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Norma Steinberg
Norma Steinberg

New York Times, Friday, July 27, 1984

27-Down : Paycheck surprise

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,680
Across
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Actor Clunes : ALEC
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Part of "T.W.T.W.T.W." : THAT
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Hammett hero : SPADE
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Change wallpaper, e.g. : REDO
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Lear's emotion : RAGE
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Acknowledge as true : ALLOW
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Horace or Thomas : MANN
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___ even keel : ONAN
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Lord or vassal : LIEGE
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Bridge : SPAN
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Franny Glass's creator : JDSALINGER
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Plunder : FORAY
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Eur. or S.A. : CONT
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Hat for a Parisienne : BRETON
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Denver, the "___ City" : MILEHIGH
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Rowed : OARED
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Office gambling arrangement : POOL
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Poet Teasdale : SARA
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Pen point : NIB
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Find on Milo : VENUS
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Yea's opposite : NAY
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Previously owned : USED
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No ifs, ___ or buts : ANDS
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Caine role : ALFIE
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Harem : SERAGLIO
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Carny's cohorts : SHILLS
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Debatable : MOOT
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Scandal : SHAME
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Creator of Mellors : DHLAWRENCE
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Sharif : OMAR
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Moulin ___ : ROUGE
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Oscar winner in "Hud": 1963 : NEAL
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He wrote "The Immoralist" : GIDE
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Boleyn and Bancroft : ANNES
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Like some tales : TALL
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Actress Markey : ENID
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Beauty's partner : BEAST
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Stick around : STAY
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Preston and York: Abbr. : SGTS
Down
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Supplies with guns : ARMS
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___ year : LEAP
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Gaylord Ravenal's creator : EDNAFERBER
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Imply : CONNOTE
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U.S.C. athlete : TROJAN
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He wrote "St. Louis Blues" : HANDY
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Moslem leaders : AGAS
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Dogged : TENACIOUS
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Like the briny : SALINE
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Column bases : PLINTHS
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Without ___ to stand on : ALEG
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Genoese ruler, once : DOGE
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Pitcher : EWER
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Hangs around : LOLLS
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Serling or Taylor : ROD
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Extra benefit : BONUS
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Paycheck surprise : RAISE
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The world of Veneto : MONDO
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Creator of Caractacus Potts : IANFLEMING
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Galahad's quest : GRAIL
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Man between Grant and Garfield : HAYES
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Contrite ones : PENITENTS
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Bravery : VALOR
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Suit judgment : DAMAGES
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Eureka! : AHA
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Fine porcelain : LIMOGES
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Greeley's advice : GOWEST
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Chitinous : SHELLY
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La ___, Milano : SCALA
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Olive ___ : DRAB
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Whet : HONE
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Type of moth : LUNA
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Pinlike? : NEAT
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Mine entrance : ADIT
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Beatty film : REDS

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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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