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Judith Perry
Judith Perry

CAREER CHANGES

New York Times, Sunday, March 24, 1991

6-Down : Sleep inducer

Author:
Judith Perry
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 144, Blocks: 71, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 547 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Judith Perry has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,111
Across
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Sew loosely : BASTE
6
Gyrate : SPIN
10
Iced : GLACE
15
Choir member : ALTO
19
Russian cooperative : ARTEL
20
Amonasro's daughter : AIDA
21
Lured : LEDON
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Cross : ROOD
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Supply new weapons : REARM
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Lowest high tide : NEAP
25
Bitter : ACRID
26
Designate : NAME
27
Candlemaker becomes mystery writer : RAYMONDCHANDLER
30
Duck down : EIDER
31
Sigma : ESS
32
Montague heir : ROMEO
33
Attention getter : AHEM
34
Unit of land measure : ARE
35
Church tribunals : ROTAS
36
Nicholas II, e.g. : TSAR
37
Give the once-over : INSPECT
41
Depreciate : CHEAPEN
44
Policeman becomes landscape painter : JOHNCONSTABLE
46
Courted danger : RISKED
47
Honored : FETED
48
Actress Balin : INA
49
Secular : LAIC
50
Auto-racing name of fame : UNSER
51
Stews : FRETS
52
Literary monogram : RLS
53
"___ vincit amor" : OMNIA
54
Dutch commune : EDE
55
Poet Marianne ___ : MOORE
56
Help! : SOS
57
Haggard novel : SHE
58
Gymnast becomes singer : TINATURNER
61
Doorkeeper becomes Broadway composer : COLEPORTER
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Tote : LUG
67
Essay : TRY
68
Friendship : AMITY
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Author Rölvaag : OLE
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Slacken : REMIT
73
Nitrous oxide, e.g. : GAS
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Heath : ERICA
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Mountain mint : BASIL
77
Actor Baldwin : ALEC
78
Calendar abbr. : AUG
79
Iranian river : ATREK
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Well-mannered : POLITE
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Arrow maker becomes aerospace scientist : JAMESFLETCHER
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Upholstery material : TABARET
85
Not gregarious : ASOCIAL
86
Marmalade ingredient : RIND
87
Sop : BRIBE
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Louis ___ of the N.B.A. : ORR
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Foot: Comb.form : PEDI
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City south of Florence : SIENA
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Crone : HAG
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Gitche Gumee craft : CANOE
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Palace official becomes basketball star : WILTCHAMBERLAIN
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At the summit : ATOP
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Appellation : TITLE
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Pernicious : EVIL
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Fate : KARMA
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Opponents : ANTIS
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Kind of china : BONE
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"___ Talking": Rivers-Meryman : ENTER
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___-do-well : NEER
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Voltaire was one : DEIST
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Discordia, to Demosthenes : ERIS
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Marsh plants : REEDS
Down
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Vt. granite center : BARRE
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Locations : AREAS
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Remains : STAYS
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Time period : TERM
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Ranch worker becomes pollster : ELMOROPER
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Sleep inducer : SANDMAN
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Flinders : PIECES
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Site of Hells Canyon : IDAHO
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Calif. wine valley : NAPA
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Cordial welcome : GLADHAND
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French general, in-law of Napoleon : LECLERC
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To the point, in law : ADREM
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Coconut fiber : COIR
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Terminate : END
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Pilgrim becomes golfer : ARNIEPALMER
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Burden : LOAD
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Weighty volume : TOME
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River to the Baltic : ODER
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Eminent : NOTED
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Contemporaries of Hudsons : NASHES
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Formerly, once : ERST
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Handle, to Hadrian : ANSA
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Strafe : RAKE
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Unsteady : TOTTERY
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Travelers' rests : INNS
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Israeli statesman : EBAN
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Twice LXXVI : CLII
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Mexican Indian : TECA
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Condiment bottle : CRUET
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Indo-Aryan language : HINDI
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Site of the Krupp works : ESSEN
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They come along for "deride" : JEERERS
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Ocean pollutant : OILSLICK
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Face of a building : FRONTAGE
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Pro : FOR
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More spacious : ROOMIER
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Cry of amused surprise : OHO
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Phiz : MUG
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Disfigured : SCARRED
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Le Carré character : SPY
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Barrelmaker becomes rock musician : ALICECOOPER
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Now, now! : TUT
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Greek letter : ETA
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"___ With Love," Poitier film : TOSIR
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Cream : ELITE
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Rent again : RELET
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Indian prince : RAJA
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Greek underground in W.W. II : ELAS
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Exec's reminder : MEMO
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Kittiwake : GULL
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Cultural : ETHNIC
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Sideshow pitchman becomes game-show host : BOBBARKER
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Winglike structures : ALAE
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At a distance : AFAR
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Decisive experiment : ACIDTEST
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Twain biographer : PAINE
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Beget : SIRE
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Latticework : TRELLIS
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Increases threefold : TREBLES
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Islands off the Fla. coast : BIMINI
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Florentine palace : PITTI
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Relish : SAVOR
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Western local-color writer : HARTE
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Directed toward : AIMED
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Growls : GNARS
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City on the Orne : CAEN
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Tamarisk : ATLE
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Proboscis : NOSE
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Oenologist's interest : WINE
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Cupbearer of the gods : HEBE
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Kent's girlfriend : LANE
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Tiny amount : TAD

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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