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George Rose Smith
George Rose Smith

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New York Times, Sunday, July 15, 1973

25-Down : Told tall tales

Author:
George Rose Smith
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 665 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 161, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
George Rose Smith has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,737
Across
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Kind of cloth or hopping : TABLE
6
___ pectoris : ANGINA
12
Cockney cavities : OLES
16
Narrow shoal : SPIT
20
British ___ : ISLES
21
Jack Horner's place : CORNER
22
"A Star Is Born" : NOVA
23
Exercise : ETUDE
24
"The Vision of Sir Launfal" : TWENTYTWENTY
26
"Gone With the Wind" : EVAPORATED
28
Round of applause : HAND
29
Ram : ARIES
30
One of Sheridan's "Rivals" : ACRES
32
Persian wheels : NORIAS
33
Cease : END
34
Flood stage : CREST
35
Hairnet : SNOOD
36
Commands : EDICTS
37
___ macabre : DANSE
38
Pyramids' neighbor : CAIRO
39
Slav : CZECH
40
Brides' portions : DOWRIES
43
"My Fair Lady" : MISSAMERICA
45
One-liner : GAG
48
"It's ___ night for ... " : AGRAND
49
Darken : BEDIM
50
Chose : TOOK
51
Kittiwake : GULL
52
Heavy shoes : CLOGS
53
Physician : GALEN
54
Casts forth : SPEWS
56
Raccoon's cousin : PANDA
57
Gossips : HENS
58
Role in "Julius Caesar" : CATO
59
Pool : TARN
60
Mockeries : FARCES
61
Energy unit : ERG
62
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" : NOTONERERUN
66
Office copies : CARBONS
67
Make tidy : NEATEN
69
Of the kidneys : RENAL
70
Kit or Johnny : CARSON
71
Nonplussed : STUMPED
73
"The Count of Monte Cristo" : ONETWOTHREE
75
Football scores: Abbr. : TDS
78
French troops : ARMEES
79
Scott : DRED
80
Disencumbers : RIDS
81
Trim a photo : CROP
82
Ear parts : LOBES
83
Out of sorts : CROSS
84
Delays : WAITS
86
U.S. pioneer : BOONE
87
Kind of glades : EVER
88
Biggers's sleuth : CHAN
89
Solos : ARIAS
90
Shore bird : WILLET
91
By : PER
92
"Magnificent Obsession" : PROFOOTBALL
95
Baggage pieces : VALISES
96
Courage : HEART
97
Tides : NEAPS
98
Rule : REIGN
99
Go on a crash diet : STARVE
101
Dizzy et al. : DEANS
102
Perfume : CENSE
103
I love: Lat. : AMO
106
Scanty : SPARSE
107
Meals : BOARD
108
Assume as true : POSIT
109
"The Third Man" : ABEL
110
"The Doctor's Dilemma" : COMMONCOLD
112
"Hamlet" : ONEHORSETOWN
115
Old measure: Var. : ARPEN
116
Range : AREA
117
Cash-register key : NOSALE
118
New Orleans sight : LEVEE
119
Interpret : READ
120
Jane Grey, e.g. : LADY
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___ up for : STANDS
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Shabby : SEEDY
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Give a tenth : TITHE
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U.A.R. dam : ASWAN
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Mix : BLEND
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Do a bank job : LEND
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N. Y. time : EST
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Bernhardt or Duse : ACTRESS
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Strong denial : NOWISE
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Accost : GREET
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Wayside and Tabard : INNS
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Clear : NET
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Nazi doctrine : ARYANISM
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Kind of old schoolhouse : ONEROOM
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Cherished : LOVED
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Gabor et al. : EVAS
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Weaken : SAP
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Stuffiness : STARCH
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"___ in writing" : PUTIT
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Concepts : IDEAS
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Scatters : TEDS
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Beethoven's third : EROICA
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Told tall tales : YARNED
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In readiness : ONDECK
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Persian gazelle : CORA
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Murderers : CAINS
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Black buck : SASIN
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Pinza and others : EZIOS
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Protracts, with "out" : DRAGS
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Killer: Suffix : CIDE
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What Jack broke : CROWN
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Hat designer : DACHE
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Flirt : OGLER
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"Conversation at Midnight" : WRONGNUMBER
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Casaba : MELON
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Forever : ETERN
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"A Farewell to Arms" : GUNCONTROLS
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Stand-in for Standish : ALDEN
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Certain menagerie : GLASS
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Conductor's need : BATON
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Film great : GARBO
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Like most fences : GATED
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Hat : STRAW
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São ___ : PAULO
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Dissect in a way : PARSE
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Shelters : COTES
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Passengers : FARES
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Scruffs : NAPES
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Sea birds : ERNES
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Orchestra section : REEDS
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Doorway: Abbr. : ENT
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"Games People Play" : CARDS
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Arab ruler : EMEER
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I.O.U.'s : CHITS
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Orchid tubers : SALEP
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Hidden valuables : TROVE
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Maine campus site : ORONO
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Error's partner : TRIAL
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Recipient : DONEE
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Barracudas : SPETS
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Open-window annoyance : DRAFT
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Bobwhite : COLIN
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Tedious task : CHORE
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Stoles, etc. : WRAPS
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Is unwell : AILS
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Foolish talk : BILGE
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Abjectly afraid : CRAVEN
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Gives up : ABANDONS
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Blouses : WAISTS
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Human being : PERSON
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Apple prescription : ONEADAY
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Binge : TEAR
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Jury panels : VENIRES
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Hurt : HARMED
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Transferred again : RESOLD
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Germ cell : SPORE
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Cigar-making center : TAMPA
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Gave guardedly : DOLED
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Composer of "Over There" : COHAN
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Kind of board : ABOVE
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Cried, as a cat : MEWED
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Sec. of State, 1895-97 : OLNEY
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Purple Heart memento : SCAR
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Adriatic wind : BORA
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Old African coin : PESA
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To ___ (precisely) : ATEE
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Wolframite : CAL
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___ bad : NOT
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City lines : ELS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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