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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

PRINTER'S DEVILTRY

New York Times, Sunday, July 16, 1978

62-Down : Tap

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 94, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 640 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 139, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19 Grid has duplicate clues.
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Many clues cannot be represented accurately in Crossword Compiler or Across Lite. This PDF shows how the puzzle looked in print. Note that the clue for 34 Across has no number in the PDF.

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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,564
Across
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Hubs : FOCI
5
Miller's material : GRIST
10
Prima donna : DIVA
14
Stanford : LELAND
20
"Hardly ___ is now alive ... " : AMAN
21
Vietnamese capital : HANOI
22
No Clue : ATILT
24
Writer Wylie : ELINOR
25
No Clue : CARGOINGUP
27
No Clue : MARGINALNOTE
29
___ Gay : ENOLA
30
Two N.L. players : OTTS
32
Spanish pipe : TUBO
33
World's tallest building, for short : SEARS
34
40
Is a consumer : USES
41
S. African village : STAD
42
Silkworm : ERIA
43
"Sore labour's bath" : SLEEP
45
Nabokov title : ADA
48
"Zebras" on a gridiron : REFS
51
___ nous : ENTRE
54
Streisand song : PEOPLE
58
8 A.M. surgeons : BIGTIMEOPERATORS
63
Curl the lip : SNEER
64
Writer known as Artemus Ward : BROWNE
65
Nigerian staple : YAM
66
Neurons' juncture point : SYNAPSE
69
One of the Speakers : TRIS
70
Concurred : AGREED
71
Penn Station builder : REA
73
Iktcs : STICKSHIFT
75
Yule paste-on : SEAL
76
Wingless : APTERAL
80
___-pain (Parisian breadwinner) : GAGNE
81
Champagne's flavor and body : SEVE
83
# 20/20 : SHARPVISION
86
Immortal hawk : ARES
89
A sister of Thalia : ERATO
91
Trig ratios : SECANTS
92
That girl, to Gaius : ILLA
94
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ : RUNONLINES
99
Poke fun at : KID
100
More lethargic : LOGIER
102
With, in Aix : AVEC
103
Part of B.T.U. : BRITISH
106
U.S. press org. : NIA
108
Depth bomb, to a gob : ASHCAN
109
Hollers : YELLS
111
A/C V.P. : ACCOUNTEXECUTIVE
114
Horse-opera setting : SALOON
116
Novelist Lagerlöf : SELMA
117
Denomination : SECT
118
T : TEE
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Come ___ (confess) : CLEAN
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Endings with aster and planet : OIDS
124
River isles : AITS
127
Lone Ranger's prop : MASK
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Delhi nannies : AMAHS
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Whom Seth begat : ENOS
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Horse or antelope : ROAN
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Peep show : RAREE
143
2nd 2nd : SPLITSECONDS
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$1,000 "Manon" : GRANDOPERA
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Sour brew : ALEGAR
151
Fencers' gear : EPEES
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Ade book: 1896 : ARTIE
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Caliph's title : IMAM
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Kidney: Prefix : NEPHRO
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Arboret, e.g. : TREE
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Kremlin refusals : NYETS
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Acquires : GETS
Down
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Gem feature : FACET
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Muscat native : OMANI
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Ricochet : CAROM
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Hearths : INGLES
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F - - - J : GHI
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Was a candidate : RAN
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Fort Knox item : INGOT
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S. : SOUTH
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Pussyfoot : TIPTOE
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Aswan, e.g. : DAM
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Call ___ day : ITA
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Artistic quality : VIRTU
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Biblical tree : ALGUM
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Pastoral place : LEA
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L L : ELLS
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Celebes oxen : ANOAS
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Part of N.D. : NOTRE
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Boutique buy : DRESS
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Beau ___, Goldsmith character : TIBBS
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Tobacco kiln : OAST
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Wouk hero : NOEL
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On more solid ground : SURER
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Became friendly : WARMED
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___ fixe : IDEE
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Turner and Louise : TINAS
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Cooper hero : NATTY
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Corded fabric : REP
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Some M.I.T. grads : EES
45
Uncle of Mohammed : ABBAS
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Laments : DIRGES
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Greek forums : AGORAE
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Vaudeville name : FOY
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Leonidas' city : SPARTA
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Nessen and Ziegler : RONS
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Persian sprite : PERI
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Ericsson : LEIF
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Formerly, formerly : ERST
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Feminine ending : INE
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Kuwaiti ruler : EMEER
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Tap : SPIGOT
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Glances over : SCANS
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Heart exam : EKG
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Dada display : ARPS
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Snow, in Scotland : SNA
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On the move : ASTIR
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Sound: Suffix : PHONIA
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Short way : AVE
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French ___, Ind. spa : LICK
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Sea bird : ERN
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Superdome athlete : SAINT
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The ___ (cruise destination) : INDIES
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Draw out : ELICIT
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Filament of silk : SLEAVE
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Clerical garb : ALB
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Wild buffalo : ARNEE
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Milland and Eberle : RAYS
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Eye area : UVEA
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Dickens girl : NELL
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Catchall abbrs. : ETCS
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Six, on a die : SICE
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Of milk : LACTIC
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Columbus campus initials : OSU
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Nomothetes : SOLON
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Of organic matter : HUMIC
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Chopping tool : AXE
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Hurok : SOL
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Consumers' advocate : NADER
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Modified organism : ECAD
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Flimsy material : NET
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Bide ___ : AWEE
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Kind of word : NONCE
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Rallying cry : SLOGAN
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"Comin' ___ the Rye" : THRO
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Porpoise : SEAPIG
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Korean port : MASAN
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Adequate : AMPLE
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Orchid byproduct : SALEP
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Vote in : COOPT
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Lou Grant on TV : ASNER
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Actor Hagman : LARRY
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Growing out : ENATE
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___ de menthe : CREME
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Horn: Prefix : KERAT
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Sutures : SEAMS
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* : STAR
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Sellout sign : SRO
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D : DEE
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Opposite of NNW : SSE
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Kind of pick or wit : NIT
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___ Moines : DES

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 11 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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