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Anne Fox
Anne Fox

U.S. SONGFEST

New York Times, Sunday, July 4, 1982

23-Down : City on the Dnepr

Author:
Anne Fox
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 613 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15 Grid has duplicate clues.
Anne Fox has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,926
Across
1
Pilgrimage to Mecca : HADJ
5
Wind : COIL
9
Rich soil : LOAM
13
Manila hemp : ABACA
18
Region : AREA
19
Cod's cousin : HAKE
20
Physician: Comb. form : IATRO
21
Ape : MIMIC
22
"Yankee Doodle" words : STUCKAFEATHERINHISHAT
26
Jargon : PATOIS
27
Make tracks : HIE
28
Bugbears : OGRES
29
Uris hero : ARI
30
Greek letters : BETAS
33
Kind of cat : FAT
35
Term of endearment : HON
36
Church calendar : ORDO
37
Words by K. L. Bates : ABOVETHEFRUITEDPLAIN
42
Fuss : ADO
43
Plat, e.g. : MAP
44
Vigoda : ABE
45
Herb of grace : RUE
46
Words by J. W. Howe : SINCEGODISMARCHINGON
55
Calm; composed : STEADY
56
Follower of Paul : ETTE
57
Netherlands river : LEK
58
Syr. neighbor : LEB
60
Device for Walton : LURE
62
Shell adjunct : OAR
63
"From ___ to shining ... " : SEA
64
Purposive : TELIC
66
Words by J. Hopkinson : HAILCOLUMBIAHAPPYLAND
72
Man with an army : ARNIE
73
___ Elum, city in Wash. : CLE
74
Guevara : CHE
75
Met extra : SUPE
76
Beast of burden : YAK
77
Barrette : PIN
78
Early church desk : AMBO
80
Football great : NAMATH
84
90
Wilde forte : WIT
91
Chemical prefix : ACI
92
Sgt. : NCO
93
Greek Aurora : EOS
94
"Stand ___" (words from Berlin) : BESIDEHERANDGUIDEHER
103
Capital of Aisne : LAON
104
Henry ___, modern U.S. sculptor : ROX
105
Turkish title : AGA
106
White : SNOWY
107
Ossuary : URN
108
City in Puerto Rico : PONCE
110
Kind : ILK
112
Nullify : NEGATE
116
Words by G. P. Morris : FLAGOFOURUNIONFOREVER
121
Mortal : FATAL
122
Employing : USING
123
Lout : BOOR
124
Kansas city : IOLA
125
Scintilla : SPARK
126
Tear : REND
127
Mas that maa : EWES
128
Hole punchers : AWLS
Down
1
Fastener : HASP
2
Greek gulf : ARTA
3
O.T. book : DEUT
4
Writer Timerman : JACOBO
5
Pure : CHASTE
6
Lout : OAF
7
Jack's predecessor : IKE
8
A wife of Jacob : LEAH
9
New Guinea port : LAE
10
Other: Sp. : OTRO
11
Properly : ARIGHT
12
"Last of the Cocked Hats" : MONROE
13
Writer Kingsley : AMIS
14
Twice : BIS
15
Ethiopian province : AMHARA
16
Poet who wrote "As If" : CIARDI
17
Part of A.D.A. : ACTION
20
Words by Walt Whitman : IHEARAMERICASINGING
23
City on the Dnepr : KIEV
24
Pet : TIFF
25
Writer Van Loon : HENDRIK
31
Vapor: Comb. form : ATMO
32
Ghost : SHADE
34
Helicon : TUBA
36
Cassini : OLEG
37
Access : ADIT
38
Popular color : BONE
39
Abridgment : EPITOME
40
Suffix with cash : IER
41
Equivoque : PUN
42
Jennet : ASS
47
Thickened areas of skin : CALLI
48
Extract : EDUCE
49
A compass, for short : GYRO
50
Pierce : STAB
51
Durrell novel : CLEA
52
Piles up : HEAPS
53
Stew pot : OLLA
54
Dresden denial : NEIN
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A-E connection : BCD
61
Spanish hero : ELCID
63
Shack : SHEBANG
64
Serving as a model : TYPAL
65
Resin : ELEMI
66
Windrow contents : HAY
67
Nejd native : ARAB
68
Black : INKY
69
Cubitus : ULNA
70
Alas! : AHME
71
Insignificant : PUNY
77
___ Amiens (First Crusade preacher) : PETEROF
79
Roman Hades : ORCUS
81
Pulitzer Prize author : AGEE
82
U.S. missile : THOR
83
Alts. : HTS
85
Duplicate : TWIN
86
Played a child's game : HID
87
Kind of dance : WAR
88
Ath. group : NCAA
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Meat cut : LOIN
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Palisades : BLUFFS
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Flap on a cap : EARLAP
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"Moonlight ___" : SONATA
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Lovelace's greater love : HONOUR
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Condone : EXCUSE
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Surrealist : DALI
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Generous ones : DONORS
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Jug : EWER
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Greek goddess of health : HYGEIA
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"Young Hickory" : POLK
109
Hibernia : ERIN
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Honshu seaport : KOBE
113
Claim : AVOW
114
William of Uri : TELL
115
Times : ERAS
117
Needlefish : GAR
118
"Hansel ___ Gretel" : UND
119
Eleanor Smeal's org. : NOW
120
Howe, to G.W. : FOE

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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