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Margaret Kingman
Margaret Kingman

New York Times, Thursday, May 10, 1984

10-Down : Pluck

Author:
Margaret Kingman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Margaret Kingman has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,602
Across
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Sagaman : BARD
5
Young herring : SPRAT
10
Turk's-cap, e.g. : MOSS
14
Mélange : OLIO
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Use artgum : ERASE
16
Issue : EMIT
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Director Fritz : LANG
18
Presuppose : POSIT
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South Seas staple : TARO
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Weighing very little : LIGHTASAFEATHER
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Sole : ONLY
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Harmless cartridge : BLANK
25
Concerning : ABOUT
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In unison : ASONE
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Totes : LUGS
32
Outwit; cheat : EUCHRE
34
Pizazz : PEP
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Unencumbered : FREEASTHEBREEZE
40
Stout : ALE
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Barbary coursers : STEEDS
42
Filly's future status : MARE
43
The mating game : CHESS
44
"A man, ___, a canal, Panama!" : APLAN
45
Sarasota's ___ Theater : ASOLO
48
Soil: Comb. form : AGRO
50
Oscar winner: 1939 : GONEWITHTHEWIND
57
Porch part : ANTA
58
Shoring plank : SHOLE
59
Anon's companion : EVER
60
He wrote "A Bridge Too Far" : RYAN
61
Philip or Lloyd : NOLAN
62
Choice for steak : RARE
63
Fishes with finesse : DAPS
64
Rendezvous : TRYST
65
Soft-soap successfully : SNOW
Down
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Pod of flax : BOLL
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Gang : RING
4
Place for one in disgrace : DOGHOUSE
5
Calyx component : SEPAL
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Jejune : PROSY
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Tabula ___ : RASA
8
Quasi : ASIF
9
Spot for a casquette : TETE
10
Pluck : METTLE
11
D-day beach : OMAHA
12
Vamp : SIREN
13
Jabiru : STORK
21
Blaster's material : TNT
22
Lum's chum : ABNER
25
Grass used for cordage : ALFA
26
Veneer source : BURL
27
S-shaped molding : OGEE
28
Sufferer's symptoms : ACHES
29
Slough : SHED
30
Moons or eyes : ORBS
32
Ferrara patron : ESTE
33
Pueblos' foes : UTES
34
Sunday morning sound : PEAL
35
Pound, the poet : EZRA
36
End of a hammerhead : PEEN
38
"Make ___ of love ... ": Shak. : ASHOW
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Authorizes : EMPOWERS
43
Does the dishes : CLEANS
44
100 square meters : ARE
45
Henry ___ Wallace : AGARD
46
Name meaning "wisdom" : SONYA
47
Ready for use : ONTAP
48
Mercator's collection : ATLAS
49
Belgian treaty city : GHENT
51
"If This ___ Love" : ISNT
52
Mjollnir's master : THOR
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Sacrosanct : HOLY
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"Terrible" czar : IVAN
55
Seneca was his tutor : NERO
56
Attracted : DREW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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