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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, July 21, 1988

58-Down : Author Earl ___ Biggers

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,135
Across
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Digest, for short : RECAP
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Goodbye, London style : TATA
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"___ Ideas," 1951 song : IGET
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Irregular : EROSE
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Middle East gulf : ADEN
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Fountain order : SODA
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"___ Boccanegra," Verdi opera : SIMON
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U.S.A. or U.S.S.R. : LANDPOWER
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High schoolers, usually : TEENAGERS
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Actress MacMahon : ALINE
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Ice palace? : IGLU
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Acclamation : ECLAT
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Key spot on a car : IGNITION
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Allergic disorder : ASTHMA
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Tiny : BITSY
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Like some beer : NEAR
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Pertaining to the east : EOAN
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Ticket-booth sign : SRO
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Fire preceder : CEASE
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Press closing : URE
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College in N.C. : ELON
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Craft, in Córdoba : ARTE
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"Music" to a hitchhiker : GETIN
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Octogenarian's goal : NINETY
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Bothered continually : HARASSED
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Clean a blackboard : ERASE
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Ski resort in Utah : ALTA
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Unexpected loss : UPSET
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Goofed on the diamond : MISPLAYED
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Crescent-shaped roll : CROISSANT
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Form or talk ending : ATIVE
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De ___, in "The Green Pastures" : LAWD
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Actress Tushingham : RITA
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Meaning : TENOR
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Author Rand et al. : AYNS
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"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
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Garden implement : EDGER
Down
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Remainder : REST
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Clinton's canal : ERIE
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Inherit : COMEINTOONESOWN
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"___ Born," 1948 Kaye musical : ASONGIS
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Offside result : PENALTY
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Story : TALE
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Hebrew month : ADAR
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On edge : TENSE
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Ampersand : AND
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Set apart : ISOLATE
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Be completely self-evident : GOWITHOUTSAYING
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Earl of Avon : EDEN
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Anagram for 42 Across : TARE
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Buddies : PALS
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W. Afr. republic : GUI
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Part of T.L.C. : CARE
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Creator of Hedda Gabler : IBSEN
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"The ___ Left Behind Me" : GIRLI
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Singular person : ONER
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Below, to Byron : NEATH
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Actress Eva ___ Saint : MARIE
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Make ___ of (finish off) : ANEND
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Befuddled : ASEA
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The Keys are these : CAYS
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Nymphs of the deep : NEREIDS
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Dyeing ester : GALLATE
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Propertied : ESTATED
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Uses a shuttle : TATS
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What some hoods beat : RAP
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Computer communications, for short : EMAIL
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Bruins' home : UCLA
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Importune : PRAY
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Division word : INTO
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Photo finish : STAT
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Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
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Author Earl ___ Biggers : DERR
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Srta.'s mother : SRA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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