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Ernst Theimer
Ernst Theimer

FRACTURED POLYSYLLABLES

New York Times, Sunday, July 2, 1989

40-Down : BEEF ABOUT 3 A.M. RECORD PLAYING

Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 90, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 622 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 147, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
Notepad: FURTHER CLUES
25 A = 37 A
52 A = 116 A
65 A = 118 A
27 A = 40 D
48 D = 93 D
73 D = 91 A
David Steinberg notes:

73-Down: A tchast is a Russian unit of dry capacity. A loof, also known as a lof, is equivalent to 592 tchasts.

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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,481
Across
1
Certain secants : POLARS
7
Cried loudly : BAWLED
13
Border river in 104 Down : YALU
17
Prohibit : BAR
20
Charm : AMULET
21
Each : APIECE
22
Assert : AVER
23
Match king Kreuger : IVAR
25
OPPOSED TO A BANNER SHARE : CONFLAGRATION
27
AWAY, SORROW! : WOEBEGONE
29
Forum garb : TOGA
30
European carp : ROACH
31
Distort : SKEW
33
Britain, poetically : ALBION
34
Plow sole : SLADE
35
Run, as a dye : BLEED
37
DEDUCE A REFUSAL : INFERNO
38
Lay a lawn : SOD
41
Fondles : PETS
42
Suspicious : LEERY
43
Foreign : ALIEN
44
Hedge shrubs : PRIVETS
46
Hall in a casa : SALA
47
A grandson of Adam : ENOS
48
Agnus ___ : DEI
51
Atlas items : INSETS
52
55
Flowerless plant : FERN
56
Speeds : RACES
57
Exhortation to Kelly : SLIDE
58
Capital of Guam : AGANA
59
Apportion : ALLOT
60
Over : ATOP
61
Marry in haste : ELOPE
62
Skipper's "Stop!" : AVAST
63
European sea bream : BRAISE
64
Author Deighton : LEN
65
LOUGANIS'S CHARGED PARTICLE : DIVERSION
67
Pipe repairman : PLUMBER
68
Placid : SERENE
71
Ratite bird of crosswords : EMU
72
Race horse: Slang : GEEGEE
73
Magi activity at Bethlehem : ADORING
75
STREAKERS = TOP NOTES : OVERTONES
78
Gypsy boy : ROM
81
Bloomers in Whitman's dooryard : LILACS
82
Australian tennis great : LAVER
84
East Indian woody vines : ODALS
85
Elephant's-ear : TARO
86
Basketry grass : OTATE
87
European finch : SERIN
88
Come up : ARISE
89
Wreck completely : TOTAL
90
"Prince ___," R.L.S. work : OTTO
91
SEAFOOD VENDOR'S STALL : STANDOFFISH
93
Quarter ___ (8:45) : TONINE
94
Enemy : FOE
95
Executioner in "The Mikado" : KOKO
96
Nominate, in Scotland : LEET
97
Crowds : THRONGS
98
Small napkin : DOILY
100
Brainstorms : IDEAS
102
Very proper : PRIM
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Obtain : GET
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Supplements : ADDENDA
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Curl the lip : SNEER
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Solo : ALONE
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Appeared : SEEMED
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Color : TINT
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Imbibed : DRANK
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Turkish regiment : ALAI
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CONTRACT DEBT CHITS : INCURIOUS
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HOW TO MAKE MEN TAT : ENTERTAINMENT
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Suffix with comment : ATOR
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Sisters : NUNS
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Navy engineering corpsman : SEABEE
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Marked with spots or lines : NOTATE
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Hurricane center : EYE
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Ashen : GRAY
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Makes croutons : TOASTS
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Soho cig : GASPER
Down
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Covenant : PACT
2
Melville novel : OMOO
3
Respiratory organ : LUNG
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Esparto : ALFA
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Electrical unit : REL
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Hollywood hopefuls : STARLETS
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Pressure units : BARADS
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Speedily : APACE
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Accompanying : WITH
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Wahine's wreath : LEI
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Author of "The Name of the Rose" : ECO
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More compact : DENSER
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Deviated from course : YAWED
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Own : AVOW
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Shelter : LEE
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Franciscan nun : URBANIST
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London attraction : BIGBEN
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To have: Fr. : AVOIR
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Continued without interruption : RANON
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City with lots of slots : RENO
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Fall guys : GOATS
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Sprite: Fr. : ELFE
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Pitch : KEY
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Small barracudas : SPETS
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Misrepresent : BELIE
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Page : LEAF
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Actress Massey : ILONA
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Helix : SPIRAL
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Elaborately decorated : ORNATE
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BEEF ABOUT 3 A.M. RECORD PLAYING : DISCONSOLATE
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Stocking run : LADDER
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Concerning : ANENT
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Barkley was one : VEEP
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Marsh bird : SNIPE
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Epochs : ERAS
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PANNING THE COLD CUTS SHOP : DELIBERATING
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Irregular : EROSE
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Bury : INTER
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"___ Lucy" : ILOVE
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Churchill's good will : FAVOUR
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Actor Richard : EGAN
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Blaze : FLAME
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David's weapon : SLING
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Snug as a bug in ___ : ARUG
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British noble family : EDENS
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Rifleman, at times : AIMER
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Sanctify : BLESS
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___ clock (six bells) : SEVENO
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"The Old Wives' Tale" dramatist : PEELE
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Poetic Muse : ERATO
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Sake source : RICE
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Grind one's teeth : GNASH
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IT CONSISTS OF 592 TCHASTS : ALOOF
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Same : DITTO
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"Amores" poet : OVID
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Conservatives : TORIES
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Pindar, for one : ODIST
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Bergamot or mandarin : ORANGE
80
Harass : MOLEST
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Pervious : LEAKY
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Tuscan river : ARNO
85
Wells's "___ Bungay" : TONO
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Roman outer garment : STOLA
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Frighten: Dial. : AFEAR
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The Velvet Fog : TORME
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Problem on an icy road : SKIDDING
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Run away : FLEE
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SVELTE MONARCH : THINKING
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Mineral found in dried lake basins : TRONA
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Decorous : DEMURE
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Unique person : ONER
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Hostel : INN
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Hate : DETEST
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Home bases : PLATES
104
Largest continent : ASIA
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Spaghetti al ___ : DENTE
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Lure : DECOY
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Actress Spacek : SISSY
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Court decree : ARRET
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Albacore : TUNA
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Former perennial Socialist candidate : DEBS
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Danish counties : AMTS
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Jump : LEAP
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Feed the kitty : ANTE
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Brain passage : ITER
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Start of the Lord's Prayer : OUR
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Modernist : NEO
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Chinese pagoda : TAA
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Common, in Hawaii : NOA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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