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Willemain O. Cable
Willemain O. Cable

New York Times, Wednesday, March 21, 1984

26-Down : Accra's republic

Author:
Willemain O. Cable
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Willemain O. Cable has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,552
Across
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"Desire Under the ___" : ELMS
5
Bambi and friends : DEER
9
Singer Page : PATTI
14
Richard Wilbur, e.g. : POET
15
Wylie's "Night ___ Night" : UNTO
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Of the bees : APIAN
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Notion : IDEA
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Datum : FACT
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Sing, Alpine style: Var. : YODLE
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Actor Louis : NYE
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Prevarication : LIE
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Team from College Station, Tex. : AGGIES
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Tree-lined walks : ALAMEDAS
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Puppeteer Lewis : SHARI
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" ... get a man with ___": Berlin : AGUN
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Summer quaff : ADE
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Beach Boys hit of the 60's : CALIFORNIAGIRLS
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Chemical suffix : ANE
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___ van der Rohe : MIES
43
Assesses : RATES
44
Cure-alls : PANACEAS
47
Funt's funmaker : CAMERA
48
Hammarskjöld : DAG
49
Chart : MAP
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Like some hallowed halls : IVIED
60
Nubbins : EARS
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London gallery : TATE
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Pola of the silents : NEGRI
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Indigenous Japanese : AINU
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Prolific auth. : ANON
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Natives of NE U.S. : ERIES
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Brouhaha : FLAP
67
Eye part : LENS
Down
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Typical De Mille film : EPIC
2
City SSE of Sacramento : LODI
3
"___ Me in St. Louis" : MEET
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Girdle girder : STAY
5
Popular radio tavern : DUFFYS
6
Related through Mom : ENATE
7
Delineate : ETCH
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Learning via repetition : ROTE
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Heathen, once : PAYNIM
10
Highest or farthest point : APOGEE
11
Time's partner : TIDE
12
Wayne's "___ in the Saddle" : TALL
13
Name for a señorita : INES
21
"___ by land ... " : ONEIF
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One of the Ladds : ALANA
25
Rival of B.M.I. : ASCAP
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Accra's republic : GHANA
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Famed Greek physician : GALEN
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A grandson of Benjamin : IRI
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Dancing De Mille : AGNES
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San ___ Obispo : LUIS
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Puccini's "Vissi ___" : DARTE
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Freud associate : ADLER
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___ Aurunca, town NNW of Napoli : SESSA
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See 31 Down : ARIA
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Alpha's antithesis : OMEGA
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Kind of paper : GRAPH
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"___ Woman" : IAM
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Stick : ADHERE
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Worsted yarn : CADDIS
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Hamburger garnish : CATSUP
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Loy : MYRNA
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Honeysuckle, e.g. : BINE
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Say it's so : AVER
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Role for Leslie : GIGI
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Heedless : DEAF
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Legal surety : BAIL
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Lat. catchall phrase : ETAL
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Follower of rats or hen : BANE
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Like ___ of bricks : ATON
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Oriental urges? : YENS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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