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Michael A. Rampino
Michael A. Rampino

New York Times, Wednesday, April 19, 1989

4-Down : Conduits

Author:
Michael A. Rampino
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Michael A. Rampino has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,407
Across
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___ eagle : BALD
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Group of bees : SWARM
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Pheasant brood : NIDE
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Birthright seller : ESAU
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Conical shelter : TEPEE
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Notion : IDEA
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Black-capped birds : CHICKADEES
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Surfeit : GLUT
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Bird dogs : SETTERS
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Indian chiefs : SACHEMS
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Maglie or Mineo : SAL
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Switch button : RESET
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Fairy queen : MAB
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Flank : SIDE
30
Rude push : SHOVE
34
Discord goddess : ERIS
36
Knot : NODE
38
Gobelin product : TAPIS
39
Ancestry : LINEAGE
41
Beavers, e.g. : GNAWERS
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Painter of "L'Absinthe" : DEGAS
44
Fury : RAGE
46
Genu : KNEE
47
Slumbered : SLEPT
48
Elbe tributary : ISER
50
Boston's are Red : SOX
51
Was distressed : AILED
54
Female hare : DOE
56
Prodder : SPURRER
59
Passes : ELAPSES
63
Sixth wife of Henry VIII : PARR
64
Corniculate nocturnal hooters : HORNEDOWLS
66
Currency premium : AGIO
67
N.Y. Public Library benefactor : ASTOR
68
Throw dice : CAST
69
Raven's haven : NEST
70
Spools : REELS
71
Anecdote collections : ANAS
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Beaks: Fr. : BECS
2
Tennis great : ASHE
3
Café au ___ : LAIT
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Conduits : DUCTS
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Bird that is often a pest : STARLING
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Unites : WEDS
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Primate : APE
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Dodger of yore : REESE
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Buttes' kin : MESAS
10
Goatsucker : NIGHTHAWK
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Unoccupied : IDLE
12
"Te ___," ancient hymn : DEUM
13
Dines : EATS
18
New Zealand predators of sheep : KEAS
22
Jai-alai racquet : CESTA
24
Cardinal's color : RED
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Blends : MELDS
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Prospero's prankster : ARIEL
27
Spree : BINGE
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Performer : DOER
31
Begins : OPENS
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Insectivorous bird : VIREO
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A favorite of Queen Elizabeth I : ESSEX
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Puffin : SEAPARROT
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Squirrels steal these : EGGS
40
Out of bed : ASTIR
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Teasers : NEEDLERS
45
Assist : AID
49
What a hobo hits : ROAD
52
"Merry Widow" composer : LEHAR
53
Worn away : EROSE
55
Notable age, to Antonio : EPOCA
56
Bridge : SPAN
57
Summon, as at a hotel : PAGE
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"The Haj" author : URIS
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Chemical compound : ENOL
60
Tchaikovsky's "___ Lake" : SWAN
61
Cinema's Lanchester : ELSA
62
Concordes : SSTS
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Hwy. : RTE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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