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Norma Steinberg
Norma Steinberg

New York Times, Tuesday, June 16, 1987

28-Down : Indy name

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,734
Across
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Mop : SWAB
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Canter, etc. : GAITS
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Chesterfield or blazer : COAT
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A Mitchell plantation : TARA
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Bizarre : OUTRE
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Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
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Enthusiastic : AVID
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Beginning : ONSET
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Close : NEAR
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Pragmatic person : REALIST
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Movie fare : POPCORN
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Put to good ___ : USE
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"___ Macabre" : DANSE
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Dorsett feat : TOUCHDOWN
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Tows : HAULS
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Good-looking man: Slang : HUNK
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Lode ingredient : ORE
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Phone : CALLUP
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Pulver, for one: Abbr. : ENS
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Capistrano visitor : SWALLOW
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Kind of angle : TRI
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He cometh onstage : ICEMAN
43
Gehrig or Groza : LOU
44
Elem.-sch. head : PRIN
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Televised again : RERAN
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Reduce in importance : DOWNGRADE
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Tree exudation : RESIN
50
Also : TOO
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High ___ : SIERRAS
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Gettysburg event: 1863 : ADDRESS
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Italian wine city : ASTI
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Vegas headliner : CHARO
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A Guthrie : ARLO
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Measure out : METE
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Start again : RENEW
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Fed : TMAN
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Plant's origin : SEED
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They are, in Tijuana : ESTAN
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Diner sign : EATS
Down
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Have the lead : STAR
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Billow : WAVE
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Operatic show-stopper : ARIA
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Misfortune : BADLUCK
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Pillow filling : GOOSEDOWN
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Em or Pittypat : AUNT
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That thing's : ITS
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Mining tool : TREPAN
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Mother or Anya : SETON
10
Hide : CONCEAL
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Butterine : OLEO
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Gelling substance : AGAR
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Mountain lake : TARN
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Somewhat: Suffix : ISH
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"Shucks!" : PSHAW
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Talk about repeatedly : DWELLON
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Churchill's "___ Finest Hour" : THEIR
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Part of a pound : OUNCE
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Indy name : UNSER
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"___ pro nobis" : ORA
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Very : ULTRA
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Sensational : LURID
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Backbone : SPINE
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NASA arithmetic : COUNTDOWN
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More rational : SANER
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Moo : LOW
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No longer single : MARRIED
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Apportion : PRORATE
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Postprandial chore : DISHES
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Divinity : GOD
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"___ bleu!" : SACRE
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Spade and Hill : SAMS
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Words of understanding : ISEE
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Diminutive ending : ETTE
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Neighborhood : AREA
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Writer Bombeck : ERMA
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Wood strip : SLAT
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Pearl Buck book : SONS
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Aardvark's tidbit : ANT

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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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