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Peter E. Price
Peter E. Price

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New York Times, Sunday, April 13, 1969

89-Down : Persons exacting retribution

Author:
Peter E. Price
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 156, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.73, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 718 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 149, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 39
Peter E. Price has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,183
Across
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Children's game : POSTOFFICE
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Priest's vestment : ALB
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"Pease porridge ___ ... " : INAPOT
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Circumspect monkey : HEARNOEVIL
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Aces : HOLESINONE
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Washrooms of a sort: Var. : LAUNDERMATS
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Anybody's guess : TOUCHANDGO
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Dutch pottery : DELFT
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Shelley's elegy for Keats : ADONAIS
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Wire: Abbr. : TEL
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Mustard, laughing, etc. : GASES
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Tartu's river : EMA
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High: Music : ALT
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Word for bad liquor : ROTGUT
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___ bad example : SETA
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Henry and Jane : FONDAS
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"Mona Lisa," et al. : DAVINCIS
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Capital of Spain under Moors : CORDOBA
46
Certain starlets : INGENUES
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___ and ahed : OOHED
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Mobile home : TRAILER
50
Song of French Revolution : CAIRA
51
Make a move : ACTON
54
Red Sea land : ARABIA
56
Wroclaw's river : ODRA
57
Champion filly, 1957-8 : IDUN
58
Calliope et al. : MUSES
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Indian tourist attraction : SNAKECHARMER
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Pro ___ : TEM
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Repair : FIX
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___ Douglas, novelist : LLOYDC
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Rebel : RISE
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___ standstill : ATA
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Chaney : LON
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Scared out ___ : OFOURSKINS
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Kind of poet : ODIST
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Chinese river : YANGTZE
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Teutonic god : TIU
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Tried : SAMPLED
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Famed New York boss : TWEED
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Smallest state capital : CARSONCITY
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Before Sept. : AUG
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Western group: Abbr. : OAS
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Alias the Cowardly Lion : LAHR
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Lap robe : AFGHAN
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Railroad network: Abbr. : SYS
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Gullet : MAW
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Society founded in 1776 : PHIBETAKAPPA
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Ness and others : LOCHS
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Honeycombs: Lat. : FAVI
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Type size : PICA
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Cafe : BISTRO
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It ___ much to ask : ISTOO
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W. H. ___, poet : AUDEN
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Where the wise old owl sat : ONANOAK
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Clock sounds : TICKS
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Pension plan of the '30s : TOWNSEND
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Prudent: It. : SENSATO
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Tomb of the ___ : UNKNOWNS
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N. Y. lake : OTSEGO
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Invitation P.S. : RSVP
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Korean city : SEISHU
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Brave talk : UGH
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Evergreen : YEW
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Put-ons : SHAMS
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Pronoun : SHE
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Testing devices : TSCALES
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Hebrew measures : OMERS
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Musical based on "Shrew" : KISSMEKATE
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Child's behavior at times : HELLISHNESS
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Yore : YESTERYEAR
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Alms: Lat. : ELEEMOSYNA
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Opera by Verdi : ERNANI
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Music to torero's ears : OLE
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Radio transmitter : SENDINGSET
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Daddy long-legs genus : PHALANGIUM
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Egg, in Paris : OEUF
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City in S. Calif. : SANTAANA
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Shifted: Abbr. : TRD
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___ a time : ONEAT
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Detroit name : FORD
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Thighbones : FEMORA
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Chekhov's first play : IVANOV
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Formal award : CITATION
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The sign, to a Spaniard : ELSIGNO
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Nootka Indian : AHT
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Booty : LOOT
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Monday ailment : BLUES
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Somewhat: Suffix : ISH
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Falls for a married woman : NIAGARA
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King of Siam's friend : ANNA
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Jet housings : PODS
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Andaman people : ONGE
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Birthplace of Anacreon : TEOS
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Selective philosophy : ECLECTICISM
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Tom Collins of Kansas : LEMONADE
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Fiscal problem : DEFICIT
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Unspecified quantity : SUCHANDSUCH
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Rival of Tulane : LSU
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Closet bar : TIERACK
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Jewish scriptures : TORAHS
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Member of F.D.R. Cabinet : DERN
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Medals : DSCS
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Neighbor of Ia. : SDAK
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Fashion name : DIOR
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Card game : OLDMAID
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French headgear : BERETS
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Famous mountain : ARARAT
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French waters : EAUX
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Author of "The Caretakers" : TELFER
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Sonja Henie's birthplace : OSLO
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Town in N.W. France : BERNAY
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Big name in vases : MING
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Mock orange : SYRINGA
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God of the winds : AEOLUS
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Caress : FONDLE
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At a loss, financially : OUTOFPOCKET
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New Guinea port : LAE
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Missouri mountains : OZARKS
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Isn't it, Shakespeare style : ISTNOT
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Thermometer abbreviation : DEG
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Book by Sammy Davis : YESICAN
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Russian composer : TCHAIKOVSKY
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Reimburses : PAYS
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Venetian fishing boats : TOPPOS
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Woman, in Hawaii : WAHINE
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Ptomaines found in meat : SAPRINS
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Adjective suffixes : IALS
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Part of a box score : ATBATS
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Scat! : SHOO
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Ogled : MADEEYESAT
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Persons exacting retribution : AVENGERS
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Casements : WINDOWS
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Injunctions : BANS
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Aleutian isl. : ATTU
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Small beds : COTS
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Brouhaha : FUSS
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Kind of triangle: Var. : ISOSCELE
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Quinn and Newley : ANTHONYS
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Scullers : OARSMEN
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Jewish delicacies : KNISHES
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Polly's suffix : WOG
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Onetime N. Y. greeter Grover : WHALEN
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Voided : NULLED
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Dun-colored: Prefix : PHAEO
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___-les-Bains, France : USSON
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Terrier : SKYE
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Yesterday: Fr. : HIER
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Org.'s cousin : ASSN
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Russian river : MSTA
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Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Book by E. E. Cummings : EIMI
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Handwriting on the wall : MENE
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Silkworm : ERI
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Prior to : ERE
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Slum area need: Abbr. : HSG

Answer summary:
26 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 15 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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