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Floy Stryker
Floy Stryker

New York Times, Friday, July 27, 1979

30-Down : Illiteracy

Author:
Floy Stryker
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { W X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Floy Stryker has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,853
Across
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Planted trees : FORESTED
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Maltreated : ABUSED
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Enough : ADEQUATE
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Green film on copper : PATINA
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Succession : SEQUENCE
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Passé service person : ICEMAN
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Adjusted exactly : TRUED
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Traveler's bag : PACKSACK
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Verb suffix, in England : ISE
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Summary : RECAP
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Football linemen: Abbr. : RTS
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One of the D.A.'s people : ASST
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Elbowed : JOSTLED
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Most pilose : HAIRIEST
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Obligation : DEBT
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West Indies resort island : ANTIGUA
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It comes with a pink slip : HEAVEHO
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Dizzy, for one : DEAN
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Made a selection : BALLOTED
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San Francisco district : NOBHILL
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See to : TEND
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Place for a small dog : LAP
47
Wrecks : RUINS
48
Bowling target : PIN
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Learned : EDUCATED
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Henhouse feature : ROOST
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Institute : FOMENT
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Cinnamon stone : ESSONITE
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Séance occurrence : TRANCE
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Trapped again : RESNARED
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Word with day or year : YESTER
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Bradshaw and Swann : STEELERS
Down
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Speedy : FAST
2
Central European river : ODER
3
Necessity : REQUISITE
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Rider : EQUESTRIAN
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Leather fabric : SUEDE
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Sun-bath result : TAN
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Common abbr. : ETC
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Most profound : DEEPEST
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At the tip : APICAL
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Retreat : BACKPEDAL
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Western Indians : UTES
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Woman's loose robe : SIMAR
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Legislate : ENACT
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Composer of "Silver Threads Among the Gold" : DANKS
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Perform : ACT
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Sub ___ (covertly) : ROSA
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Villain's exclamation : AHA
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Hosiery shade : SAND
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Game, to Georges : JEU
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Worship service : DEVOTIONAL
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Illiteracy : IGNORANCE
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Bugaboo : BETENOIRE
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After that : THEN
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"La Bohémienne" painter : HALS
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Building wing : ELL
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Bizarre : ODD
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Notebooks : BINDERS
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Bread spread : BUTTER
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Make haste : HIE
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Grove, for one : LEFTY
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Worship : ADORE
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Big cats : PUMAS
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Lying facedown : PRONE
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Where to see Lincoln : CENT
52
Suffix with young or road : STER
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Mack and Williams : TEDS
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Coterie : SET
57
Compass point : SSE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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