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Will Weng
Will Weng

A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING

New York Times, Sunday, April 4, 1965

1-Down : Crony of boo.

Author:
Will C. Weng
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.47, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 657 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 143, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 24
Will Weng has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Will C. Weng is an alias for Will Weng.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,726
Across
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Evening star. : HESPER
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Alp. : PEAK
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Romanov. : CZAR
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Vital fluid. : PLASM
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Like a certain stitch. : INTIME
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Puzzle. : REBUS
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Small quantity. : OUNCE
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Noisy dances. : STOMPS
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Bright light. : NEON
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Blot out. : ERASE
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Isle of ___. : PINES
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An impossibility, in physics or life. : SOMETHINGFORNOTHING
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Kind of policy: Abbr. : INS
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They are "called." : MANY
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___ now. : DOIT
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Harness piece. : HAME
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Word for a warrior. : DOUGHTY
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Gift. : TALENT
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Fruit in Tennyson title. : LOTOS
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Tedium. : ENNUI
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Trailers. : ALSORANS
46
Does a chair job. : CANES
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Diminutive suffix. : CLE
48
Schiaparelli. : ELSA
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___ Cottage, in N. Y. : POE
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Denver's zone: Abbr. : MST
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English poet. : ROWE
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Bridge support. : TRUSS
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Month: Abbr. : AUG
57
Brushman. : ARTIST
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Fribourg's neighbor. : BERN
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Dickens character. : HEEP
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"Hit Parade" list. : TOPTEN
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Sailboats. : CATS
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Stay put, as a ship. : LIETO
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Indic language. : PALI
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___ la Cité. : ILEDE
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A form of ethyl. : ENOL
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Wholly. : ALLINALL
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Meat-soaking brines. : MARINADES
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Confluence of 8 states. : TENNESSEE
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Bereft of spirit. : UNSOULED
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Uses a shuttle. : TATS
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Get around. : EVADE
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Fargo's state: Abbr. : NDAK
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Plainness. : PROSE
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Prepare copy. : EDIT
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Rumble. : TOUSLE
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Good hole cards. : ACES
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Aerial upright. : MAST
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Boatel. : MARINA
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Not spec. : REG
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Old instrument. : REBEC
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Hard ___. : CORE
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Man from Munich: Abbr. : BAV
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Poetic contraction. : OER
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Pale. : ASHY
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Entity: Suffix. : OME
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Words of frustration. : ICANT
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Places of penance. : CANOSSAS
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Shinto gateway. : TORII
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Wheat variety. : SPELT
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Outlaw. : BANDIT
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Divide, à la Gaul. : TRISECT
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Honor: Ger. : EHRE
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Foray. : RAID
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Probes. : DIGS
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Title for a judge: Abbr. : HON
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Axiom in physics or politics. : NATUREABHORSAVACUUM
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i.e., spelled out. : IDEST
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Wield. : EXERT
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Warp yarns. : ABBS
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Turkish city. : ANKARA
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Exploit. : GESTE
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Recipient. : DONEE
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Famous siren. : CLEO
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Point maker. : SCORER
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Watered. : HOSED
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Colors. : REDS
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Man of many melodies. : KERN
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Affectionate, in Paris. : TENDRE
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Crony of boo. : HISS
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Study of insects: Abbr. : ENTOM
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Mouthlike opening: Zool. : STOMA
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Allspice. : PIMENTO
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Companion of "full moon," musically speaking. : EMPTYARMS
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Hebrew letter. : RESH
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Long flags. : PENNONS
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Writ against a debtor. : ELEGIT
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Up. : ALOFT
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Gambling game. : KENO
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Scalloped, as a leaf. : CRENATE
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Broadway star. : ZEROMOSTEL
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Subsides. : ABATES
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Carry the ball. : RUSH
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Juvenile weapon. : POPGUN
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Chez ___. : LUI
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Destroyed. : ANNIHILATED
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Get an inkling of. : SCENT
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Disordered. : MESSY
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Heidelberg glasses. : SEIDELS
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Show sameness, for short. : IDENT
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French river. : RHONE
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It is not: Lat. : NONEST
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Old viol. : GUE
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Parts of races. : LASTLAPS
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Fine fabric. : LAWN
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Fast. : APACE
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Pilot's aid. : LORAN
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Begin earnestly. : SETTO
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Monk's tonsure. : CORONA
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Trophy. : CUP
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Shoe material. : SUEDE
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Saint of Jan. 21. : AGNES
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Reserve. : RETICENCE
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Settle a debt. : REIMBURSE
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Friendly or Spice. : ISLANDS
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Misrepresent. : BELIE
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Arcs of light. : HALOS
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Sty sound. : OINK
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Do a wall. : PLASTER
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Woes. : ILLS
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Shoot idly at targets. : PLINK
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Samoan spirits. : ATUAS
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Assign. : ALLOT
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Names akin to Rachel. : RAES
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Popular. : INDEMAND
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Marmalade ingredient. : PEEL
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Want ___ of (shun). : NOPART
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Prefix for gon or hedron. : TETRA
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Carousers' cries, old style. : EVOES
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Misbehavior. : NAUGHTINESS
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Farewell. : ADIOS
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Moth: Lat. : TINEA
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Excels. : STARS
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Made out. : DECIPHERED
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Famous symphony. : EROICA
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Log cabin name. : ABE
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South of Sask. : MONT
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Abstention. : AVOIDANCE
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Threw off. : EMITTED
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Emissary of Moses. : CALEB
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Sea of the East Indies. : BANDA
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Sailors' cries. : YOS
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Wax salves. : CERATES
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Cofferdam's cousin. : CAISSON
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Hold fast. : STICKON
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Let. : RENTED
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Part of a prince's title. : SERENE
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Seville resident. : BARBER
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Drumstick's partner. : THIGH
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Laramie event. : RODEO
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White oak. : ROBLE
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Lineman. : GUARD
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More confident. : SURER
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Wife: Lat. : UXOR
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Drudge. : HACK
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Prodigious. : VAST
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Equine. : MARE
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___ Jeanne. : STE

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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