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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, March 16, 1987

25-Down : Draw forth

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { C J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,642
Across
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Fisherman's barbed spear : GAFF
5
Thick slice : SLAB
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Ointment : BALM
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___ Range, U.S.S.R. : URAL
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"___ We Dance?": 1951 hit song : SHALL
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Actress Albright : LOLA
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Rice dish : PILAU
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Promontory : NESS
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Get rich via opportunism : FEATHERONESNEST
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Cause to incline : TILT
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Ta-ta : BYE
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Show displeasure : RESENT
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Broadway, e.g., in slanguage : MAINDRAG
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Manifest : OVERT
33
River at Orléans : LOIRE
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Evangelist's inst. at Tulsa : ORU
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Squarish : BOXY
36
Steak or table preceder : ROUND
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Senator Hart : GARY
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D.D.E. : IKE
39
He wrote "John Brown's Body" : BENET
40
Slipped : ERRED
41
Rainy-day resources : NESTEGGS
43
"___ Fideles" : ADESTE
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Above, poetically : OER
45
"M*A*S*H" actor : ALDA
46
People with common interests : BIRDSOFAFEATHER
54
Saharan : ARID
55
Excessive : ULTRA
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Bern's river : AARE
57
Dickens girl : NELL
58
Feigned : PUTON
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"Trinity" author : URIS
60
___ of Capri : ISLE
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Caspian et al. : SEAS
62
Illustrator Rockwell ___ : KENT
Down
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Chasm : GULF
2
Indonesia's ___ Islands : AROE
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F.D.R.'s dog : FALA
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Excessive praise : FLATTERY
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Ascetic's hair ___ : SHIRT
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"Namouna" composer : LALO
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Comedian King : ALAN
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Colorful songster : BLUEBIRD
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Interdicted : BANNED
10
To shelter, on a ship : ALEE
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Jeune fille : LASS
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Fine spray : MIST
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Type of wheat : SPELT
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Allusion : HINT
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"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
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Redbreast : ROBIN
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Draw forth : EVOKE
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Battle of the ___ : SEXES
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Grimaces : MOUES
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"___ She Sweet?": 1927 song : AINT
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Booms : ROARS
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Canadian decree : ARRET
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___ Maupassant : GUYDE
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Protracted : LONG
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Arranges again : REGROUPS
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Large extinct bird : GREATAUK
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Honey bunch : BEES
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Collection of Old Norse poetry : EDDA
42
Unsteady gait : TODDLE
43
" ... ___ and hungry look": Shak. : ALEAN
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Wig styles : AFROS
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Rumanian coins : BANI
47
Angers : IRES
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Brooklet : RILL
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Chimney duct : FLUE
50
"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Long-eared mammal : HARE
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Emerald Isle : ERIN
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The others : REST

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

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