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Beverly J. Seward
Beverly J. Seward

New York Times, Thursday, June 24, 1993

5-Down : Devotee of a certain weapon?

Author:
Beverly J. Seward
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Beverly J. Seward has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,934
Across
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Lesser Antilles native : CARIB
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Actress Stapleton : JEAN
10
Mountain near Lake of Lucerne : RIGI
14
Pleasant, in Pisa : AMENO
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Yes ___ (ultimatum words) : ORNO
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Norse deity : ODIN
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Mixed wines? : SINEW
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Reverse time? : EMIT
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Sergeant of W.W. I fame : YORK
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Tactful friend in a fray? : DIPLOMATICALLY
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Actress Spelling : TORI
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Radical derived from an acid : ACYL
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Intl. group since 1948 : OAS
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Grassland of S. Africa : VELD
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It's thrown in Spain? : ELTORO
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It's out of this world! : SPACE
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Encumbrance : LOAD
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Sacred image : ICON
39
One of the Lesser Sundas : TIMOR
40
Puzzler's bird : ERN
41
Petty pest : TEASE
42
Privy to : INON
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___-dieu (kneeling bench) : PRIE
44
Canadian physician: 1849-1919 : OSLER
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Tennis pro Andre ___ : AGASSI
47
Watercraft : SCOW
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What Hamlet called himself : ASS
50
Bib and tucker : TOGS
52
Hollow : DENT
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Vessel for a representative abroad? : AMBASSADORSHIP
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Apply restraint : CURB
61
Mariner's unit of speed : KNOT
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"To ___ human ...": Pope : ERRIS
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Airline at Lod : ELAL
65
Twiddling thumbs : IDLE
66
Fraser of tennis : NEALE
67
Coty or Cassin : RENE
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Comedian Louis et al. : NYES
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Abided : DWELT
Down
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Instance, in Quebec : CAS
2
Surrounded by : AMID
3
Painter Guido ___ : RENI
4
All thumbs : INEPT
5
Devotee of a certain weapon? : BOWLOVER
6
Name synonymous with old jokes : JOEMILLER
7
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
8
One of the Santas : ANITA
9
Like dieters' cake? : NOTICED
10
Part of Prince Charles's wardrobe? : ROYALTIES
11
Graven image : IDOL
12
Little woman? : GIRL
13
Atramentous : INKY
21
Eugene's loc. : ORE
22
Eng. part : CYL
25
Ancient port of Rome : OSTIA
26
Little's talent : APING
27
Pago Pago's place : SAMOA
29
Duke or Day : DORIS
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City in Fla. : OCALA
32
Ramblers : ROSES
33
Knockouts of a sort : ONERS
35
Prisoners' surface for chow? : CONSTABLE
37
Amusing yarns : ANECDOTES
41
Finale for Podunk? : TOWNSEND
43
Boars, hogs, etc.? : PIGSKIN
46
Distress letters : SOS
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Done, to Donne : OER
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___ Hook, N.J. : SANDY
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Pegged : THREW
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Very lucky golfer? : ACER
55
Kind of train : MULE
56
Kind of muffin : BRAN
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Senator from Kan. : DOLE
58
Dies ___ : IRAE
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Unwelcome one : PILL
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Defeat Goren : SET

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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