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Norton Rhoades
Norton Rhoades

New York Times, Saturday, August 23, 1958

12-Down : Make over.

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,343
Across
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Chart for future travelers. : SPACEMAP
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Prizes. : AWARDS
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Of things, to have effect (against). : MILITATE
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Lurch. : CAREEN
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Cause of Caesar's downfall. : AMBITION
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Daze. : TRANCE
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Sidney Howard's middle name. : COE
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Tree. : ELM
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Moor. : FEN
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Palm leaf. : OLE
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Cliff, in South Africa. : KLIP
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Purveys. : SELLS
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North Caucasian language. : AVAR
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Filled to repletion. : SATED
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"Campy." : ROY
31
Harsh noise. : BLARE
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Music for a dance. : TANGO
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Native who scares up game for a hunter. : BEATER
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Inventor Whitney. : ELI
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Net works. : TISSUES
40
Magazine men: Abbr. : EDS
41
Caught. : LANDED
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Stage direction. : ENTER
45
Works of a modern French painter. : DUFYS
46
Addition to a house. : ELL
47
On ___ the world. : TOPOF
51
Writer Gardner. : ERLE
52
Movie pioneer. : MAYER
54
Carte. : MENU
55
Turmeric. : REA
56
Paddle. : OAR
57
Little island. : AIT
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Beast of burden. : ASS
60
Roman god of agriculture. : SATURN
62
Female rulers. : TSARINAS
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Operatic role. : OTELLO
65
Handbag. : RETICULE
66
Squatter. : NESTER
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Human beings. : ADAMITES
Down
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Small sailboats. : SMACKS
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Stuffed olive. : PIMOLA
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Even though. : ALBEIT
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102. : CII
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Diminutive ending. : ETTE
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Posts. : MAILS
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Smallest possible units of energy. : ATOMERGS
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Write. : PEN
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Parts of plays: Fr. : ACTES
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Alert. : WARN
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Macaw. : ARA
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Make over. : RENOVATE
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Announced. : DECLARED
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Scornful ones. : SNEERERS
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Device used as bait. : FLY
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Favorite. : PET
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Not strictly. : LOOSELY
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___ carte. : ALA
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Fruit. : DATES
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Harass. : BESET
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Nest of pheasants. : NID
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What Phileas Fogg won. : BET
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Esau's status. : ELDERSON
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Poet worthy of honor. : LAUREATE
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Puffs up. : INFLATES
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Not rented. : UNLEASED
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Stain. : DYE
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Gypsy man. : ROM
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Concha. : EAR
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Seed of a Brazilian herb. : PEANUT
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Commercial sign. : ONSALE
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Is unduly anxious. : FUSSES
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Country estate house. : MANOR
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Lariat. : RIATA
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Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
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Adorn. : TRIM
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Last (month): Abbr. : ULT
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Refrain syllable. : TRA
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Here: Fr. : ICI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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