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James E. Hinish Jr.
James E. Hinish Jr.

New York Times, Friday, July 16, 1993

4-Down : Deserted and in trouble

Author:
James E. Hinish Jr.
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
James E. Hinish Jr. has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,956
Across
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Long tress : FALL
5
Hominy : SAMP
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Reign, Hindu style : RAJ
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Shawm of today : OBOE
13
What piton users do : CLIMB
15
Provoke wrath : RILE
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St. ___ College, Northfield, Minn. : OLAF
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Hogback : RIDGE
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"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
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Sinistral : LEFTHAND
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Bill of ___ : RIGHTS
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Urge onward : IMPEL
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Bangkok coin : BAHT
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Cartoonist and river : ARNOS
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Momentous : EVENTFUL
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Early "L.A. Law" actor : SMITS
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Mauritanian : MOOR
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Yorkshire river : AIRE
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Close to : NIGH
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Odets's "Waiting for ___" : LEFTY
36
Outdo : BEST
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Persistent pain : ACHE
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Commedia dell' ___ : ARTE
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Large pill : BOLUS
40
Tribal ceremonial feast : POTLATCH
42
Commends : LAUDS
43
Bulrush : TULE
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Raise in rank : EXALT
46
Mews on the Meuse : ECURIE
48
Formulate anew : REDEFINE
52
Playwright Connelly : MARC
53
She was Claudia on "Knots Landing" : NOONE
55
Michael J. Fox role : ALEX
56
Ho Chi or Viet follower : MINH
57
Flight portion : STAIR
58
Applaud : CLAP
59
Ques. response : ANS
60
Seraglio sections : ODAS
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"___ perpetua" (Idaho motto) : ESTO
Down
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Abderite : FOOL
2
Port attachment : ABLE
3
Bakery product : LOAF
4
Deserted and in trouble : LEFTINTHELURCH
5
Food for Fido : SCRAPS
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Dress type : ALINE
7
Moderate : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
8
Postal V.I.P. : PMG
9
Position for Ruth or Ott : RIGHTFIELD
10
Scads : ALOT
11
N.Y. N.F.L.ers : JETS
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Shrub having yellow flowers : BERBERY
15
Sarge's command : RIGHTABOUTFACE
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Med. providers : HMOS
22
John, to Jock : IAN
25
Federico's friend : AMICO
26
Certain signals on rears of cars : RIGHTTURNS
28
Suffrage : VOTE
29
Bear, to Brutus : URSUS
30
Scoreless serves : LETS
31
Cinch : SNAP
32
Temp. indicator : MERC
35
Triangular sails : LATEENS
39
Levee load : BALE
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"Fighter of the Century" : ALI
42
Workmen on piers : LADERS
45
City near Dayton : XENIA
46
Madame Bovary : EMMA
47
Author of "Double Indemnity" : CAIN
49
"To hastening ___ a prey": Goldsmith : ILLS
50
Straight : NEAT
51
Montreal baseball player : EXPO
54
Winnebago's cousin : OTO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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