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Leonard Goldberg
Leonard Goldberg

New York Times, Wednesday, May 26, 1976

31-Down : ___ the way (prepare)

Author:
Leonard Goldberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 5 (2 double stacks)
Leonard Goldberg has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,783
Across
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Maglie and Mineo : SALS
5
Adhesive and red : TAPES
10
Gam or Moreno : RITA
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Jennie Gerhardt's creator : THEODOREDREISER
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The Thin Man's creator : DASHIELLHAMMETT
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Compass reading : SBE
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Certain thinning agents : DIETS
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Sawfish's saw : SERRA
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Soprano Lily : PONS
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Guard or admiral : REAR
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___-the-board : ACROSS
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Catches : TRAPS
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Hendrik Willem van ___ : LOON
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Trojan king : PRIAM
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Generation, for one : GAP
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Mlle. Fifi's creator : GUYDEMAUPASSANT
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"___ longa ... " : ARS
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Reception : LEVEE
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Greek letter : IOTA
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Type of lily : TIGER
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Soprano Maria : CALLAS
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Anatomical ducts : VASA
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Frolic : LARK
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Texas shrine : ALAMO
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Fewest : LEAST
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Wood sorrel : OCA
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Ashenden's creator : SOMERSETMAUGHAM
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Jane Eyre's creator : CHARLOTTEBRONTE
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Rows : OARS
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Crown : TIARA
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Toddlers : TOTS
Down
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Norms: Abbr. : STDS
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Melville's captain : AHAB
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___ majesty : LESE
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Cry of surprise : SOH
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Auto-wheel alignments : TOEINS
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City on the Rhone : ARLES
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Trapper's prize : PELT
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Anglo-Saxon letters : EDHS
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Spanish Mrs. : SRA
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Certain poets: Var. : RIMERS
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Grenoble's river : ISERE
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Four: Prefix : TETRA
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African tree : ARTAR
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Capers : DIDOS
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German spa : EMS
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Frog's milieu : POND
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Seaweed : ALGA
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French yard : COUR
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Actor Rogers et al. : ROYS
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More faithful : TRUER
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Mature : RIPE
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Motorists' org. : AAA
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Times of day: Abbr. : PMS
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___ the way (prepare) : PAVE
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"The Ballad of Reading ___" : GAOL
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Theater group : ANTA
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School-org. units : PTAS
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Whitney : ELI
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A Little Woman : MEG
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___ stockings : SILK
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Circus people : TAMERS
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Winter melon : CASABA
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Rubinstein : ARTUR
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___ da Gama : VASCO
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Hello, in Hilo : ALOHA
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Philippine island : SAMAR
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More disabled : LAMER
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Shipping abbr. : ORL
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Islands near Timor : LETI
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Miss Kett : ETTA
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Words of disbelief : OHNO
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Carrie Chapman ___ : CATT
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Ben ___ Williams : AMES
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Toper : SOT
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"I ___ Rhythm!" : GOT

Answer summary:
10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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