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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

WILD WORDPLAY

New York Times, Sunday, August 25, 1991

2-Down : And now, a word from Morris

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 88, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 654 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 149, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 14, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,265
Across
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___ Drive, near Salerno : AMALFI
7
Pure ___ driven snow : ASTHE
12
Frenzied : MANIC
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Lots of sailors? : GOBS
21
Get back : REGAIN
22
Purplish red : MUREX
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Mennonite group : AMISH
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Director Kazan : ELIA
25
Batman? : COUNTDRACULA
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Book that's full of meaning? : DICTIONARY
29
Loot : SWAG
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"And the mome ___ outgrabe": Carroll : RATHS
31
"My Ántonia" character : MAREK
33
Pays out : SPENDS
34
Lennon's widow : ONO
35
___ a rail : THINAS
37
Sting operators? : BEES
38
Comic Gilliam : STU
41
Lesser of two ___ : EVILS
43
Fin units : ONES
44
Tin men? : SOLDIERS
48
Some guards : LINEMEN
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___ dive (throw a fight) : TAKEA
52
Hereditary factor : GENE
53
Go cruising, in a way : SAIL
54
Pluto, to Cleo : OSIRIS
55
Poetry buff? : METERREADER
57
This may be a little Scottish : SMA
58
HIJKLMNO? : WATER
59
Correspond : TALLY
60
Word to a refusenik : NYET
61
He wrote "The Chosen" : POTOK
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Epic finishes? : ENES
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Playwright Howe : TINA
65
Style of pinafore : TIER
66
Author of "A Serendipiter's Journey" : TALESE
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Word after see and before Sea : RED
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Canines on the Concorde? : JETSETTERS
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Chose chow : ORDERED
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It has an eye, but it sees not : NEEDLE
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Synthetic fiber : ARNEL
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Meager : SPARSE
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Pretense : CHARADE
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Material for mending a broken heart? : TICKERTAPE
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Family drs. : GPS
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Ceremonial prayer : LITANY
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Baum barker : TOTO
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Seafood choice : EELS
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"The Morning Watch" writer : AGEE
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Makes emends? : EDITS
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"If I ___," Beatles song : FELL
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Roman ruins site in France : ARLES
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___ Public (average person) : JOHNQ
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Touse or towse : ADO
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Rogers's rye? : GINGERBREAD
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Bush's chief of staff : SUNUNU
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___ cava (cor part) : VENA
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Former Met diva : ALDA
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Sphere to fear when pooling? : EIGHT
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He has estrange feeling? : ALIENEE
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Tangles up : ENSNARLS
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Maine river : SACO
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Decide against the diner : EATIN
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Oregon or Santa Fe: Abbr. : TRL
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Broadway musical: 1982 : NINE
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Snips once more : RECUTS
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It's all in Rhine's mind : ESP
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Pac-Man's home : ARCADE
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Sharpens : WHETS
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Goddess who knew her oats : CERES
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Lone Star sch. : UTEP
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Clip joint? : BARBERSHOP
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Work of a biased composer? : PARTIALSCORE
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S. Grant beat him : ELEE
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Pass over : ELIDE
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This is silly! : INANE
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Taiwan brew : OOLONG
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Close the eyes, in falconry : SEEL
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Stunned : DAZED
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Hilaire Germain Edgar ___ : DEGAS
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Hutch items : PLATES
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Rainbows for Noah? : ARCS
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And now, a word from Morris : MEOW
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Pedro's 58 Across : AGUA
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K.D. of country music : LANG
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Healthy : FIT
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How herds of cattle arrive? : INDROVES
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Explosive mixture : AMATOL
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Of the kind mentioned : SUCH
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Reliable fund? : TRUST
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Loki raised her : HEL
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Testy person? : EXAMINER
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Curtain material : MADRAS
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Pierre's girlfriends : AMIES
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He comes in time : NICK
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Blue ribbon : IST
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Deceitful sculptor? : CHISELER
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Leader of 66 : GENESIS
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Buck character : OLAN
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Celtics' "33" : BIRD
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Simon does it : SAYS
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Pinched : RANIN
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Certain newspaper page : OPED
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Have ___ to the ground : ANEAR
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Mawkish : HOKEY
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TV's Denise Huxtable : BONET
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More dilatory : SLOWER
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Aromatic tea : TISANE
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Country club? : UNITEDNATIONS
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Mideast bigwig : EMIR
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Commemorative stones : STELAE
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Passover repast : SEDER
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Search party near the Oval Office? : EASTEREGGHUNT
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Cracked : RIMOSE
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Appeased thirst : SLAKED
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"___ Tu," 1932 song : ERES
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Pac. counterpart : ATL
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Memorable, melodic Marvin : GAYE
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Parson's place : MANSE
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Place apart : ENISLE
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Lord, for one : TITLE
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G.I.'s devil-dodger : PADRE
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Music to Manolete's ears : OLES
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Woman's one-piece undergarment : TEDDY
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Kirk's journey? : TREK
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Rich gear? : TRAPS
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Garb for a Stapleton? : JEANS
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Snitch : TATTLE
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Kingston group : TRIO
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Ref. book : ENC
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Lustrous gems : OPALS
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Mount : STEED
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Chop chops : CLEAVE
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Occult : HIDDEN
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Tell about being tardy? : RELATE
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He does the write thing : PENNER
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Hollywood P.S.? : SEQUEL
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Sees to : TENDS
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First name of a star on the bars : OLGA
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Par excellence : AONE
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Maid, in France : FILLE
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Jargon : ARGOT
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Ruhr roe : REH
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Member of a French dozen : JUIN
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Collected, as votes : GARNERED
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Do a double take : REACT
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Canine's neighbor : BICUSPID
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Twaddle : SLIPSLOP
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Poe maiden : ANNABEL
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Befuddled : ATSEA
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Helper bringing a drink? : AIDE
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Leaked through : SEEPED
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Penthouses on peaks : AERIES
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___ Island : RHODE
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Rawboned person : SCRAG
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Vigoda and Burrows : ABES
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Chest sound : RALE
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Native Canadian : CREE
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Crackerjack : WHIZ
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Mount ___, Colo. : ETNA
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Calif. campus : UCLA
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Bender : TOOT
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Bonebreaker's cousin : ERNE
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Certain board members? : PEGS
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Abductors of the 70's: Abbr. : SLA
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One, in Ayr : ANE
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Ball of fire? : SOL

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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