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Emory H. Cain
Emory H. Cain

New York Times, Friday, September 10, 1982

45-Down : Actress Parsons from Mass.

Author:
Emory H. Cain
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { Q V X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Emory H. Cain has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,994
Across
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Use a fishgig : SPEAR
6
Boat cover, for short : TARP
10
Spunky : GAME
14
Singer from Chicago : TORME
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"I ___ a Rhapsody," 1940 song : HEAR
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___ Bator : ULAN
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Its capital is Shillong : ASSAM
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Bombeck : ERMA
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Penitential period : LENT
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Famed painting by Constable : THEHAYWAIN
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Unite : FUSE
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"How ___ thou?": Shak. : DOST
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Swivel wheel : CASTER
26
Like some donuts or eyes : GLAZED
30
Oust : EJECT
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Radames's lover : AIDA
33
"Born Free" lioness : ELSA
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Actor Alan from N.Y.C. : ARKIN
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What wrestlers do : GRAPPLE
41
Medicinal plant root : PAREIRA
43
___ Lawrence College, N.Y. : SARAH
44
What children should be : SEEN
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What love will find : AWAY
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What the Knave of Hearts stole : TARTS
49
Street urchins : GAMINS
51
Dwell : RESIDE
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Abound : TEEM
56
Roadside sign : EATS
57
Famed painting by Gainsborough : THEBLUEBOY
63
Neighbor's kid, perhaps : BRAT
64
Electrical units : RELS
65
Aspen feature : SLOPE
66
Fitzgerald : ELLA
67
Every, in Bonn : ALLE
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Ruhr city : ESSEN
69
Caustics : LYES
70
Mortgage : LIEN
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Dizzy and Daffy of baseball : DEANS
Down
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E.r.a. or r.b.i. : STAT
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Elegant : POSH
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Nanking nanny : AMAH
5
Did over : REMADE
6
Sinews : THEWS
7
Makes effervescent : AERATES
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Branches : RAMI
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Swagger : PRANCE
10
Subject of a Homer painting : GULFSTREAM
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Unalaska native : ALEUT
12
Hawthorne home : MANSE
13
Pierce : ENTER
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Warble : YODEL
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Mite: Comb. form : ACAR
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Youngman's forte : GAGS
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Turkish coin : LIRA
28
Jewish month : ADAR
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Famed painting by Orozco : ZAPATISTAS
31
Make fun of : JAPE
34
"___ we forget" : LEST
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Flightless N.Z. bird : KIWI
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Neighbor of Pakistan : IRAN
38
Certain votes : NAYS
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Ursa Major star : PHAD
42
Broadway figure : ANGEL
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Actress Parsons from Mass. : ESTELLE
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Situated at the back : RETRAL
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Occupied pleasingly : AMUSED
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Lee follower : REBEL
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Another Lee follower : EARLY
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Trite : STALE
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Actor Buddy from Ill. : EBSEN
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Sun: Comb. form : HELI
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Threat word : ELSE
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Arabian drink : BOSA
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Word with door or house : OPEN
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Urges : YENS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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