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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Tuesday, July 11, 1989

26-Down : Military hat

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { G J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,490
Across
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Urchin : TAD
4
Following : AFTER
9
Better than better : BEST
13
Out of port : ASEA
15
Varnish ingredient : ELEMI
16
Pro ___ : RATA
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Prevaricates : LIES
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TV offering : SOAPOPERAS
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Insect repellent : CAMPHOR
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Raves' partner : RANTS
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Diamond name : HOPE
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Combustion result : SOOT
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Harpoon, e.g. : SPEAR
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TV offering : TALKSHOWS
34
Greek name for Greece : HELLAS
36
Remedy : CURE
37
Uncooked : RAW
38
Med. course : ANAT
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Andes dweller : LLAMA
41
Wash : LAVE
42
River in China : KAN
43
Pasture sounds : BAAS
44
Using a chair : SEATED
46
TV offering : OLDMOVIES
49
Cubic meter : STERE
50
Yoked haulers : OXEN
51
Deceased : LATE
53
___-Calais, France : PASDE
56
Maneuver : OPERATE
60
TV offering : INTERVIEWS
64
Stratford's stream : AVON
65
Greek letters : ETAS
66
" ... lovely as ___": Kilmer : ATREE
67
Obscene : LEWD
68
Budget item : RENT
69
Pulls apart : TEARS
70
Hosp. group : RNS
Down
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Baby's need : TALC
2
Land mass : ASIA
3
Judge : DEEM
4
Famed fabulist : AESOP
5
Small posy : FLORET
6
Afternoon affair : TEA
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Ruler: Abbr. : EMP
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Bravo or Branco : RIO
9
Life; vitality : BREATH
10
Deserve : EARN
11
Photocopy : STAT
12
Soviet news service : TASS
14
Road surface : ASPHALT
19
Ordinary speech : PROSE
21
Juan's hour : HORA
24
Rundown urban area : SLUM
25
Soup plants : OKRAS
26
Military hat : SHAKO
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Type of code : PENAL
28
African antelope : ELAND
30
"___ of identity": Doyle : ACASE
31
Declaim : ORATE
32
Vacillate : WAVER
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Resident of Stockholm : SWEDE
35
Dred Scott, e.g. : SLAVE
40
Homophone for lane : LAIN
41
Football play : LATERAL
43
Prizefighter : BOXER
45
This, in Mexico : ESTE
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Unpretentious : MODEST
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More leisurely : SLOWER
52
Cathedral parts : APSES
53
Sight at Atlantic City : PIER
54
Entrance price in poker : ANTE
55
Musial of baseball : STAN
57
Declare : AVER
58
Up or down follower : TOWN
59
Things to make meet : ENDS
61
Dyer's large vessel : VAT
62
Resident of: Suffix : ITE
63
Important time period : ERA

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