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June A. Boggs
June A. Boggs

New York Times, Saturday, April 29, 1989

50-Down : City in Ethiopia

Author:
June A. Boggs
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
June A. Boggs has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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S
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E
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A
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L
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A
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F
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A
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R
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F
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I
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S
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H
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A
X
L
E
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S
A
W
E
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D
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A
S
I
A
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B
H
I
V
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E
S
T
A
T
E
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C
H
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R
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R
U
B
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V
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E
R
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N
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O
T
A
S
A
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A
M
A
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E
N
D
E
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M
I
C
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D
T
S
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E
B
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E
R
T
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A
Z
A
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L
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A
S
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D
A
R
T
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P
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I
N
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O
S
S
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O
S
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A
Y
C
A
N
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U
C
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L
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T
D
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B
R
U
T
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N
A
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P
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A
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D
E
F
E
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N
S
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O
G
L
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D
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E
G
O
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H
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S
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H
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A
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L
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R
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D
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T
A
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T
A
N
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A
N
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T
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C
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A
R
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B
B
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E
A
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C
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C
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R
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T
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T
R
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Y
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A
N
D
Y
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,417
Across
1
Make hermetic : SEAL
5
Muslim nomad in Eritrea : AFAR
9
Type of story : FISH
13
Wheel part : AXLE
14
Made cords : SAWED
16
Largest of seven : ASIA
17
Utah? : BHIVESTATE
19
"Moonstruck" star : CHER
20
Do a masseuse's job : RUB
21
Swerve : VEER
22
"___ Stranger," 1955 movie : NOTASA
24
Japanese pearl diver : AMA
25
Native : ENDEMIC
27
Disorder caused by alc. : DTS
28
Noted film reviewer : EBERT
30
Garden shrubs : AZALEAS
32
Tapered seam : DART
33
Tar source : PINE
35
W.W. II agcy. : OSS
36
Key words? : OSAYCANUC
39
Incorporated, in Brit. : LTD
41
Very dry, to an oenophile : BRUT
42
Calif. city : NAPA
45
Cry at a basketball game : DEFENSE
47
Gave one the eye : OGLED
48
Inflated item, sometimes : EGO
49
" ... ___ deliver thee ... ": Psalm 91:3 : HESHALL
52
Poet McKuen : ROD
54
Plaid : TARTAN
56
"The King ___" : ANDI
57
Quattro preceder : TRE
58
Cigar ending : ETTE
59
Jamaica site? : CARIBBEANC
62
Bullies : COWS
63
Her symbol was a lyre : ERATO
64
Stratum : TIER
65
Pony : TROT
66
Salver : TRAY
67
Actor Griffith : ANDY
Down
1
Israeli native : SABRA
2
Dug up : EXHUMED
3
Fabled door opener : ALIBABA
4
Bulgarian coin : LEV
5
Acquiescence : ASSENT
6
Ill follower : FATED
7
Mindful : AWARE
8
Saturate flax : RET
9
Actuality : FACT
10
Visors? : ISHADES
11
Naps, in Navarra : SIESTAS
12
Badger : HARASS
15
Habitué : DENIZEN
18
Turns inside out : EVERTS
23
Wood sorrel : OCA
26
___-arms (soldier) : MANAT
29
Molder : ERODE
31
A close call : LOCAL
33
Piles of combustibles : PYRES
34
"Not if ___ first"? : ICU
37
Lack : ABSENCE
38
Far from fluent : UNGLIB
39
Bequeather : LEGATOR
40
"No, No, Nanette" number? : TFORTWO
43
Relate : PERTAIN
44
Like a Christmas tree : ADORNED
45
Spot : DETECT
46
___ Trang, Vietnamese port : NHA
47
Type of network : OLDBOY
50
City in Ethiopia : HARAR
51
Actress Gillette : ANITA
53
Belittle : DECRY
55
Proof : TEST
60
Jazz pianist Tatum : ART
61
H in the Greek alphabet : ETA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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