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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, March 16, 1987

49-Down : Chimney duct

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
9
Ointment : BALM
13
___ Range, U.S.S.R. : URAL
14
"___ We Dance?": 1951 hit song : SHALL
15
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
27
Broadway, e.g., in slanguage : MAINDRAG
32
Manifest : OVERT
33
River at Orléans : LOIRE
34
Evangelist's inst. at Tulsa : ORU
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Squarish : BOXY
36
Steak or table preceder : ROUND
37
Senator Hart : GARY
38
D.D.E. : IKE
39
He wrote "John Brown's Body" : BENET
40
Slipped : ERRED
41
Rainy-day resources : NESTEGGS
43
"___ Fideles" : ADESTE
44
Above, poetically : OER
45
"M*A*S*H" actor : ALDA
46
People with common interests : BIRDSOFAFEATHER
54
Saharan : ARID
55
Excessive : ULTRA
56
Bern's river : AARE
57
Dickens girl : NELL
58
Feigned : PUTON
59
"Trinity" author : URIS
60
___ of Capri : ISLE
61
Caspian et al. : SEAS
62
Illustrator Rockwell ___ : KENT
Down
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Chasm : GULF
2
Indonesia's ___ Islands : AROE
3
F.D.R.'s dog : FALA
4
Excessive praise : FLATTERY
5
Ascetic's hair ___ : SHIRT
6
"Namouna" composer : LALO
7
Comedian King : ALAN
8
Colorful songster : BLUEBIRD
9
Interdicted : BANNED
10
To shelter, on a ship : ALEE
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Jeune fille : LASS
12
Fine spray : MIST
14
Type of wheat : SPELT
20
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
27
Grimaces : MOUES
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"___ She Sweet?": 1927 song : AINT
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Booms : ROARS
30
Canadian decree : ARRET
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___ Maupassant : GUYDE
33
Protracted : LONG
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Arranges again : REGROUPS
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Large extinct bird : GREATAUK
39
Honey bunch : BEES
40
Collection of Old Norse poetry : EDDA
42
Unsteady gait : TODDLE
43
" ... ___ and hungry look": Shak. : ALEAN
45
Wig styles : AFROS
46
Rumanian coins : BANI
47
Angers : IRES
48
Brooklet : RILL
49
Chimney duct : FLUE
50
"___ boy!" : ATTA
51
Long-eared mammal : HARE
52
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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