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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

EYE-SQUINTING

New York Times, Sunday, March 9, 1975

12-Down : Calyx leaves

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 92, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 648 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 148, Cheaters: 7, FITB: 17, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 32
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,339
Across
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With an ___ (considering) : ITO
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Revenge : IFORANI
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Makeup item : ISHADOW
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Marble : TAW
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___ and then : NOW
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Does a cobbling job : RESOLES
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Actuality: Fr. : REALITE
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Arab's toga : ABA
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Scans : RUNSANIOVER
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Daddy's girl : APPLEOFHISI
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Toilet cases : ETUIS
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Kuwait V.I.P. : EMIR
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Candid shots : SNAPS
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Storehouses : ETAPES
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Kind of store: Abbr. : DEPT
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Architect of St. Paul's : WREN
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Post or Brontë : EMILY
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Hunting clue : SCENT
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South African : BOER
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Insects : FLEAS
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Vale's opposite : AVE
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Carson et al. : KITS
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"A tall ___ a star to steer ... " : SHIPAND
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Unfamiliar : ALIEN
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Home and French : FRIES
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Partner of hemming : HAWING
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Kind of up or pot : TOSS
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Machinists' supports : TOOLRESTS
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"On ___ and a prayer" : AWING
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After-bath items : TALCS
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Baseballer Hank : AARON
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Giggle : TEHEE
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Stock and Common: Abbr. : MKTS
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Fastener : HOOKANDI
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Daytime doings : MATINEES
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Trespass : SIN
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Oahu staple : TARO
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Adult acorns : OAKS
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"Georgie Porgie, pudding ___" : ANDPIE
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Delhi weight : SER
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Is on target : HITSTHEBULLSI
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Kind of dance or lamp : SUN
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Cooperstown's lake : OTSEGO
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Silk source : ERIA
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Literary conflict : AGON
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Sacks: Abbr. : BGS
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Scientist Louis and heirs : PASTEURS
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Oculist's item : IDROPPER
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Radar signal : BLIP
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Violinist Isaac : STERN
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Dumfound : AMAZE
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Slip back : LAPSE
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Calif. Indian : MAIDU
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In-group's secrets : ESOTERICA
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Not taped : LIVE
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Spite : RANCOR
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Stone slab : STELE
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Skin or pearl : DIVER
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Well-deserved : CONDIGN
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Like a bump on ___ : ALOG
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"All men ___ created ... " : ARE
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Arizona Indians : PIMAS
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Constellation : GRUS
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Euterpe's realm : MUSIC
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Sponsorship : AEGIS
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Shoelace hole : ILET
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Floe : BERG
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Postscript: Var. : EPILOG
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Icy downpour : SLEET
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Parseghian et al. : ARAS
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Of hearing : AURAL
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Panoramas : BIRDSIVIEWS
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Words for a captive Samson : ILESSINGAZA
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Keep ___ on (watch) : ANI
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Striking device : TRIPPET
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Say yes : CONSENT
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Ivy clump : TOD
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Sigma : ESS
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Mascara targets : ILASHES
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Agree : SEEITOI
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"What immortal hand ___ ... " : ORI
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"The Lady ___" : INRED
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All: Fr. : TOUTE
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Confess : OWNUP
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Cleo's maid : IRAS
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Bog : FEN
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Covered with willows : OSIERED
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Hotel guest : ROOMER
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Baseballer Dark : ALVIN
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___-do-well : NEER
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Dayan's state: Abbr. : ISR
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Teheran native : IRANIAN
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Calyx leaves : SEPALS
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Greeting-card word : HAPPY
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Cockney foyers : ALLS
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Become defunct : DIE
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U. S. Indian : OTOE
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Threads : WEFTS
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Chiang's capital : TAIPEI
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Away : ABSENT
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Belt sites : WAISTS
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Command to Fido : SIT
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Banal writer : HACK
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Pintail ducks : SMEES
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Anna May of films : WONG
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Dido's alias : ELISSA
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Whiz ___ : BANG
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Pastor's people : FLOCK
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"All I want is ___ somewhere" : AROOM
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Baltic capital : VILNA
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Poetic word : EER
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Counterfeits : SHAMS
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Iowa : HAWKISTATE
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Spectators : IWITNESSES
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Rolling and bowling : PINS
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___ ends (uncertain) : ATLOOSE
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Pro : FOR
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Begin : SETIN
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City on a Korean map : TAIKU
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Uses the mail : SENDS
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In ___ (well-known) : THEPUBLICI
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Aid for Samson, perhaps : SEEINGIDOG
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Bangkok native : THAI
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Main artery: Prefix : AORT
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Apply ___ of paint (touch up) : ADAB
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Compass reading : ESE
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Van Gogh complaint : NOEAR
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Mirror foil : TAIN
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Decalogue word : THOU
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Back nuisance : SLAPPER
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Rocket prefix : RETRO
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Fragment: Sp. : TRIZA
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Go undercover : HIDE
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Robe sizes: Abbr. : LGES
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Miffed : SORE
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Harvest goddess : OPS
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Refined guys : GENTS
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Reject rudely : SPURN
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Not as dense : RARER
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Photog's request : SMILE
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Papa Dionne et al. : OLIVAS
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Overlays : PAVES
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Sgt. Pepper's group : BAND
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Service point : ACE
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___ best friend : MANS
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After zeta : ETA
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Restrict : LIMIT
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Put to flight : ROUT
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Synopses : DIGESTS
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Torch container : CRESSET
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Protozoa: Var. : AMEBAE
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Arsène et al. : LUPINS
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Mate of Isis : OSIRIS
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Adorn : GILD
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Reese : PEEWEE
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Prosthetic item : GLASSI
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Rib: Prefix : COSTI
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Hebrew letter : ALEPH
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Miss Bordoni : IRENE
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Hidden mike : BUG
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Clio's sister : ERATO
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Barber's gear : RAZOR
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Flirty look : GLADI
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Certain Scout : GIRL
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Drinks slowly : SIPS
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Lily plant : ALOE
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Con : ANTI
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Roman way : VIA
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Suffix for polit or tact : ICS
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Daughter of Cadmus : INO

Answer summary:
22 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 10 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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