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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Tuesday, April 6, 1976

31-Down : Fleur-de-___

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { C J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,733
Across
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Get ___ out of (needle) : ARISE
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Failure : FLOP
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Trust : HOPE
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Colony or code : PENAL
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Unfeigned : REAL
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Toward the mouth : ORAD
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Lodge member : EAGLE
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Casual : EASYGOING
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More impractical : DREAMIER
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Berlin's "All ___" : ALONE
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Florida city : DELAND
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Languished : PINED
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Buttons or Grange : RED
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___ obstante : NON
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Cassini : OLEG
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On all sides : ABOUT
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Attractive : DESIRABLE
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Reach : GAIN
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Turkish rug : MELAS
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Trim : NEAT
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Chiefly : INTHEMAIN
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John Jacob : ASTOR
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Plies : USES
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Wilmington, ___ : DEL
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Compass point : SSE
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Bandies words : SPARS
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Alpine sounds : YODELS
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Earth: Fr. : TERRE
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Serves a sentence : DOESTIME
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Acknowledgment : ADMISSION
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Fortune-telling card : TAROT
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Cleaving tool : FROE
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"This ___ my day" : ISNT
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Lithe : AGILE
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Gerald or Henry : FORD
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Moppets : TOTS
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Rhythmic pauses : RESTS
Down
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Copied : APED
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"___ Window" : REAR
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U. S. playwright : INGE
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Youthful days : SALAD
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Substance : ELEMENT
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Informal : FREEANDEASY
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Find out : LEARN
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Western alliance : OAS
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Layer : PLY
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Ruffians : HOOLIGANS
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Sky Hunter : ORION
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Soft velvet : PANNE
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Bordered : EDGED
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One who stares : GAPER
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Org. for workers : ILO
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Informal guidelines : DOSANDDONTS
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Cereal grass : RAGI
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Abba of Israel : EBAN
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___ up brown : DOIT
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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Leisurely : UNHURRIED
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Wallach : ELI
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Stakes : BETS
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Asian country : LAOS
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To be, in France : ETRE
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Defarge or Tussaud : MME
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Curves : ESSES
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July baseball game : ALLSTAR
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Shoe width : EEE
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Crew : STAFF
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Trump in a card game : PEDRO
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Wear for Longfellow's skeleton : ARMOR
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Tooth: Prefix : ODONT
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Phase : STAGE
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Flower : IRIS
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Shed : MOLT
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Summers, in France : ETES
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Perch : SIT
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Equal: Prefix : ISO

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2 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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