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Philip Carlyle
Philip Carlyle

New York Times, Friday, August 7, 1981

19-Down : In the preceding month

Author:
Philip Carlyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V W }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Philip Carlyle has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,595
Across
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False god : BAAL
5
City in Lebanon or Algeria : SAIDA
10
Interpret : READ
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Large-mouthed jar : OLLA
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Helped : AIDED
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All: Comb. form : OMNI
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Hot, humid time in July and August : DOGDAYSOFSUMMER
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Affirmative vote : YEA
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Not flat : HILLY
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Rent : LEASE
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These are often bald : PATES
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Siouan Indian : OTO
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Hindu term of respect : SAHIB
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"___ as good as a mile" : AMISSIS
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Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
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New York, N.Y. : GOTHAM
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Biographical collection : ANA
37
Chase Reynard : RIDETOTHEHOUNDS
40
Stretch (out) : EKE
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Innermost part of an artery : INTIMA
42
Garlands : LEIS
43
East Indian herbs : SESAMES
45
Lenity : MERCY
46
Mal de ___ (seasickness) : MER
47
Respiratory sounds : RALES
50
Cleanse thoroughly : SCOUR
53
Word with over or under : SIZED
54
Fingerstall : COT
57
Ends a certain kind of hunt : CALLSOFFTHEDOGS
60
To ___ (perfectly) : ATEE
61
Fainter : PALER
62
___ avis : RARA
63
Marine recruit : BOOT
64
Administrators, for short : EXECS
65
Suffix with mob or old : STER
Down
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Kind of check or guard : BODY
2
Medicinal plant : ALOE
3
Kelp : ALGA
4
Youth : LAD
5
"___ Isn't So," Berlin tune : SAYIT
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Usher's milieu : AISLE
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Adored ones : IDOLS
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Resist : DEFY
9
Classified items : ADS
10
Men's slippers : ROMEOS
11
Opera star Eames : EMMA
12
Gallic dunces : ANES
13
Potentially ruinous : DIRE
18
Fictional whaler : AHAB
19
In the preceding month : ULTIMO
23
Kind of needle : PINE
24
Nebraskan Indian : OMAHA
25
Lesions : SORES
26
Similar : ALIKE
27
Nether world : HADES
28
Attention-getting word : AHEM
29
More rational : SANER
30
Sanskrit, Pali, etc. : INDIC
31
Fresh : SASSY
33
Hopeless case : GONER
34
Baseball's Mel and Ed : OTTS
35
Meteorologist's abbr. : THI
38
Track-meet officials : TIMERS
39
Rubber trees : ULES
44
Charm : AMULET
45
Ancient Persian's associate : MEDE
47
Ransack : RIFLE
48
A victim of Cortés : AZTEC
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Ovens for glassmakers : LEHRS
50
Blackleg : SCAB
51
Roman statesman : CATO
52
Bread spread : OLEO
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Tunisian seaport : SFAX
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Paint layer : COAT
55
Monster : OGRE
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Ruler : TSAR
58
Unclose, poetically : OPE
59
Holders of M.D. degrees : DRS

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

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