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Albert E. Lytle
Albert E. Lytle

New York Times, Friday, August 29, 1980

29-Down : Temptation for a dieter

Author:
Albert E. Lytle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Albert E. Lytle has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,252
Across
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Deliver : BRING
6
"___ Préludes": Liszt : LES
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Part of a fraternity name : TAU
12
Harshness : RIGOR
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Outbreaks that spread like wildfire : EPIDEMICS
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Berlin's "All ___" : ALONE
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Agents : MIDDLEMEN
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Large subfamily of Indo-European languages : GERMANIC
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Up to now : YET
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Everlasting, to poets of the past : ETERNE
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Small groups : CELLS
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Its bite causes nagana : TSETSE
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Handle meanly : ILLTREAT
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Early South American : INCA
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Element for a solution : CLUE
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Harper Valley group : PTA
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In a tug of war : PULLING
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Furnaceman at Pittsburgh : SMELTER
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Watson's org. : PGA
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___ to ruin : ROAD
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Jacob van ___, noted Flemish painter : OOST
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Qualified : ELIGIBLE
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Counts every penny : STINTS
49
Neophytes : TYROS
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This has a lot of scents : SACHET
52
Tea, in Tours : THE
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Wildly excited : FRENETIC
58
European body of water : BALTICSEA
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" ... may his ___ increase!": Hunt : TRIBE
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Policeman's activity, at times : ACCOSTING
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Hair-raising : EERIE
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Legal eagle: Abbr. : ATT
66
Deck cleaner : MOP
67
Kind of parade : DRESS
Down
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Pat oneself on the back : BRAG
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Get one's dander up : RILE
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Dmitri's compatriot : IGOR
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Element like oxygen or carbon : NONMETAL
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Superstars : GREATS
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Topper : LID
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Whirling wind : EDDY
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Chosen one : SELECTEE
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The youngest Cratchit : TIM
10
Team's best pitcher : ACE
11
Service br. : USN
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Bedouin chief : EMIR
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Alfresco repast : PICNIC
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What an urban maid may watch : METER
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Initially dubbed : NEE
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Structural additions : ELLS
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Mollusk, coin or elementary particle : LEPTON
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Gossip's interest : LATEST
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Fits' partner : STARTS
27
Scarf : TIPPET
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How bugs rest in rugs : SNUGLY
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Temptation for a dieter : ECLAIR
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Abner's radio chum : LUM
36
"Erin go bragh" is one : IRISHISM
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___ Hill, San Francisco : NOB
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Service sta. total : GALS
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Wastrel of a sort : LOITERER
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Daze with noise : DEAFEN
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Reached : GOTTO
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"___ walks in beauty ... ": Byron : SHE
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Camped out : TENTED
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Rough rock : CRAG
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Prefix with plasm : ECTO
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Fail to be indefatigable : TIRE
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Relative of a spoonbill : IBIS
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These go after bees : CEES
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"Whiffenpoof Song" finale : BAA
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Personate : ACT
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Utah Beach craft : LCT
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Take a little drink : SIP

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

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