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Barbara Lunder Gillis
Barbara Lunder Gillis

COLORFUL PEOPLE

New York Times, Sunday, June 5, 1977

19-Down : Metallic

Author:
Barbara Gillis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 92, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 660 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Barbara Lunder Gillis has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Barbara Gillis is an alias for Barbara Lunder Gillis.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,158
Across
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Jazz singing : SCAT
5
Substance : MEAT
9
City in Florida : TAMPA
14
Disturb : AGITATE
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Soft drink : COLA
22
Norse Fate : URTH
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Migrant workers : OKIES
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North Star : POLARIS
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Exam : ORAL
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Jolly one : GREENGIANT
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Pullovers : SLIPONS
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Winter wear : PARKAS
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Nautical term : ABEAM
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Supplemented, with "out" : EKED
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Slave : ESNE
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Tree : ELM
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"Good man" : CHARLIEBROWN
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Raids : FORAYS
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Particle : ATOM
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Destroyer : UNDOER
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Egyptian goddess : ISIS
46
Convinced : SOLD
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Haul : TOTE
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Secures : BATTENS
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Greek island : KOS
56
Mature : ADULT
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Chatters : YAKS
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Maine tree : PINE
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Opposed : AGAINST
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Classes : GENERA
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Like some bills : UNPAID
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American writer : AGEE
69
Middling : SOSO
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Starry : ASTRAL
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Legendary home of Hercules : TIRYNS
72
Row : OAR
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Jug : EWER
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Wedding words : IDO
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Carnival man : GEEK
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Precipice : CRAG
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Mountain ridge : ARETE
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Simon subject : LASTOFTHEREDHOTLOVERS
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Mulcts : FINES
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Belongs : FITS
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Chilean President: 1942-46 : RIOS
89
Caesar's pronoun : EGO
90
Hide-out : LAIR
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Legal deg. : BCL
92
Sound system : STEREO
94
Debris : RUBBLE
99
Porch part : ANTA
100
Heaps : LOTS
102
Carved emblems : TOTEMS
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Cream puff : ECLAIR
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Conjugal : MARITAL
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Mountain lake : TARN
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Season : SALT
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Indian language : HINDI
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That, in Taxco : ESA
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Assistant : ACOLYTE
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Artist Bonheur : ROSA
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Inert gas : NEON
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Gumbo : OKRA
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Bequest : LEGACY
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Berserk, in Burma : AMOK
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Badger : HARASS
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Man from Minsk : WHITERUSSIAN
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Quick to learn : APT
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Landed : ALIT
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"___ soit ... " : HONI
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Religious leader : RABBI
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Homophone for a Roman : SEIZER
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Scored : TALLIED
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Oldsters : GRAYBEARDS
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Brazilian Indian : MURA
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Wrinkled : CREASED
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Asian capital : HANOI
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English historian : BEDE
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Invites : ASKS
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European mints : HYSSOPS
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Medicinal herb : SENNA
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North Sea feeder : YSER
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TV show : MASH
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Range : SCOPE
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Atoll builder : CORAL
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Tocsin : ALARM
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Lecture : TALK
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Kind of photo : MUGSHOT
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Stray : ERR
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"The homage of ___": Byron : ATEAR
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Policeman on TV : THEBLUEKNIGHT
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Dressed like Cicero : TOGAED
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Hand on hip : AKIMBO
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Farrow : MIA
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Female swan : PEN
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In ___ (worried) : ASTEW
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Church section : APSE
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Fleming villain : GOLDFINGER
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River in China : ILI
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Candle : TAPER
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Swiss resort : AROSA
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Metallic : TINNY
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Snaky shapes : ESSES
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Frau's refusal : NEIN
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Personate : ACT
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Heal : KNIT
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Port opposite Taiwan : AMOY
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Bridge calls : REBIDS
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Algerian city : ORAN
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Peak in Thessaly : OSSA
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Noted conductor : ADLER
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Osprey : SEAEAGLE
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Heroic tale : SAGA
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Verses : ODES
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Theater name : LUNT
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Firm : TAUT
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Earl Grey, e.g. : TEA
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Informed one : KNOWER
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Caucasians : OSSETS
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Bootery : STORE
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Features : TRAITS
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Binges : SPREES
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Puccini lieutenant : PINKERTON
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French Alps area : ISERE
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Actor Ray : ALDO
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Town in Mass. : AYER
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Fall guy : GOAT
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Racy : OFFCOLOR
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Tasks : CHORES
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Levin novel : ROSEMARYSBABY
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Guarantee : AVOUCH
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Climbing plants : LIANAS
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"Peer Gynt" enchantress : ANITRA
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Caravansary : SERAI
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Pinball-machine sign : TILT
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Parliament : DIET
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Fiend : OGRE
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Sweetheart : FLAME
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Prodigal son : BLACKSHEEP
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Wall or Fleet : STREET
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European capital : OSLO
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Trice : BLINK
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Poison : BANE
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Italian resort : LIDO
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Innisfail : ERIN
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Piggery : STY
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N.M. art center : TAOS
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Gudrun's king : ATLI
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Chinese hero, for short : TSAI
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Sheer fabric : LAWN
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Collector : AMASSER
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Monster slain by Hercules : GERYON
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Saracen's milieu : ARABIA
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Kind of root : CUBE
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United : ONE
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Originate : HATCH
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Winglike : ALARY
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Peeves : RILES
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Overburdened Titan : ATLAS
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Anticyclones : HIGHS
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Paddock papas : SIRES
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City near L.A. : AZUSA
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Freshens (up) : PERKS
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Junk : TRASH
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Track figures : ODDS
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Moslem leader : IMAM
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Equal: Prefix : ISO
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Arctic explorer : RAE
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Raggedy doll : ANN
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J.F.K. predecessor : DDE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 10 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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