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Robert H. Wolfe
Robert H. Wolfe

New York Times, Saturday, July 17, 1993

12-Down : "___ the Dark," Palance film

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.85, Missing: { F J K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 99, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 4 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Robert H. Wolfe has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 60 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,957
Across
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Veteran actor : STAGER
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Not gregarious : ASOCIAL
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In an itinerant fashion : PERIPATETICALLY
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"The ___ of Emily," 1964 film : AMERICANIZATION
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Spring resort : SPA
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Slender : REMOTE
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"___ on the Run," McCartney album : BAND
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Arched ceilings or vaults : TESTUDOS
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Man's slipper : ROMEO
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An Oscar winner: 1990 : IRONS
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Pygmy's pigment : MELANIN
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"___ Stop The Music," 1980 film : CANT
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Ruler of England: 924-40 : ATHELSTAN
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Feast of Lots : PURIM
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Bothersome people : MOLESTERS
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Ponder : PORE
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Gobi's refractory images : MIRAGES
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Macadamizes : PAVES
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Chemists' substances : ACIDS
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Indigent, old style : HAVELESS
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Get out! : SHOO
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Great Caesar's ghost : IDOLON
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Author Augusto ___ Bastos : ROA
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In the manner of ancient Greeks : HELLENISTICALLY
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Like certain charges : ELECTROPOSITIVE
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Slice again : RESEVER
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Absconded : ELOPED
Down
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Of muscular contractions : SPASTIC
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Egg painting : TEMPERA
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"I would give no man ___...": Shak. : AREASON
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Dairy cattle of India : GIR
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Ancient Ionian kingdom : EPIRUS
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Emulated Coe or Cram : RACED
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Go ___ hammer and tongs : ATIT
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Magnitude : SIZE
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"L'___ del Cairo": Mozart : OCA
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Sailing vessel : CATBOAT
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Alaskan lake : ILIAMNA
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"___ the Dark," Palance film : ALONEIN
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"Barry ___," O'Neal film : LYNDON
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___-shanter : TAMO
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Cainan's father : ENOS
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Boom letters : TNT
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"Kidnapped" auth. : RLS
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Israeli Prime Minister from Milwaukee : MEIR
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Place of desire? : ELMS
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Church projection : APSE
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Sounds of rebuke : TUTS
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Charlemagne's emp. : HRE
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Actress Greene : MICHELE
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Cal Ripken's team : ORIOLES
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"___ Vita" : LADOLCE
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An Afr. people : EGS
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"___ Joey" : PAL
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Subnasal structure : OVERLIP
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Settle a dispute : RESOLVE
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Endeavored : ESSAYED
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Womanizer : MASHER
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Lead tool : PENCIL
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C.C.U. site : HOSP
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Choir member : ALTO
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Vocal, to Pierre : VOISE
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About : INRE
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Fashionable Christian : DIOR
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PBS offering : ETV
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From ___ Z : ATO

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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