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Irene Smullyan
Irene Smullyan

PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER . . .

New York Times, Sunday, May 9, 1993

75-Down : Biblical country

Author:
Irene Smullyan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 531 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 127, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Irene Smullyan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,888
Across
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Dyed rabbit fur : CONY
5
Spanish painter, born 1904 : DALI
9
Mop : SWAB
13
From C to C : OCTAVE
19
Mountain: Comb. form : OREO
20
N.C. college : ELON
21
River into the Caspian : URAL
22
Authenticated : PROVED
23
Antipollution devices : SCRUBBERS
25
Father : SIRE
26
Victim of Roman aggression: 290 B.C. : SABINE
27
Principal part of a country : MAINLAND
28
Woolly : LANATE
30
Edison's birthplace in Ohio : MILAN
31
Theme word #2 : GOSE
32
Theme word #5 : TONGU
33
Theme word #6 : OFPEAL
35
Each : APIECE
38
Call : PHONE
39
The luck of the Irish : CESS
40
Part of a microscope : LENS
41
Start of a message to Mom : ROSESARERED
45
Flight agcy. : CAA
48
Dull : MATTE
50
Duct : VAS
51
Peruses : CONS
52
French woods : BOIS
53
Beverage : ALE
54
The message: Part II : VIOLETSBLUE
59
Curses : DAMNS
60
One after another : SERIATIM
62
Goddesses of the seasons : HORAE
63
Low-volume sound : MURMUR
64
Finished : ENDED
65
Ledger entry : DEBIT
66
Hot drink : COCOA
67
Egypt's second president : NASSER
69
Musical work : MOTET
70
Subtropical grasslands : SAVANNAS
73
Stakes : ANTES
74
The message: Part III : SUGARSSWEET
76
Presidential monogram : DDE
77
Merrill or Wilbur : POET
78
Ordered : BADE
79
Chinese dynasty : HAN
80
Asparagus shoot : SPEAR
82
Depressed : SAD
83
The message: Part IV : ANDSOAREYOU
88
Wine: Comb. form : OENO
89
Masefield's "___ Harker" : SARD
91
Burnoose wearers : ARABS
92
Confining : NARROW
94
Theme word #1 : ACHREE
96
Theme word #3 : ERESA
97
Theme word #4 : EART
98
Alarm : SCARE
99
Blob or lump : DOLLOP
101
Even : STRAIGHT
105
East : ORIENT
107
Coll. course : BIOL
108
Person with a speech problem : STAMMERER
109
Bar : HINDER
110
Contest for Atalanta : RACE
111
The Wicked Wasp of Twickenham : POPE
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Uncommon : RARE
113
Black Sea port : ODESSA
114
Requests : ASKS
115
Mimicked : APED
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Small island: Br. : EYOT
Down
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World: Comb. form : COSM
2
Killer whale : ORCA
3
St. Phillip ___ : NERI
4
Adjective for a cadet : YOUNGEST
5
One who corrupts : DEBASER
6
Coeur d'___, Indian tribe : ALENE
7
Title given to Olivier : LORD
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Electees : INS
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Figaro's betrothed : SUSANNA
10
Old laundry appliance : WRINGER
11
Town W of Zurich : AARAU
12
Fruit rot : BLET
13
Goddess of plenty : OPS
14
Swimmer's bane : CRAMPS
15
Man-shaped beer mugs : TOBIES
16
City of Old Castile : AVILA
17
Mercenary : VENAL
18
London hero : EDEN
24
Ad hoc coalition : BLOC
28
Author of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" : LOOS
29
Tertiary Period epoch : EOCENE
32
Poem by William Carlos Williams : THESE
34
T-men : FEDS
35
Egyptian geishas : ALMAS
36
Revolutionary portraitist : PEALE
37
Concerned : INTERESTED
38
Sacred song : PSALM
42
Egg-shaped : OVOID
43
Brilliance : ECLAT
44
Debauchee : ROUE
45
Appropriate : COMMANDEER
46
Aboriginal Japanese : AINU
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A Soviet adm. division : ASSR
49
Skirts : EVADES
52
Large joint of beef : BARON
55
Journey for Juvenal : ITER
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Eighth Greek letter : THETA
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Temperate : SOBER
58
Young herrings : BRITS
59
Money for Shylock : DUCATS
61
Magnified map detail : INSET
63
Relocate : MOVE
65
Genovese magistrates : DOGES
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Recent: Comb. form : CAENO
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Snoozes : NAPS
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Celebes ox : ANOA
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Newsman Roger ___ : MUDD
70
Rocks : SWAYS
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Hersey's bell town : ADANO
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Asian goat antelope : SEROW
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Prepared for refinishing : SANDED
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Biblical country : SHEBA
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Denuded : BARE
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Doorway curtain : PORTIERE
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Rowboat feature : OARLOCK
85
Tiny spaces : AREOLES
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File : RASP
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Weaponless : UNARMED
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Tatters : SHREDS
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Where boxeurs compete : ARENES
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Ancient Syria : ARAM
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Pungent : ACRID
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Wouk's "The ___ Mutiny" : CAINE
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Inventor Howe : ELIAS
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Public storehouse : ETAPE
98
London district : SOHO
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Siqueiros work : OBRA
101
Desist : STOP
102
Famed elegist : GRAY
103
Leander's love : HERO
104
Allowance for waste : TRET
106
Madrigal syllable : TRA
108
Baden or Aix : SPA

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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