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Yael Gani
Yael Gani

ALMA MATER

New York Times, Sunday, May 8, 1977

61-Down : Havanas

Author:
Yael Gani
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 92, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 658 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Yael Gani has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,130
Across
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Takes exception : DEMURS
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Cotillion : BALL
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Wagner heroine : ISOLDE
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City in Siberia : OMSK
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Orbit point : APOGEE
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Away from the wind : ALEE
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Cry out : SCREAM
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Horse or color : ROAN
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House plant with yellow-striped leaves : MOTHERINLAWSTONGUE
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Bismarck : OTTO
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Flight formation: Abbr. : ECH
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Acid found in yeast : NIACIN
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Japanese zither : KOTO
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Take a stab at : TRY
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Here, to Hadrian : HIC
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Jewish matron's wig : SHEITEL
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Comics like Chaplin, for short : SERIOS
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Old rifle pin : TIGE
40
Comics character : EEK
41
Hwys. : RTES
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Vermilion : RED
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V.P. under Hayes : WHEELER
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Actor with Mary Tyler Moore : ASNER
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Fair share : DUE
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Gingersnap : COOKIE
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Slopes race : SLALOM
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Kind of mate : TEAM
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Sandburg poem : GYPSYMOTHER
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Roman mother's robe : STOLA
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Fledermaus : BAT
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Hors d'oeuvre : CANAPE
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Heavenly headgear : HALOS
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Mrs. Bede's boy : ADAM
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Well-informed : ERUDITE
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Lout; brute : YAHOO
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Landlady, in León : DUENA
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Alfonso's queen : ENA
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Beanpole : SCRAG
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Algonquian : SAC
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Threw hard : PEGGED
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Sophie Tucker : THELASTOFTHEREDHOTMAMAS
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Mickey or Annie : ROONEY
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Dovekie : AUK
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Massey : ILONA
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Edge of a garment : HEM
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Outer ___ : SPACE
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"Wait ___ Dark" : UNTIL
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Brisbane bay : MORETON
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Bouquet : ODOR
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Cold-cuts stores : DELIS
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Make invalid : NEGATE
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Success : HIT
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Eastern instrument : SITAR
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Legendary author : MOTHERGOOSE
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Conrad heroine : LENA
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Group with a common culture : ETHNOS
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Power-failure period : OUTAGE
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"Touch ___ the Cat" : NOT
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Tumbrels : CARTS
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Lost flier : EARHART
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Pfc.'s, etc. : GIS
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Troupe's trip : TOUR
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Her, in Hannover : IHR
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Pelagic bird : ERNE
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Dreyfus-trial site : RENNES
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Carpenter's leavings : SAWDUST
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Presently : NOW
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Playing marble : MIG
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Game fish : CERO
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Peregrines : ALIENS
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Alphabetic trio : STU
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Mon. follower : TUES
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Request in Ibsen's "Ghosts" : MOTHERGIVEMETHESUN
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King Olav's capital : OSLO
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Compliment : PRAISE
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Recondite : DEEP
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Call it a day : RETIRE
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Fuse : WELD
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Depleted : SAPPED
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College studies : ARTS
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Nobelist for peace: 1931 : ADDAMS
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Matrons : DAMES
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Era : EPOCH
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Dena Dietrich, in a TV ad : MOTHERNATURE
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Cry of disgust : UGH
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Record again : REENTER
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Set of games : SERIES
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Judge's bench : BANC
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"___ calm ... " : ALLIS
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Not quite a ringer : LEANER
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Ayres : LEW
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"The world ___ much with us" : ISTOO
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Glaswegians : SCOTS
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Whether ___ : ORNO
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Journey part : LEG
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Darling, in Dundee : DAUTIE
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Comes forth : EMERGES
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Granada gold : ORO
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Bonanza : MOTHERLODE
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French composer : SATIE
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Rap : KNOCK
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Suffix with part : IAL
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"Scram!" : SKIDOO
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Shouts : YELLS
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Agenda unit : ITEM
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Present with approval: Abbr. : RECM
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Diamond in ___ : THEROUGH
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Brandished : WIELDED
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"Fine women ___ crazy salad": Yeats : EATA
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Optimally : ATBEST
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Examine : SEARCH
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Unit of force : DYNE
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___ tree (cornered) : UPA
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Catch sight of : ESPY
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Roman emperor : OTHO
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Nepalese native : KHA
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Buck heroine : OLAN
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Michael Learned role : MAMA
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"Roscoe" : GAT
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Ebullient : YEASTY
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Havanas : CIGARS
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Lily : SEGO
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Arabic letter : DAL
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"I told you so!" : HAH
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Great quantity : OCEAN
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Clear : NET
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Esteem : ADMIRE
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Oriental capital : PEKING
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Placebo : SOP
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Amphibian : TOAD
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Again : ONCEMORE
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Try to ascertain : FEELOUT
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Pothole : RUT
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Cakes' partner : ALE
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U.S.S.R., to Muscovites : MOTHERRUSSIA
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Consecrate : ANOINT
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Seasonal roles for Dads : SANTAS
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Flexible tube : HOSE
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Revise : EDIT
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U.S. painter : MOTHERWELL
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Relative of H.U.D. : USHA
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Jaworsky : LEON
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Topgallant : MAST
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Native: Suffix : OTE
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Punjab potentate : RANA
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Re. of "Ma Bell" : ITT
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Sticky stuff : GOO
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Composer Ned : ROREM
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Holiday drink : EGGNOG
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Check : REIN
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Extol : LAUD
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Pip-squeaks : SHRIMPS
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Shelter for Jerseys : COWSHED
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Sweater wool : ANGORA
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Shea ace : SEAVER
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Hindu scripture : TANTRA
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Under guidance : INTOW
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Mom's bailiwick : HOUSE
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Della from Detroit : REESE
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Goofed : ERRED
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Rain icy particles : SLEET
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Episcopacy : SEE
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___ und Drang : STURM
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Berlin products : TUNES
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One of the Carters : CHIP
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Demons : IMPS
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Turf : SOD
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Faucet : TAP
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Lupino : IDA
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Airport abbr. : ETD

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10 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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