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Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston

New York Times, Saturday, June 30, 1979

4-Down : "The Thrill ___," 1931 song

Author:
Jay Livingston
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { B F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 241 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jay Livingston has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,826
Across
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Kubrick's "___: A Space Odyssey" : 2001
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Chide : TWIT
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"The Man" : STAN
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Bugle call : TAPS
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"If I Were ___ Man" : ARICH
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Earth, in Ems : ERDE
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Neighbor of Calif. : OREG
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Name for a mademoiselle : RENEE
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Feline sound : MEOW
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1,044 months : 4SCOREAND7YEARS
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Kind of loop : NOOSE
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Italian city : ESTE
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"Cave ___," dog owner's warning : CANEM
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Butler : RHETT
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Part of an operatic name : CIO
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Up : ARISEN
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Maxwell : ELSA
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Chanted : INTONED
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Shakespeare's mornings : MORROWS
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Relative of a via : ITER
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Overthrow : DEPOSE
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Toujours ___ : GAI
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Swelling : EDEMA
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Compositions for two : DUETS
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Burns's "___ Shanter" : TAMO
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Get in shape : TRAIN
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Group of tepee tots : 10LITTLEINDIANS
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Washer cycle : SPIN
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Jacob Abbott's "___ Books" : ROLLO
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Gin : TRAP
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Second of a restless pair : TIDE
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"Over the Rainbow" composer : ARLEN
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Madame Bovary : EMMA
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Go sky-high : SOAR
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Fermented honey-and-water drink : MEAD
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The vat man : DYER
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Score when Casey fanned : 2TO4
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Crew's necessity : OARS
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Oil org. : OPEC
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"The Thrill ___," 1931 song : ISGONE
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Blumenthal's post: Abbr. : TREAS
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Trophy holders : WINNERS
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Like summer tea : ICED
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___ against Thebes : THE7
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Period at college : SEMESTER
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Negotiate : TREAT
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Idolize : ADORE
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Current events : NEWS
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Martian: Prefix : AREO
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Claudius, for one : ROMAN
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Still : YET
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CI x II : CCII
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Negative no-no : AINT
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Little letter : NOTE
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Prefix meaning blood : HEMO
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Grandson of Eve : ENOS
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Advise, old style : REDE
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Footnote abbr. : IDEM
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Theater section : LOGE
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Smack : SWAT
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Sale sign : ASIS
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Mesabi Range worker : OREMINER
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Altered one's opus : REDID
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Kneecap : PATELLA
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Dash's partner : DOT
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How we stand : UNITED
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"Hit Parade" group : TOPIO
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Actress Valli : ALIDA
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Irked : RILED
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Soon : ANON
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Ology devotees : ISTS
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Streetcar, in Britain : TRAM
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Knowledge : LORE
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U.S.M.A., to sportswriters : ARMY
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Proper noun : NAME
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"Semper Paratus" is her motto : SPAR

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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