN
55
Hip-swaying dance : HULA
56
Greek love god : EROS
58
Exude : EMIT
59
___ banana (burlesque bigwig) : TOP
61
French connectives : ETS

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

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