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Cathy Allis
Cathy Allis

New York Times, Friday, May 28, 1993

18-Down : Tropical starling

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Cathy Allis has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 84 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Cathy Millhauser is an alias for Cathy Allis.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,907
Across
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Biological body : SOMA
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Jab : PROD
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Human ham : ACTOR
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Put in ___ for (offer) : ABID
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Labor leader Kirkland : LANE
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"Bonanza" Ben, off the set : LORNE
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Podiatrist's entertainment? : SOLEMUSIC
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Hippo's rear : DROME
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Tartarean : HELLISH
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Scrubbed, at NASA : ABORTED
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Mongol, e.g. : ASIAN
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Girl in "The Nutcracker" : CLARA
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Brazillian dance : SAMBA
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Silent successor : TALKIE
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Like Wile E. Coyote : SLY
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Podiatrist's motto? : HEELTHYSELF
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Be prone : LIE
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City on the Rhone : ARLES
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Semi : RIG
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Podiatrist's accomplishment? : AMAZINGFEET
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Stadium sound : RAH
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Cocteau-Satie ballet : PARADE
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Draft status? : ONTAP
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Conundrum : POSER
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Yankee catcher: 1946-63 : BERRA
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Adds more NaCl : RESALTS
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Dietary essential : PROTEIN
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Western Hispaniola : HAITI
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Podiatrists' vehicles? : TOETRUCKS
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Bombeck's namesakes : ERMAS
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In the past : ONCE
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Actor Perry : LUKE
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Pernod flavoring : ANISE
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Donner, e.g. : PASS
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Bittersweet coating : ARIL
Down
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Dostoyevsky girl : SASHA
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Some winds : OBOES
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___ Vanilli : MILLI
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Writer Rogers St. Johns et al. : ADELAS
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And : PLUS
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Incautious : RASH
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C.I.A. at sea : ONI
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Transfer picture : DECAL
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Actor in "The Green Berets" : ALDORAY
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Rounds up : CORRALS
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Fox or turkey, e.g. : TROT
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"This one's ___" : ONME
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Kind of organ : REED
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Tropical starling : MINAH
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Gift including towel, soap, etc. : BATHSET
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Require : CALLFOR
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Closest to the Grinch : MEANEST
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Growler : BERG
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Deborah of "Tea and Sympathy" : KERR
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Pelvic bones : ILIA
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D-I links : EFGH
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It makes you smart : SLAP
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City founded by Pizarro : LIMA
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Lustrum fifth : YEAR
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Age-mate of Donatello : TEEN
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Mexican revolutionary's kin : ZAPATAS
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Adore, Anglo style : IDOLISE
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Fifer's drum : TABOR
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Singer Clark : PETULA
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Bar legally : ESTOP
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Crop up again : RECUR
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"___ tikki-tavi" : RIKKI
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Photographer Adams : ANSEL
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Perlman of "Cheers" : RHEA
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Merit : EARN
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___ Valley, Calif. : SIMI
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Body builder's target : PECS
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Hwys. : RTES
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Out ___ a limb : ONA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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