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Jones
Jones

New York Times, Monday, September 1, 1986

11-Down : TV's "Let's Make ___"

Author:
Jones
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jones has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,446
Across
1
Meager : SCANT
6
Cupid : EROS
10
"The Jolly Toper" painter : HALS
14
Birchbark : CANOE
15
Mother of Pollux and Castor : LEDA
16
Theaters for Euripides : ODEA
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Love, Italian style : AMORE
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Imitator : APER
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Notarial tool : SEAL
20
Half of a fifth : TENTH
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New England : NORTHEAST
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Pays attention : HEEDS
25
Lots of lots : REALTY
26
You asked for it : ANSWER
29
Ogler : EYER
31
Similar : LIKE
32
Adriatic resort : LIDO
34
Hollywood plum : OSCAR
39
Inflated talk : BLUSTER
41
Columbus, e.g. : GENOESE
43
Defense pact of 1954 : SEATO
44
Junk item, sometimes : MAIL
46
"Mila 18" author : URIS
47
River to the Caspian : URAL
49
Quiescent : LATENT
51
Lorraine's partner : ALSACE
55
Corgi cord : LEASH
57
Cattle country : SOUTHWEST
59
"Sans ___, sans eyes ... ": Shak. : TEETH
63
Certain Egyptian : COPT
64
Pro ___ (proportionally) : RATA
65
Diameter parts : RADII
66
Gumbo : OKRA
67
P.D.Q. : ASAP
68
Wickerwork willow : OSIER
69
Ivan IV, e.g. : TSAR
70
The elder Dumas : PERE
71
Cubic meter : STERE
Down
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Begone! : SCAT
2
Arrived : CAME
3
Oft-quoted auth. : ANON
4
Bighorn country : NORTHWEST
5
Giggle : TEEHEE
6
Antelope, with a twist : ELAND
7
Basked, perhaps : REPOSED
8
River to the Baltic : ODER
9
Nobel Prize decliner: 1964 : SARTRE
10
Old Testament book : HOSEA
11
TV's "Let's Make ___" : ADEAL
12
Minimum : LEAST
13
Like sea water : SALTY
22
Egret's cousin : HERON
24
Perry Mason's Gardner : ERLE
26
Vestments : ALBS
27
Shade of green : NILE
28
Sea bird : SKUA
30
Berra of baseball : YOGI
33
La Douce : IRMA
35
Dixie : SOUTHEAST
36
Parrot part : CERE
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"It's ___ to Tell a Lie" : ASIN
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Take five : REST
40
___ and go : TOUCH
42
Fitzgerald or Raines : ELLA
45
Best of the best : ALLSTAR
48
Prepare for the freezer : REWRAP
50
Houston team : ASTROS
51
Neckwear : ASCOT
52
Glances : LOOKS
53
Above: Prefix : SUPRA
54
Rose essence : ATTAR
56
Encampment : ETAPE
58
Let up : EASE
60
Entertainer Adams : EDIE
61
Layer : TIER
62
Employ : HIRE

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