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Jim Modney
Jim Modney

New York Times, Friday, May 1, 1981

32-Down : Great Lakes city

Author:
Jim Modney
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jim Modney has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,497
Across
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Jolt : SHOCK
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Harsh speech : TIRADE
12
Sweet yeast bread : STOLLEN
14
Fools : DONKEYS
15
Loot : PILLAGE
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Trees, to a botanist : ARBORES
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New York island : ELLIS
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Ford, Adams or Grant : ACTOR
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Chalcopyrite, ___ of copper : ORE
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Most devious : SLYEST
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Arrested : RANIN
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Davenport's location : IOWA
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Cut ivories : TEETHE
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Word with white or head : EGG
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Loud noise on the Day of Judgment : CRACKOFDOOM
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Movie plantation : TARA
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Ukulele ___ (Cliff Edwards) : IKE
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Emulated Tracy Caulkins : SWAM
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Daybreak : CRACKOFDAWN
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Org. supported by many hunters : NRA
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Cross : HYBRID
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Greek peak : OSSA
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Provide income : ENDOW
50
Like Nike : WINGED
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Aircraft housing : POD
58
Topi's relative : ELAND
60
Singer Liza's half-sister : LORNA
61
Howard Hughes was one : AVIATOR
63
Apocope : ELISION
65
Licenses : PERMITS
66
Roman legion subdivision : MANIPLE
67
Capers : ANTICS
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Fairy-tale heavies : OGRES
Down
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Kind of photo : STILL
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American ___, state tree of Del. : HOLLY
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Stan's partner : OLLIE
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Treasured work : CLASSIC
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Powder holder : KEG
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Where to see a Blue Jay : TORONTO
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Succinctly : INBRIEF
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Famous movie studio initials : RKO
9
Beginning for sphere or space : AERO
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He wrote "Your Erroneous Zones" : DYER
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To be, to Caesar : ESSE
12
Goddess of hope : SPES
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Govt. aid to opera, drama, etc. : NEA
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Computer fodder : DATA
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Newly appointed disciplinarian's measure : CRACKDOWN
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Craggy hill : TOR
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Buntline and Calmer : NEDS
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Abandoned tot : WAIF
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Lewis's Gopher Prairie : TOWN
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Frost : HOAR
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Madame Bovary : EMMA
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Impress clearly in the mind : ETCH
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Great Lakes city : GARY
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Seize : GRAB
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New Zealand parrots : KEAS
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Land unit : ACRE
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Pertaining to motion : KINETIC
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Small blocks of stock : ODDLOTS
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Dir. from Albany to Binghamton : WSW
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Carpenter's activity : NAILING
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Sculls : OARS
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Private's reply : NOSIR
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Beef : GRIPE
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Organic compounds : ENOLS
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Sometimes it's Great : DANE
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The O.M. : PAPA
56
Hot spot : OVEN
57
Scandal-sheet contents : DIRT
59
Rep.'s opponent : DEM
62
Buddy in Boulogne : AMI
64
Southeast Asian : LAO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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