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Jones
Jones

New York Times, Friday, July 25, 1980

1-Down : Lineup in a liquor store

Author:
Jones
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F H J K Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jones has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,217
Across
1
Showy outburst : BLAZE
6
Pencils that have seen better days : STUBS
11
Like lights in a blackout : DOUSED
12
Principles : TENETS
14
Like a lemon : CITRINE
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Bulldog, for one : EDITION
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Make modifications : ALTER
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Shelter, food, etc. : NEEDS
20
Rope strand : PLY
21
Chums : PALS
22
Work by O'Hara or O. Henry : STORY
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Actor John from Joplin : BEAL
24
Hot time in Le Havre : ETE
25
Franks' accompaniment : BEANS
26
Baccarat player's plunge : BANCO
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What polite people pay : RESPECTS
29
Enrage : MADDEN
30
Relative degree : RATE
31
Outdistance : LOSE
32
Kin of the rhinoceros : TAPIRS
35
"Sunrise ___," Glenn Miller hit : SERENADE
39
Northern constellation : ARIES
40
High-spirited horse : STEED
41
Solidify : GEL
42
Foldable beds : COTS
43
___-loo, children's game : LOOBY
44
Leslie Caron role: 1953 : LILI
45
"___ rambling wreck ... " : IMA
46
Allegro or andante : TEMPO
47
Plate for John Paul II : PATEN
48
Bar : TAPROOM
50
Make Mickey move : ANIMATE
52
River or lake in Tex. and La. : SABINE
53
Interact realistically : RELATE
54
Construction worker : TILER
55
Blacksmith-inventor: 1804-86 : DEERE
Down
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Lineup in a liquor store : BOTTLES
2
Comes on like Circe : LURES
3
Part of Saudi Arabia : ASIR
4
Introspective group : ZEN
5
Armadillo or anteater : EDENTATE
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Does some conning : STEERS
7
Tot's glassy-eyed bedmate : TEDDY
8
Etats follower : UNIS
9
Parlay, e.g. : BET
10
Pension, e.g. : STIPEND
11
Expand : DILATE
13
Comfort : SOLACE
14
Sauce flavoring : CAPER
16
Synthetic fiber : NYLON
19
Extremely long time : EONS
22
Dissenting bodies : SECTS
23
Lord ___-Powell : BADEN
25
Pessimists on Wall Street : BEARS
26
Founded : BASED
28
Snoops : PRIES
29
Comedian Amsterdam : MOREY
31
Navigational aid on a sailboat : LEEBOARD
32
Unspoken : TACIT
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Rose-garden emanations : AROMAS
34
How the bride's heart beats : PITAPAT
35
Word with back or short : STOP
36
Shake up : AGITATE
37
Erase : DELETE
38
Couperus's "___ Vere": 1889 : ELINE
40
Actress Elke : SOMMER
43
Sierra ___ : LEONE
44
President of Texas: 1838-41 : LAMAR
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Labor : TOIL
47
Battery : PILE
49
Sports page abbr. : RBI
51
Rosalynn Carter, ___ Smith : NEE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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