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Tom Underhill
Tom Underhill

New York Times, Thursday, July 28, 1988

5-Down : ___-scarum

Author:
Tom W. Underhill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 18, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Tom Underhill has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
Tom W. Underhill is an alias for Tom Underhill.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,142
Across
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"___ be praised!" : ALLAH
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Word with land or sea : SCAPE
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F.D.R. agency : CCC
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The huntress : DIANA
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Actress Marta : TOREN
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Cry of triumph : HAH
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"Shoot, if you must, this ___": Whittier : OLDGRAYHEAD
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Guidonian note : ELA
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Writing implement : STYLUS
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Aware of : ONTO
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High priest : ELI
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Lend : IMPART
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Moslem mendicant monk : FAKIR
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Conception : IDEA
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N.Y. time in May : EDT
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Ponies : TROTS
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"¡___ bueno!" : MUY
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Pert : FRESH
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Mil. branch : INF
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"A ___ man speaking to men": Wordsworth : POETISA
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Utility must : AMMETER
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Solti's title : SIR
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___ Islands of Denmark : FAROE
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Citrus drink : ADE
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Tea fare : SCONE
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Gerona's river : TER
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Kind of appeal : SNOB
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Attics : LOFTS
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Maximally : ATMOST
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Abate : EBB
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African fox : ASSE
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Addison's partner : STEELE
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Goethe's "The ___king" : ERL
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"Her ___ ... ": Coleridge : LIPSWERERED
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Kind of cross : TAU
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Growing out : ENATE
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Turkish decree : IRADE
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Compass pt. : SSE
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Hearing, e.g. : SENSE
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"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
Down
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Fusses : ADOS
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Cadence : LILT
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Slipper preceder : LADY
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England, to Caesar : ANGLIA
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___-scarum : HARUM
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Pen : STY
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Associates : COHORTS
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"___ we all?" : ARENT
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Irish fuel : PEAT
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"Till the ___," 1945 song : ENDOFTIME
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"Barefoot boy, with ___!": Whittier : CHEEKOFTAN
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___ a day : CALLIT
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Runs a meeting : CHAIRS
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Former Turkish coins : ASPERS
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Turn ___ ear to : ADEAF
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"Rule, Britannia" man : ARNE
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Demon : IMP
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Twosome : DUO
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"Five-feet two, ___" : EYESOFBLUE
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Bargain events : FIRESALES
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Oda site : HAREM
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Dye : TINT
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Sad : MOROSE
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Tokyo, once : EDO
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Johnny ___ : REB
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Swears to : ATTESTS
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Rains icy particles : SLEETS
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Mongoose targets : COBRAS
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Pilots : STEERS
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"A life's but ___": Shak. : ASPAN
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Groove : STRIA
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___ qua non : SINE
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Castor's mother : LEDA
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German river : EDER
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Tiny : WEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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