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Peter G. Snow
Peter G. Snow

New York Times, Friday, June 24, 1988

36-Down : Abandoned one's diet

Author:
Peter G. Snow
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0
Peter G. Snow has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,108
Across
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Goalie stats : SAVES
6
Actress in "The Maltese Falcon" : ASTOR
11
Former province of Colombia : PANAMA
12
Music lover's purchase : STEREO
14
Temple of Jupiter, to Caesar : CAPITOL
15
Box opener or mollusk : PANDORA
17
The works : ALL
18
Scholarship allowance : STIPEND
20
Dawber or Shriver : PAM
21
Jill's receptacle : PAIL
23
Dwight of the Red Sox : EVANS
24
Capp's Hyena : LENA
25
Lab heaters : ETNAS
27
Capone and Jolson : ALS
28
Hair style : BANGS
29
Adjust : REGULATE
31
Overlooks : MISSES
32
Knob or knot : NODE
33
Troubles : AILS
34
Wore down : ERODED
37
Parallel : ANALOGUE
41
Bathes : LAVES
42
Sozzled : LIT
43
Brings forth a lamb : YEANS
44
Done : OVER
45
Great Lakes acronym : HOMES
47
Sweet syrup of the East : DIBS
48
By or by means of : PER
49
Liturgical books : MISSALS
51
Glaswegian negative : NAE
52
Champlevé and cloisonné : ENAMELS
54
Tillie's colleagues : TOILERS
56
Phidian work : STATUE
57
Organic compounds : ESTERS
58
Dutch town and its product : EDAMS
59
Ratite birds : RHEAS
Down
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Youth : SAPLING
2
Witch bird : ANI
3
Containers for fermentation : VATS
4
Emulate Pearl White : EMOTE
5
Pavlov's dogs were conditioned to do this : SALIVATE
6
Resort and tree : ASPENS
7
A Watergate figure : STANS
8
Have an inclination : TEND
9
Calif.'s Fort ___ : ORD
10
Uncloses anew : REOPENS
11
Liking : PALATE
13
Syracuse color : ORANGE
14
Frisk : CAPER
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Pile up : AMASS
19
Part of a picket fence : PALE
22
Water trough : LAUNDER
24
Used a riata : LASSOED
26
Kin of bullaces : SLOES
28
Truncheon : BILLY
30
Total : ADD
31
Actress Sara : MIA
33
Echidna or pangolin : ANTEATER
34
Bolt together : ELOPE
35
Crows' cousins : RAVENS
36
Abandoned one's diet : OVERATE
37
Goals : AIMS
38
Some dives : GAINERS
39
Removes obstacles : UNBARS
40
Endless finish : ESSES
42
Red-ink items : LOSSES
45
Seed scar : HILUM
46
Splash about : SLOSH
49
Prefix for physics or thesis : META
50
Locale : SITE
53
Frenzied : MAD
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Winning pitcher: 1984 All-Star game : LEA

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