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Tom Underhill
Tom Underhill

A SPECIAL KIND OF EFFORT

New York Times, Sunday, May 21, 1989

42-Down : "___ Over"

Author:
Thomas W. Underhill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J K Z }, Scrabble score: 526 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 117, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 20, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Tom Underhill has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
Thomas W. Underhill is an alias for Tom Underhill.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,439
Across
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Stag or buck : MALE
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Bracelet add-on : CHARM
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Trite : STALE
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Lighter or tender : BOAT
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Prolific auth. : ANON
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Bast fiber : RAMIE
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Alleviates : EASES
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Approximately : ORSO
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Jack London classic, with "The" : COFTHEWILD
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"___ Western Front" : QUIETONTHE
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Squeeze the tube : EXTRUDE
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Like Times Square : LITUP
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Medicinal seeds : ANISES
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Wear away : ERODE
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Encouraged, as a team : CHEEREDON
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Mubarak's predecessor : SADAT
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Mar : SPOIL
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Lengthen : ELONGATE
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Scottish magpies : PIETS
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Facing a glacier : STOSS
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Wood sorrels : OCAS
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Brother : FRA
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Killer whales : ORCS
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Author ___ Congwen : SHEN
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Kennel adjunct : RUN
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R.b.i., for one : STAT
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Electrical unit : REL
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Author of the European Recovery Plan : GEORGECMARSH
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Grant : CEDE
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Divides into three parts : TRISECTS
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Carols : NOELS
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One madly in love : ADORER
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Approaches : NEARS
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He was Beatrice's 63 Across : DANTE
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In wild confusion : ARIOT
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Designer Cardin : PIERRE
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Eton boy's mother : MATER
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" ... closer than ___": Proverb 18:24 : ABROTHER
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Berlin's "He's ___ Picker" : ARAG
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A. Conan Doyle work : THEVEYOFFEAR
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Epoch : ERA
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Autry or Kelly : GENE
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The Greatest, once : ALI
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Tax shelters, for short : IRAS
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Ski lift : TBAR
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Aim : END
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Allen or MacMurray : FRED
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Seraglio : HAREM
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Kissed by Henri : BAISE
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Certain : DEFINITE
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___ chance! (good luck!) : BONNE
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Stair part : RISER
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Records : NOTESDOWN
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Lonesome Pine, for one : TRAIL
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Dethroned Titan : CRONUS
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Parts : ROLES
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Process of bone formation : OSTOSIS
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Drug effect, sometimes : HUCINATION
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___ Journal (financial daily) : THEWSTREET
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Envelope wd. : ATTN
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___ prosequi (court entry) : NOLLE
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Hogan's cousin : TEPEE
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Catch flies : SHAG
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Hydroxyl compounds : DIOLS
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Jannings and Ludwig : EMILS
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Hammett's "The ___ Curse" : DAIN
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Herb or weapon : MACE
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Strong as ___ : ANOX
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Attic : LOFT
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Pleads with : ENTREATS
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Set of beliefs : CREDO
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Hemmed and ___ : HAWED
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"___ Blue?" : AMI
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Brooklet : RILL
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Docs : MEDICOS
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"Son of Lassie," e.g. : SEQUEL
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Stocking color : TAUPE
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"___ was saying ... " : ASI
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Mr. Iacocca : LEE
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Los ___ Unidos : ESTADOS
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Cramming, with "up" : BONING
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Scraps : ORTS
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"Norma ___," Glaspell novel : ASHE
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Low digits : TOES
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Harms : HURTS
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"___, you noblest English!": Shak. : ONON
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Wilbur's "Things of ___ World" : THIS
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Fragrant compounds : ESTERS
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Happens again : RECURS
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Zesty feelings : ELANS
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Variant : SPORT
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Drying structure : AIRER
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Evelyn Waugh novel: 1928 : DECLINEANDF
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Ping follower : PONG
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"___ Over" : AFTERTHEBIS
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Kind of union : TRADE
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Peter, as to pumpkins : EATER
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Movie takes : SHOTS
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Fanon : ORALE
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Arcane : SECRET
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Dart : SCOOT
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Equipment : GEAR
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Growing out : ENATE
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Island or rabbit : CONEY
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Paris subway : METRO
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Herd of stud horses : HARRAS
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Suit fabric : SERGE
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He created "the sack" : DIOR
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Biblical king : DAVID
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Abreast the middle of a ship's side : ABEAM
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Called, in a way : PAGED
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One of the Forsytes : IRENE
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Frays : MELEES
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Arabic demon : AFREET
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Delete : ERASE
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Scarcer : RARER
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Poker Flat creator : HARTE
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Field of granular snow : FIRN
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Like some suits : TAILORED
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By ___ starts (intermittently) : FITSAND
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Ululate : HOWL
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Alaskan island : ANNETTE
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Actress Ekland : BRITT
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Seventh-___ stretch : INNING
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Substantive : NOUN
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Daniel and Pat : BOONES
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Amusing : DROLL
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Spur wheel : ROWEL
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Burros : ASSES
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First son of Eliz. : CHAS
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Naomi's daughter-in-law : RUTH
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Prefix with chord or meter : OCTA
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Noah's eldest : SHEM
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Antitoxins : SERA
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Birthplace of Frederick II : IESI
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"Nana" star: 1934 : STEN
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A ___ (yours, in Toulon) : TOI
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U.N. arm : ILO
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Spire ornament : EPI

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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