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Ralph G. Beaman
Ralph G. Beaman

DITTO

New York Times, Sunday, May 19, 1991

58-Down : Wood for railroad ties

Author:
Ralph G. Beaman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { Q X }
Open Squares: 108, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 28
Ralph G. Beaman has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,167
Across
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Type of beer : BOCK
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Vainglory : POMP
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At the stern : AFT
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Rival of U.S.C. : UCLA
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Isle of Hawaii : LANAI
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Long narrative : ILIAD
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Deadness symbol : DOORNAIL
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Robards and Bateman : JASONS
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Part of a markka : PENNI
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Diarist's activity : ENTERING
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Patriotic song words : AMERICA\"GODSHED
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___ shrike of Madagascar : VANGA
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Monogram of T. Wolfe's eminent editor : MEP
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Trifle : SOU
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Kind of panel or year : SOLAR
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Where Warden Lawes worked : SING\"
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Pipe elbow : ELL
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Zero : NIL
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One of Carmen's people : ROM
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Was left on base : DIED
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Vilipend : SLUR
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Multi-star 1963 movie : ITSAMADMAD\"WORLD
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Spotted cat : JAGUAR
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River in N Chile : LOA
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Mazuma : GELT
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Use finger paints : SMEAR
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Dowitcher : SNIPE
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Sacred: Comb. form : HIERO
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Welkin : SKY
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Tenon's mate : MORTISE
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Tucker's partner : BIB
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Strauss's "___ Italien" : AUS
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Black tea : BOHEA
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Phrase from a W.W. I song : OVERTHERE\"SENDTHEWORD
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Zoological suffix : OIDEA
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Equality : PAR
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Intention : END
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Like certain seals : EARLESS
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Side of a triangle : LEG
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Actor Bruce et al. : DERNS
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Hampshire or Yorkshire : SWINE
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Curved inward : ADUNC
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Medium is one : SIZE
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Broad sash : OBI
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Varsity member's prize : LETTER
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"When ... marching ___!" : HOMEAGAINHURRAH\"
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Retail sign : SALE
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Formal order : WRIT
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Type of jet engine : ION
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Alphonse, to Gaston : AMI
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___ up (riled) : HET
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Composer of "The Seasons" : HAYDN
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Scandinavian goddess of the future : SKULD
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An Afg. neighbor : PAK
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One of the Hoggs of Tex. : IMA
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An Asian capital : HANOI
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Doubled phrase in a novel ending : ITISAFAR\"BETTER
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Fit for use : OPERABLE
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Fanfare : ECLAT
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Lagging : BEHIND
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Visit by a medic or clergyman : SICKCALL
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"The Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
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___ a time (singly) : ONEAT
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For shame! : TSK\"
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Swedish rug : RYA
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Fr. holy women : STES
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Preadult person : TEEN
Down
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Electric wall receptacle : BASEPLUG
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___ about (date-setting phrase) : ONOR
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Contemptible one, to Cato : CANIS
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Mount ___, N.Y.C. exurb : KISCO
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Ta-ta : PIP\"
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Designer Cassini : OLEG
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Labyrinth king : MINOS
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She wasn't hopeless : PANDORA
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"Doe, ___ ... " : ADEER
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Loving : FOND
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Add up : TOT
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Biased in choice : UNRANDOM
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Summoning, as sheep, in Ayr : CAING
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D.C. panda : LING\"
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Water plant : ALGA
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Thin layer or plate : LAMELLA
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Force out of place : DISLODGE
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Critiques : REVIEWS
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Corbett, Jeffries or Braddock : JAMESJ
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Unpaid sitter : AUNT
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Words before tongs : HAMMERAND
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"In Spain they say '___'" : SI\"
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Wight is one, Wong isn't : ISLE
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Thai language : LAO
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Banned pesticide : DDT
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Boor, in Brest : RUSTRE
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G. M. Cohan's ancestors : IRISH
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Hawaiian fish : MAHI\"
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Vocally : ALOUD
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Do a farrier's job : RESHOE
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Magic Johnson's team : LAKERS
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Sylvan nymphs : DRYADS
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Baker or Bryant : ANITA
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Chick's sound : PEEP
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"Rosmersholm" playwright : IBSEN
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Do-re-mi : MOOLAH
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Province or city in NW Spain : OVIEDO
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Wood for railroad ties : REDGUM
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City in Perm Oblast, U.S.S.R. : BEREZNIKI
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Goulash : STEW
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A European capital : BERNE
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Small hooters : OWLETS
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Neighbors of ulnae : RADII
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Belgian painter: 1860-1949 : ENSOR
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"___, the gang's ... " : HAIL\"
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Given new quarters : REHOUSED
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Domain of Anna's boss : SIAM
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Sinatra-Minnelli show-stopper : NEWYORK\"
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Of the heart : CARDIAC
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Gained a lap : SAT
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Car's front shield : BRA
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Papeete native : TAHITIAN
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Neon is one : ELEMENT
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Impede progress : RETARD
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Schnapps : GIN
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Opens hightops : UNLACES
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"___, hooray!" : HIP\"
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Bull and Nile, as gods : HAPIS
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Win by ___ (narrowly outrace) : ANECK
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Gravestone, perhaps : STELA
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Certain keynote : DFLAT
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Monastery head : ABBOT
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Sharp N.H. city? : KEENE
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Boniface : HOST
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In a bad way : ILLY
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Interlaken's river : AARE
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Lines on an A.A.A. map : RTES
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" ... I ___ wed" : THEE
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Mandrel, e.g. : BAR

Answer summary:
26 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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