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James L. Beatty
James L. Beatty

New York Times, Wednesday, April 17, 1991

9-Down : Advance

Author:
James L. Beatty
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
James L. Beatty has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,135
Across
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"___ Wars" : STAR
5
Heron's cousin : IBIS
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Stone pillar : STELA
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Whetstone : HONE
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Knob : NODE
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The Pentateuch : TORAH
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Fat: Comb. form : ADIP
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Investor who sold at the high? : SEER
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Poems like the "Iliad" : EPICS
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Glimpse of the N.Y.S.E.? : WALLSTREETPEEK
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Essential amino acid : LYSINE
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Northern diving bird : AUK
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Result of 100 point D.J.I.A. drop? : CAPITALPAINS
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Juniper : CEDAR
35
Ida. neighbor : NEV
36
Aberdeen negative : NAE
37
Degrade : ABASE
38
Aero org. : FAA
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Chile con ___ : CARNE
41
Bespangled uncle : SAM
42
Snaky turn : ESS
43
Open spaces : AREAS
44
Management's yearly rebuttal to stockholders? : ANNUALRETORT
49
Blue Eagle org. : NRA
50
Revile : RAILAT
54
Congressional romps? : GOVERNMENTFUNS
59
Ethan or Ira : ALLEN
60
___-de-camp : AIDE
61
Skater's spinning leap : AXEL
62
TV, radio, etc. : MEDIA
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Slammer : STIR
64
N.M. neighbor : COLO
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Pares : PEELS
66
LL.B. holder : ATTY
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Waste allowance : TRET
Down
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Shoulder cover : SHAWL
2
Morning program on TV : TODAY
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Shrubs yielding indigo : ANILS
4
Reproductions : REPLICAS
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Foot arch : INSTEP
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A Pretorian : BOER
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___ fixe : IDEE
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Withered : SERE
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Advance : STEPUP
10
Kan. city : TOPEKA
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Barge canal in N.Y. : ERIE
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Deficiency : LACK
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Expressions of pleasure : AHS
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Small drum : SNARE
22
Former chess champ : TAL
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Derive by reasoning : INFER
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Provoke : TEASE
28
Nautical command : AVAST
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Concerning : INRE
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Sten role : NANA
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Discerns : SEES
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Mexican's home : CASA
33
Abba of Israel : EBAN
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Execrate : DAMN
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Unit equaling 200 milligrams : CARAT
40
Object made by man : ARTIFACT
45
Reveal : UNVEIL
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Fields of conflict : ARENAS
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Roman household god : LAR
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Like mean critters : ORNERY
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City on the Nile : LUXOR
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Anoint, old style : ANELE
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Type of milling cutter : TSLOT
54
Hilarity : GLEE
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Ye ___ curiosity shoppe : OLDE
56
Space org. : NASA
57
Catcher's glove : MITT
58
Polish puzzles : EDIT
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Current unit, for short : AMP

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