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Geher
Geher

New York Times, Saturday, March 4, 1978

56-Down : Witticism

Author:
Geher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Geher has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,430
Across
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Anent : ASTO
5
Umbrella named for a Dickens character : GAMP
9
Spring in Alaska : THAW
13
Has-been's place : SHELF
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Migrant of the 30's : OKIE
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Fad or frenzy : RAGE
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Nocturnal ungulate : TAPIR
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Persecutor of 4 Down : BILLSIKES
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Welty's "Why ___ at the P.O." : ILIVE
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Paul Pry : SNOOP
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Werner Erhard's therapy : EST
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Cash in : REDEEM
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Muscular contraction : TIC
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Quartet following Q : RSTU
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Tuneful : MELODIC
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Secretariat at two : COLT
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Theatrical org. : ANTA
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Significant period : EPOCH
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Swears : AVOWS
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Demeanor : AIR
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Shopping ___ : SPREE
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Dye again : REDIP
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Kind of tool : RASP
46
Starboard side when sailing north : EAST
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Late rock 'n' roll idol : PRESLEY
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Mister, in Essen : HERR
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Work on lace : TAT
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Ransacked : RIFLED
56
Geometer's postscript : QED
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Squama : SCALE
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De Gaulle's birthplace : LILLE
64
Unscrupulous clerk : URIAHHEEP
66
Part of AWOL : LEAVE
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"There ___ peace ... ": Isa. 48:22 : ISNO
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Former lightweight champ : ERNE
69
Gantry or Fudd : ELMER
70
Sly glance : PEEK
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Catnap : DOZE
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First Virginia in America : DARE
Down
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Out of bed : ASTIR
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One source of oil : SHALE
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Halfhearted : TEPID
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Boy born in a workhouse : OLIVERTWIST
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Lots : GOBS
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Consanguineous : AKIN
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Home of a famous statue : MILO
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Ball or pincushion: Fr. : PELOTE
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Quang ___, city in Vietnam : TRI
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Cod's cousin : HAKE
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"I the heir of all the ... ": Tennyson : AGES
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Shrine Bowl team : WEST
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Manumits : FREES
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Barrel spigots : SPILES
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Transit group in N.Y.C. : MTA
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Betsey Trotwood's nephew : COPPERFIELD
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Having but one component : UNARY
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Paludous place : MARSH
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Beloved of 26 Down : DORA
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Desserts : ICES
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Huntley : CHET
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Complain : CARP
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Finished : OVER
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Word with star or stone : LODE
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Aunt, in Majorca : TIA
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Ostentatious display : SPLASH
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Prefix with form or fume : PER
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Clearly delineated : ETCHED
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Lunar depression : RILLE
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Andes ruminant : LLAMA
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Young conger eel : ELVER
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Farm-machine pioneer : DEERE
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Witticism : QUIP
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Emulate an epicure : DINE
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Aviation prefix : AERO
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Author of "How's Your Bridge?" : LENZ
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Fleuret's relative : EPEE
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Armstrong's "All's well!" : AOK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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