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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Monday, April 27, 1987

42-Down : Cold

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { B J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,684
Across
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Auricular : OTIC
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Take away : STRIP
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Réunion et al. : ILES
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"Abide ___ Me," noted hymn : WITH
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Vex : TEASE
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Get stuck, in a way : MIRE
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Suffix with depend : ENCE
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Made of a cereal : OATEN
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Nuisance : PEST
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Symbol of high authority : THEHORSESMOUTH
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But, to Virgil : SED
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Suffix with musket : EER
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Measures of length : PACES
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Eleventh-century date : MLI
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"Watch your ___!" : STEP
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Timetable abbr. : ARR
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Dyes : STAINS
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Cupid, to Athena : EROS
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Symbol of treachery : SNAKEINTHEGRASS
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South American monkey : TITI
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Calm : SERENE
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Stage scene : SET
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Times after sunsets, to poets : EENS
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Haw.'s former status : TER
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Lascivious looks : LEERS
51
Pol. epithet since 1880 : GOP
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Balsam, e.g. : FIR
54
"The ___!" (Depression cry) : WOLFSATTHEDOOR
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Half a game's name : ALAI
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Danger : PERIL
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Head table's locale : DAIS
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Tears : RIPS
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Opt : ELECT
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To be, to Cato : ESSE
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Elegant : POSH
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Gives off fumes : REEKS
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Boil slowly : STEW
Down
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Be under obligation : OWE
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Light coloring : TINT
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Yearn : ITCH
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Partner of crackers : CHEESE
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Tolerated : STOOD
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Race : TEAR
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Words of disgust : RATS
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Expression of understanding : ISEE
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"Honi soit qui mal y ___" : PENSE
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International dealer : IMPORTER
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Stead : LIEU
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Formerly, formerly : ERST
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One of Cain's brothers : SETH
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W. German state : HESSE
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Engr. degrees : MES
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Gone by : PAST
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Golfer Palmer : ARNIE
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Container for eggs : CRATE
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He painted Morisot : MANET
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British quart : LITRE
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"A nest of robins ___ hair" : INHER
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Wipe out : ERASE
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Tough question : POSER
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Scale notes : TIS
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Rep.'s counterpart : SEN
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Fast planes : SSTS
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Cero or croaker : KINGFISH
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Cold : GELID
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Call for help : SOS
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Decays gradually : ERODES
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Kind of tiger : PAPER
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Materials for fedoras : FELTS
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Loom threads : WARP
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Hodgepodge : OLIO
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Track measures : LAPS
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TV part : TELE
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Pear or apple : TREE
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Rube : HICK
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Kiln : OAST
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Go skyward : RISE
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"And ___ a fine seam" : SEW

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

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