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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Friday, May 22, 1981

9-Down : Yeats book: 1973

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,518
Across
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Philosopher : SAGE
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Shiite's religion : ISLAM
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Social bore : DRIP
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Cupid : EROS
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Genetic replica : CLONE
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Verdi masterpiece : AIDA
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Sleep like ___ : ATOP
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What law is to justice : HANDMAIDEN
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Guru's advice : MEDITATE
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Epitomes of hideosity : OGRES
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Thyme, for one : HERB
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Wet : RAINY
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"Open ___, Richard," 1947 song : THEDOOR
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Like a certain Tide in Alabama : CRIMSON
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"For ___ rope of sand could twist": S. Butler : HEA
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Sherwood's "___ Delight" : IDIOTS
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Cock-a-hoop : AWRY
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Havelock or Dock : ELLIS
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___ bono? : CUI
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Ryan or Tatum : ONEAL
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They grow as they go : TOTS
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Brouhaha token : SHINER
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Type of trip : EGO
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Jim Thorpe was one : ATHLETE
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Sparkle : GLISTEN
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Win by ___ : ANOSE
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"Ant for ant ___ long": Theocritus : DOTH
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The height of spite : VENOM
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___ the Americas, in N.Y.C. : AVENUEOF
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He orders those who take orders : HEADWAITER
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Shopping complex : MALL
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Monsarrat's "The ___ Sea" : CRUEL
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Mouse, to a skunk : PREY
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Spectator : EYER
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Adjective for a medium : HAPPY
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Portico for Plato : STOA
Down
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Wrinkle : SEAM
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One of the Johnsons : ARTE
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Gesundheit : GOODHEALTH
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Saw : ESPIED
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Crane of fiction : ICHABOD
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Louver part : SLAT
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He stays apart from parties : LONER
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Part of etc. : AND
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Yeats book: 1973 : MEMOIRS
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Purveyor of "Jersey juice" : DAIRYMAN
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Harass : RIDE
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Relative of nones : IDES
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Result, with "out" : PAN
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Fire god : AGNI
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Ménage à ___ : TROIS
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What Cotten cottons to : ACTING
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Greek letter : THETA
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Serf, originally a Laconian : HELOT
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Wealth : RICHES
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Kind of labor contract : SWEETHEART
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Tempest or organ stop : ORAGE
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Silk substitute : NYLON
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Parisian assent : OUI
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Atoll resident : ISLANDER
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Hunter on high : ORION
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Endure : STOMACH
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Senior citizens, with "the" : ELDERLY
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Plenty, to a bard : ENOW
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Baffles : STUMPS
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Devour : EATUP
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Part of VHF : VERY
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Lessen, with "up" : EASE
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Presider over the U.S. Senate : VEEP
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Spread : OLEO
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"Go ___ kite!" : FLYA
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Half a bray : HEE
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Novelist Levin : IRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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