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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, April 9, 1992

1-Down : Beloved of Aphrodite

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,493
Across
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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"___ she blows!" : THAR
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Kind of sch. : ELEM
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Wet blanket : DRAG
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Moniker : NAME
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Do-fa connection : REMI
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Without a chance to win : OUTOFTHERUNNING
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Saltpeter, in Britain : NITRE
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Cottonmouth, e.g. : SNAKE
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The ark's skipper, in Avignon : NOE
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Long or Staten : ISLAND
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Proving-grounds personnel : TESTERS
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Haggard title : SHE
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Errs : MISSES
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Step ___ (accelerate) : ONIT
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Peace Prize co-winner: 1978 : SADAT
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Kin of L.S.T.'s : LCTS
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Suited to a person's taste : DOWNONESALLEY
39
Red Sox catcher : PENA
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Famous 97-lb. weakling : ATLAS
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Chariot's road : ITER
42
Helen, in Kilkenny : AILEEN
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Palindromic name : ADA
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Garment for Baryshnikov : LEOTARD
49
Drew forth : EDUCED
51
Bark of renown : ARF
52
Currency of a sort : SCRIP
55
Middle East people: Comb. form : ARABO
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Thoroughly : FROMTHEGROUNDUP
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Department in NW France : EURE
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Came down : ALIT
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"You ___ heard nothin' ... " : AINT
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Sketched : DREW
63
Tobies and such : MUGS
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Great Bear or Great Slave : LAKE
Down
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Beloved of Aphrodite : ADONIS
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Resembling a verity : TRUISH
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Tell tales : TATTLE
4
Greek mall : AGORA
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Blasting material : TNT
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Sounds of surprise : HAHS
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___ corner : AMEN
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Change an appraisal : RERATE
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Sea eagles : ERNES
10
Actor Cariou : LEN
11
High station : EMINENCE
12
They're outnumbered : MINORITY
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Marshland dweller in E England : FENMAN
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Luau instrs. : UKES
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Exploits : GESTS
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Trinket or trick : DIDO
26
Bridge charges : TOLLS
29
___ Juan Hill : SAN
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Great bargain : STEAL
32
Dark, in poesy : SWART
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Discouraged : DETERRED
35
"___ Aircraft Is Missing," 1942 movie : ONEOFOUR
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___ Anne de Beaupré : STE
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Away from the wind : ALEE
38
Four-wheeler : LANDAU
39
Rice dish : PILAF
42
Way lead-in : ARCH
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"___ of Jeanie ... " : IDREAM
44
National park in Me. : ACADIA
45
Act the iconoclast : DEBUNK
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Legalized addition to Pierre's family : ADOPTE
48
"I'll convert you!/Into ___": T. S. Eliot : ASTEW
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Of a vessel for ashes : URNAL
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Ice dwelling : IGLU
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Nice Nellie : PRIG
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Seminary deg. : MRE
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Mil. school : OTS

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

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