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Anne Fox
Anne Fox

BEASTLY WORLD

New York Times, Sunday, June 3, 1973

8-Down : Contest

Author:
Anne Fox
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 164, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 701 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 23
Anne Fox has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,695
Across
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Game : DARTS
6
Charles's dog : ASTA
10
Johnny : CASH
14
As much again : TWICE
19
Movie studio site in England : BOREHAMWOOD
21
Arrogant : OVERBEARING
24
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Nursery name : MOTHERGOOSE
26
Musical Bull : OLE
27
Prosperity, old style : WEAL
28
Mature : RIPEN
30
S. A. country : ARG
31
Sister : NUN
32
Resin : ELEMI
34
Gas : NEON
36
City on the Tagus : LISBON
39
Map feature : INSET
41
Want ___ : ADS
43
Ancient Greek : THEBAN
45
Endless: Sp. : ETERNO
47
Words by Septimus Winner : WHEREHASMYLITTLEDOGGONE
55
Oboe : HAUTBOY
56
Boiled ___ : INOIL
57
Stocks : STORES
58
Business abbr. : INC
59
___ lamb : EWE
60
Japanese writing : KANA
62
Chic : MODISH
65
Vitality : SAP
66
Rock layers : FOLIA
68
Durability : STAMINA
71
Servicewoman : WAC
72
Wood : EBONY
74
Betrothed : FIANCE
76
N. Y. city : RYE
77
Dictionary entry: Abbr. : DEF
79
Dependent : RELIANT
81
Novel by Hendrik Conscience : THELIONOFFLANDERS
85
N. Y. lake resort : SARANAC
87
Elec. complex : TVA
88
Present: Fr. : ICI
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Infuses : STEEPS
93
Egyptian leader : SADAT
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Hoi polloi : MOB
96
Introduces : INJECTS
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Come up : ARISE
100
Dock group : ILA
101
Buster : KEATON
104
Haul : CART
105
Law, in Lyon : LOI
107
___ Claire : EAU
108
Like some prose : LIMPID
110
Kind of maid : LADYS
112
Malice : ILLWILL
114
Words by Beaumont and Fletcher : KISSTILLTHECOWCOMESHOME
120
Addison's friend : STEELE
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Hawaiian porches : LANAIS
122
Burrows : ABE
123
Kind of shell : PATTY
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Out-and-out : ARRANT
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Spellbound : RAPT
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Portray : ENACT
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Memorabilia : ANA
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Covered up : HID
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Sew: Sp. : COSER
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Headlong : RASH
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Greek letter : RHO
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Opening words for a math trick : PICKANUMBER
146
Flowers : TIGERLILIES
149
Capital phone-book listing : AGNEWSPIROT
150
Poem by Coleridge : TOAYOUNGASS
151
Finnish port : HANKO
152
Plate call : SAFE
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Work units : ERGS
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Gardens : EDENS
Down
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Factotum : DOALL
2
Water buffalo : ARNEE
3
Buttons : RED
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Words by Dos Passos : THEWIDEBEACHATKITTYHAWK
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"___ here" : SAME
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Small bristles : AWNLETS
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___-disant : SOI
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Contest : TOURNEY
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African gazelle : ADMI
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Inherit : COMEINTO
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English and Welsh rivers : AVONS
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Clique : SET
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Initials of rank : HRH
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Land area: Abbr. : TERR
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"___ them" (words from Bo-Peep) : WAGGINGTHEIRTAILSBEHIND
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U. S. tax man: Abbr. : IRO
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Descendants: Var. : CIONS
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Come after : ENSUE
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Fraternal org. : BPOE
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Bewail : MOAN
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Conked : BEANED
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Bloke : GENT
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Book by John Beecroft : PLAINANDFANCYCATS
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Shopping place : MART
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German physicist : OHM
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Bull sound : BELLOW
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Native: Suffix : OTE
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Forget it! : NOGO
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Come in third : SHOW
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Filled pancakes : BLINI
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Seamstress : ROSS
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Go down swinging : WHIFF
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Asian capital : HANOI
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Australian town : EUCLA
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Certain votes : AYES
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Dickens character : TIM
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Bean : ORSON
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Naught: Fr. : NEANT
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Catch sight of : ESPY
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Boxer's goal : KAYO
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Catkin : AMENT
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Mild oath : DARNIT
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Type of tea : ICED
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Kind of mural : INTRA
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Worsted fabric : TRICOT
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W. W. I group : AEF
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Lower : BASER
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Poet's word : EEN
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Handbill : FLIER
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Crane : LES
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Monk : LAMA
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Egg: Prefix : OVI
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C.P.A. : ACCT
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Priests of Mars : SALII
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With 102 Down, an entertainer : ADAMS
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Old MacDonald refrain : EIEIO
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Song of David : PSALM
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Alone: Fr. : SEULE
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Kind of hat : SILK
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Unruly horse : BOLTER
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Medea's beloved : JASON
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Spare : SLIM
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See 86 Down : EDIE
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Slangy denial : NAH
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Olive tree genus : OLEA
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Attention getter : PSST
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Colorado town : DELNORTE
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"Say ___" : WHEN
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___ to (pave the way) : LEADUP
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Path of a blast: Abbr. : LLR
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Brave : WARRIOR
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U. S. agency : CIA
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Fish hawks : OSPREYS
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Family member : PAPA
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Close, to poets : ANIGH
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City of Peru : TACNA
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___ hearts : ACEOF
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Aroid : TARO
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Believer: Suffix : ARIAN
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Icelandic activity : CHESS
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Flip : TOSS
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___ many words : INSO
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Suffix with din or luncheon : ETTE
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Veer : SLUE
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Murray : KEN
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Badly: Prefix : MIS
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Fuel for a Lib fire : BRA
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Joke : GAG
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Big: Abbr. : LGE

Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 7 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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