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Barbara Lunder Gillis
Barbara Lunder Gillis

SOBRIQUETS

New York Times, Sunday, March 2, 1986

2-Down : Brilliantly colored fish

Author:
Barbara Lunder Gillis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 572 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 113, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Barbara Lunder Gillis has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,263
Across
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Puzzle bird : MOA
4
Arabic letters : ZAS
7
Carson or Griffin : HOST
11
Burn ___ in one's pocket : AHOLE
16
Parvenu : UPSTART
18
Mag. contents : AMMO
19
Tebaldi or Scotto : RENATA
21
Pasta dish : LASAGNE
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Pinch : TWEAK
23
Rosie's family : OGRADYS
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Singer Sumac : YMA
28
Fiber for carpets : ISTLE
29
Zwei follower : DREI
30
Lumps : KNOBS
31
Start of a C. Moore poem : TWAS
32
Place for nonconformists : BOHEMIA
35
Shields on insects' heads : CLYPEI
37
Piedmontese city : ASTI
41
___ Nui (Easter Island) : RAPA
42
Caroline Islands group : PALAU
45
Special edition : EXTRA
48
Boosters' calls : RAHS
49
Valley : GLEN
50
Soap substitute : AMOLE
51
Western resort : TAHOE
52
Menotti heroine : AMELIA
54
Distress signal : SOS
56
Do not rush in dressing : PREEN
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Capital of Manche : STLO
59
Place of torment : GEHENNA
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Confronted : FACED
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Sarlak : YAK
65
Poulard : HEN
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Kind of salt : ATTIC
67
"Dum ___, spero," S.C. motto : SPIRO
68
Rousseau novel : EMILE
70
Summit : CAP
72
Sugary suffix : OSE
73
He has taking ways : THIEF
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Site of the Alcazar : SEVILLE
77
Coleridge's "sacred river" : ALPH
79
Pith helmet : TOPEE
81
Barnabas and Brendan: Abbr. : STS
83
Café ___ : AULAIT
84
Spanish rulers : REYES
86
Odd notion : FREAK
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Sort of wort : HERB
90
K-P connection : LMNO
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Flycatcher : PEWEE
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Former part of a lira : SOLDO
93
Organic compound : ENOL
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Begin : OPEN
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Founder of Dogpatch : ALCAPP
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Played for time : STALLED
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Rest on one's ___ : OARS
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Layers : TIERS
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Oculus mundi : OPAL
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Epopees : EPICS
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Capek classic : RUR
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Napoleon I : THELITTLECORPORAL
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Platitudes : CLICHES
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Kin of firkins : PAILS
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Profane : VIOLATE
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Indian language family : SIOUAN
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An accipiter : ERNE
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Landed : ESTATED
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Groups of windjammers : CREWS
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Cattail : REED
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Legal matter : RES
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Forage plant : ERS
Down
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Prefix with fold or level : MULTI
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Brilliantly colored fish : OPAHS
3
Resource : ASSET
4
Capital of Croatia : ZAGREB
5
Cartoonist Peter : ARNO
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Marie Henri Beyle's pseudonym : STENDHAL
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Michener book: 1959 : HAWAII
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Augury : OMEN
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Fishing boat : SMACK
10
Item in a vecturist's collection : TOKEN
11
Fleet of ships : ARGOSY
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Title for Hans : HERR
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"___ Clear Day" : ONA
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Nightingale : LADYWITHTHELAMP
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Word origins : ETYMA
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Shadow : TAIL
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A king and a Gray : ASAS
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Sinatra : OLBLUEEYES
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Brunch treats : CREPES
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Scene : LOCALE
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Kind of ranger or leaguer : TEXAS
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Sunday player : ORGANIST
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Tropical tree : APA
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Favorite : PET
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Berlin's "He's ___ Picker" : ARAG
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Ditto : SAME
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Cay : ISLET
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Electrical units : AMPERES
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Tarzan : LORDOFTHEAPES
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Starlet's goal : ROLE
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Long time : AEON
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Division word : INTO
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Fool : SAPHEAD
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Identifiable : NAMEABLE
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Reilly : ACEOFSPIES
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Twice LI : CII
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Zairian province : KIVU
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He wrote "The Christian Hero": 1735 : LILLO
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Nag : CARP
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Sheltered at sea : ALEE
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What a tourist may drop : LINE
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Scholar's collar : ETON
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"Time wounds all ___" : HEELS
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Drive : PROPEL
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Battle of Hastings site : SENLAC
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Whipstitch : SEC
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Birthplace of Hippocrates : KOS
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Command to Fido : ROLLOVER
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Maxwell Anderson's "Barefoot in ___" : ATHENS
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Rang : TOLLED
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Stations : DEPOTS
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Grampuses : ORCS
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Courtly : AULIC
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More auspicious : RIPER
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Etiquette boo-boo : STARE
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Negri of silents : POLA
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Furious : IRATE
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Supply food : CATER
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Monoskis : SLEDS
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Spring in Alaska : THAW
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Part of a harrow : TINE
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Levitate : RISE
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Shuffleboard instrument : CUE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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