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Jack R. Harnes
Jack R. Harnes

OYEZ! OYEZ!

New York Times, Sunday, July 3, 1988

9-Down : Advise, in Yorkshire

Author:
Jack R. Harnes
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 160, Blocks: 90, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 632 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 169, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 17, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Jack R. Harnes has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,117
Across
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___ House, Washington, D.C. : BLAIR
6
Onto : AWARE
11
___ veau (sweetbread) : RISDE
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Items in stacks : TOMES
21
Small stream, in England : RITHE
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Split : RIVEN
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Outward : ECTAD
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Praying female figure : ORANT
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Set ___ (prepare to snare) : ATRAP
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Union general : MEADE
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Diplomat Silas : DEANE
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Devilfish : MANTA
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Closet pest? : WHITEMILLER
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Superman? : STRONGCLARK
33
Having droopy auricles : LOPEARED
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Facial bone : VOMER
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Subject of some roasts : TOASTEE
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Hardy heroine : TESS
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Country singer Muldaur : MARIA
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Arrow's little cousin : DART
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Vexed or rubbed : CHAFED
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Bribed : GOTAT
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Stuffs : SATES
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Morning hrs. : AMS
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Valhalla gods : AESIR
50
What an arsonist sometimes does? : BYRNESHOLMES
53
Stigma : BLOT
54
Sing Sing warden-author : LAWES
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Rake : ROUE
56
Bill's partner : COO
57
Donizetti heroine : RITA
58
Russian sea : ARAL
59
" ... ___ away the sin ... ": John 1:29 : TAKETH
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Posture at bat : STANCE
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R.I.P. notice : OBIT
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Surveying instrument : HANDLEVEL
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Quaker in a grove : ASPEN
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Menhaden : OLDWIFE
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Whale constellation : CETUS
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Trick alternative : TREAT
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Boy singer of the 30's : BREEN
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Barge : LIGHTER
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Ritual meal : SEDER
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Famed former miler : BANNISTER
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Music halls : ODEA
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Strut : SASHAY
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Nova ___ : SCOTIA
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An armadillo : TATU
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"Hamiltons" : TENS
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Gibbon : LAR
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Prado offering : ARTE
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Certain gaits : LOPES
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Conductor Jeffrey ___ : TATE
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Rossini's Figaro when depressed? : MOODYBARBOUR
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Kayo blows : ONERS
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Sights in the Bx. : ELS
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Painters, e.g. : ROPES
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Crazy as ___ : ALOON
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Author of "Tristram Shandy" : STERNE
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Summers, in Arles : ETES
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Fold : PLEAT
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Partner of aid : ABET
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"To every thing there is ___ ... ": Eccl. 3:1 : ASEASON
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Made with pickets : PALED
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Led : DIRECTED
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Mystery novel? : BUTLERSTORY
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Moonshiner? : WOODSBREWER
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Fanon : ORALE
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Conjecture : HUNCH
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Rejoice : EXULT
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Rhone tributary : ISERE
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Passé : DATED
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Bone: Comb. form : OSTEO
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Type of angler : EELER
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J'___ (I was, in Paris) : ETAIS
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Curves : ESSES
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Vance of whodunits : PHILO
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Crystalline crust : DRUSE
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Purposes : SAKES
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Melee : BRAWL
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Kind of graph or sphere : LITHO
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Anchor position : ATRIP
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"___ war": F.D.R. : IHATE
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Some guns or students : REPEATERS
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Hordes : ARMIES
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Handles : WIELDS
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Of grandparents : AVAL
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Advise, in Yorkshire : REDE
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Sap : ENERVATE
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Memorable sportswriter : REDSMITH
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Summer refresher : ICETEA
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Brenda or Bart : STARR
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Of Denmark: Comb. form : DANO
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Toothless : EDENTATE
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Alley frequenters : TOMCATS
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Hurdles for would-be Ph.D.'s : ORALS
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___-arms (mounted soldier) : MANAT
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___ nous : ENTRE
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Bet : STAKE
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Talking horse of TV : MRED
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Inserts on skirts : GORES
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Domesday Book money : ORAS
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"Cape Martin" painter : MONET
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Pythias's friend : DAMON
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A capital of Assyria : CALAH
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___ pin drop : HEARA
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Egyptian dam : ASWAN
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Fox hunt? : FIELDCHASE
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Thin porridge : GRUEL
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Ashcan School painter : SLOAN
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This is sometimes ironclad : ALIBI
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Theme : MOTIF
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Union unit : STATE
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Display of daring : BRAVURA
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Pairs : YOKES
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A Mendelssohn opus in E flat major : OCTET
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An Ivy League jewel? : BROWNSTONE
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Rollers in the 1790's : TETES
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Oliver or Thomas : HARDY
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Prepares for a bout : SPARS
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Triter : CORNIER
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"Maria ___," 1933 song : ELENA
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Rent : LET
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Bishopric : SEE
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Gods, to Galba : DEI
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Lachrymose : TEARY
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Beaten, in Brest : BATTU
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Soprano Lehmann : LOTTE
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Beau ___ : IDEAL
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Polite blokes : GENTS
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Clupeid fishes : SHADS
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Element used in metallurgy : BORON
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Acuminate : TAPER
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Ever, in poesy : ETERN
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Ballet ___ : RUSSE
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Blackthorns : SLOES
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One who talks only to God : CABOT
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Games for would-be millionaires : LOTTERIES
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Engine : MOTOR
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Establishment not requiring union membership : OPENSHOP
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Advertising hoopla : BALLYHOO
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Not aweather : ALEE
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The common plantain : ROADWEED
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Sows again : RESEEDS
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A Belgradian : SERB
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Piece of fourth-class mail : PARCEL
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Confuses : ADDLES
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Swarthy, in Savoie : BISTRE
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Home : ABODE
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Koran chapters : SURAS
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Les ___-Unis : ETATS
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Formal mall : ALLEE
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Loren's married name : PONTI
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Jai-alai basket : CESTA
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Twitch : TWEAK
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Weird : EERIE
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Garb : DRESS
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Disdainful interjection : TUSH
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Hedge that bars cattle : OXER
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Finnish city or river : OULU

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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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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