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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Friday, July 22, 1983

3-Down : Cornea irritant

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,309
Across
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Execrate : DAMN
5
Arthurian prince : TRISTAN
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Energetic person : DEMON
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One with a yen : HANKERER
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Take an officer down a peg : DEMOTE
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Illimitable : INFINITE
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"If ___ a Rich Man" : IWERE
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Exigency : NEED
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Cardiology abbr. : EKG
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Differently : ELSE
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Magic Johnson is one : LAKER
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Sicilian sight : ETNA
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Whip severely : TAN
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Marco's kinfolk : POLOS
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Mountaineer's spike : PITON
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Winged fisher : PELICAN
29
Memorable Egyptian : SADAT
30
Black-spotted butterfly : APHRODITE
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Ponds, in poesy : MERES
34
C or D, to Caesar : NUMERAL
37
___ Peak, highest point in Utah : KINGS
38
Tablelands : MESAS
39
Henry Fonda's last co-star : LOY
41
Duo quadrupled : OCTO
42
More sapient : WISER
43
Gulf of Finland feeder : NEVA
44
Land measure : ARE
45
Elephant's young : CALF
46
Terry product : TOWEL
47
Anderson drama, "Joan of ___" : LORRAINE
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Sillographer's forte : SATIRE
50
Not in residence : ABSENTEE
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Hebrew letters : ALEFS
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Least troublesome : EASIEST
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Relinquish : CEDE
Down
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Lands of an estate : DEMESNE
2
Dante's feeling for Beatrice : AMORE
3
Cornea irritant : MOTE
4
Phoenix-to-Salt Lake City dir. : NNE
5
Respond quickly to the unexpected : THINKONONESFEET
6
Hindu queens : RANEES
7
Derive by reasoning : INFER
8
Low platform : SKID
9
Half a score : TEN
10
Oratorio part : ARIETTA
11
Part of a cell nucleus : NETKNOT
12
Bird's wattle : DEWLAP
14
Cabinet member under R.W.R. : REGAN
15
Bantingize : DIET
21
Bays in Scotland : LOCHS
22
Axillary : ALAR
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Coastal duck : EIDER
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Birdcalls : PIPES
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Hors d'oeuvres : PATES
28
Slowly solemn, in music : LARGO
29
Medieval robe : SIMAR
31
Italian actress: 1859-1924 : DUSE
32
Germ : MICROBE
33
___ plea (petitions a court) : ENTERSA
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Herring's relative : ALEWIFE
36
Hero and Leander, e.g. : LOVERS
37
Furry outbacker : KOALA
38
Christopher and A. A. : MILNES
40
Brown rival : YALE
42
He was Papa to the Waltons : WAITE
43
Renowned : NOTED
45
"How ___ Be Sure?": 1972 tune : CANI
46
Yarn : TALE
48
Lab activity : RES
49
Pouch : SAC

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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