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Mary M. Murdoch
Mary M. Murdoch

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New York Times, Sunday, June 22, 1986

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Author:
Mary M. Murdoch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 557 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 121, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 14, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Mary M. Murdoch has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,375
Across
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Playwright Connelly : MARC
5
Talisman : CHARM
10
Tots : ADDS
14
Spectral type : BSTAR
19
Opposite of apterous : ALAR
20
Abode of the Muses : AONIA
21
Orenburg's river : URAL
22
"Lake ___," Sargent painting : OHARA
23
Talented actress? : JANETFLAIR
25
Actress Rowlands : GENA
26
Electronic device : DORAN
27
Cordial flavorings : ANISEEDS
28
Capricious actor? : LOUISWAYWARD
31
S. Lewis's "___ Timberlane" : CASS
32
Calls, in poker : SEES
33
Banker's Sallie ___ : MAE
34
Eaglewood : ALOES
37
Actress Granville : BONITA
39
Small amount : HANDFUL
43
Brickmaker's need : KILN
44
Dawdling Opry singer? : MERLELAGGARD
47
Chemical suffix : ANE
48
Monogram pt. : INIT
49
The Cat Nation : ERIE
50
Barrie's dog-nurse : NANA
51
He wrote "Brave Men": 1944 : PYLE
52
Ariz. neighbor : NEV
53
High-strung actress? : JANEDITHERS
57
Oboist's purchase : REED
58
Like some movies : REMADE
60
They're knitted at times : BROWS
61
Sudden movements : STARTS
63
Hogarth's "The ___ Progress" : RAKES
64
Apprehensions : FEARS
65
Estonian city : TARTU
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Groves on prairies : MOTTES
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What shalom means : PEACE
69
Outlanders : ALIENS
71
"___ may look on a king" : ACAT
72
Underworld actor? : LARRYBAGMAN
75
Eureka! : AHA
77
A famous Virginia : DARE
78
Actress Deborah : KERR
79
South African settler : BOER
80
Slender shoot : TWIG
81
City off. : ALD
82
Give-and-take actress? : JESSICABANDY
86
Lagomorph : HARE
87
Dance center of a sort : MAYPOLE
89
Consolation : SOLACE
90
He wrote "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" : MEYER
91
Photographer's abbr. : ENL
92
Japanese monastery : TERA
93
Hilum : SCAR
95
Note-taking actress? : AUDREYJOTTER
101
Vacation site : SEACOAST
105
Junctures : SEAMS
106
Lamb who wrote about a pig : ELIA
107
Truthful actor of yore? : EDWINSOOTH
109
Certain rerun : OLDIE
110
Zest : TANG
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Vitiate : TAINT
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Pickerelweed : TULE
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Fuels : PEATS
114
Heraldic term : ENTE
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" ... ___ Danaos ... ": Virgil : TIMEO
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Put away : STOW
Down
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Goya subject : MAJA
2
Astronaut Bean : ALAN
3
Gypsy lady : RANI
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Turkish symbol : CRESCENT
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Contents of urnes : CAFES
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Parts of ships : HOLDS
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Collections of sayings : ANAS
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Venezia's canals : RII
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"Lili ___," old song : MARLENE
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Masters local : AUGUSTA
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German three : DREI
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Rather and McGrew : DANS
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Side dish : SLAW
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"___ Soul," song hit of 1930 : BODYAND
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___ up (appeared) : SHOWED
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Old Irish capital : TARA
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Sandarac tree : ARAR
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Strip of shoe leather : RAND
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Sunglo and gowiddie : TEAS
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Trompe-l'___ (illusion) : OEIL
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Diva Lucine : AMARA
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Cobbled : SOLED
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Related : AKIN
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QE2, e.g. : LINER
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Late actor? : OLIVERTARDY
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Soft cheese : BRIE
38
Family of a well-known Baltimorean : AGNEWS
39
Fictional skater : HANS
40
Missing actress? : FAYERUNAWAY
41
Like some apartments : UNLET
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Yorkshire city : LEEDS
44
A Revolutionary officer and a Civil War commander : MEADES
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Birds of merit? : ERNES
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Lad, in Lyon : GARS
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Jabber : PRATE
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Hunky-dory : JAKE
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"___ up the pillars ... ": Psalm 75 : IBEAR
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Austin of tennis : TRACY
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Biblical mountain : HOREB
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Certain photo finish : MATTE
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Compensation : SALARY
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One of triplets : TRIN
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Famous U.S. engineer : FERRIS
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Toned down : TAMED
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Term of address : MADAM
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Fla. city : OCALA
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Averages : PARS
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English draft horse : SHIRE
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___-majesté : LESE
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Rope fiber : ABACA
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Lost : GONE
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Composer of "Ain't She Sweet?" : AGER
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Shade of green : KELLY
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"The force ... that blasts ___ of trees": D. Thomas : THEROOTS
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Bobby, Tom et al. : JONESES
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Sight at 101 Across : COTTAGE
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Not windward : ALEE
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Wimpole St. name : BARRETT
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License : PERMIT
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Raincoats, for short : MACS
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Catcher in the Rhine? : SEINE
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Ezra Pound product : CANTO
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Wet : ASOP
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African river : UELE
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Art genre : DADA
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Ballet leap : JETE
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Luise Rainer role : OLAN
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Hue : TINT
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Sink's alternative : SWIM
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Part of été : AOUT
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W.W. II battle site : STLO
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Muscle : THEW
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Bao ___, former Vietnamese emperor : DAI

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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