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Margetts
Margetts

New York Times, Tuesday, August 17, 1982

26-Down : Flautist's cousin

Author:
Margetts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Margetts has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,970
Across
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Subway-car item : STRAP
6
Zloty or crown : COIN
10
Inflates the expense account : PADS
14
Hue : SHADE
15
Icelandic literary work : EDDA
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Discharge : EMIT
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Brass watchman : TALOS
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Clean a pipe bowl : REAM
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Milkweed plant : SOMA
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"The Gold Diggers' Song": 1933 : WEREINTHEMONEY
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Rel. of et al. : ETC
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Word with pop or jerk : SODA
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Many times, poetically : OFT
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Intent : AIM
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Abyss : GULF
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Prejudice : BIAS
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Dodge City marshal : EARP
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Stravinsky : IGOR
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Tevye's lament : IFIWEREARICHMAN
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Euphemistic oath : EGAD
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Covered hoofs : SHOD
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Rational : SANE
47
Madness : RAGE
48
Joined : WED
50
Pfc. or Cpl. : NCO
51
Doilies : MATS
55
Astronaut's "All systems go" : AOK
57
Film with a wishful title: 1932 : IFIHADAMILLION
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Actress Foch : NINA
65
Pub. notice : OBIT
66
Navigational system : LORAN
68
___-and-carry : CASH
69
Roast, in Rouen : ROTI
70
Cognizant : AWARE
71
"___ boy!" : ATTA
72
Negative votes : NOES
73
Sheridan role in "Kings Row" : RANDY
Down
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Speedy jet : SST
2
Melt : THAW
3
Abnormal breathing sound : RALE
4
Worship : ADORE
5
Coin of Madrid : PESETA
6
Research org. in Geneva : CERN
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"Night Music" playwright : ODETS
8
Gem State : IDAHO
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Identified : NAMED
10
Peon's mite : PESO
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Egyptian deity : AMON
12
January marcher : DIME
13
Check : STAY
21
More frigid : ICIER
22
Wizardry : MAGIC
25
Sash : OBI
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Flautist's cousin : FIFER
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Subarctic forests : TAIGA
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Actresses Clarke and West : MAES
31
Exclamations of disgust : UGHS
32
Miller's "Salesman" : LOMAN
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Monetary unit of Belgium : FRANC
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Loot : SWAG
37
October cheer : RAH
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Part of a ship : PROW
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Swelling : EDEMA
42
Perfect model : IDEAL
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Recent: Comb. form : NEO
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Item that doesn't go far today : DOLLAR
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Decorate : ADORN
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Restriction : TABOO
54
Hit powerfully : SMITE
56
Tanoan language : KIOWA
57
Ancient Peruvian : INCA
58
Decree : FIAT
59
R.P.I. or M.I.T. : INST
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Fence in a ditch : HAHA
61
"___ a far, far better thing ... " : ITIS
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Mediterranean port : ORAN
63
Ointment : NARD
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Victor at Elchingen: 1805 : NEY

Answer summary:
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