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Robert H. Wolfe
Robert H. Wolfe

New York Times, Saturday, September 11, 1993

44-Down : In short supply

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Robert H. Wolfe has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 60 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,013
Across
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Backslide : LAPSE
6
Part of the U.K. : GRBR
10
Ammo for a toy gun : CAP
13
Eyes amorously : OGLES
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Propelled a dinghy : OARED
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Coronado's gold : ORO
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A piratic quack's lady? : FRANCISDUCK
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Targets for N.F.L. QB's : WRS
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Adorns with mosaic : TESSELLATES
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___ Plaines : DES
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French seaport : SETE
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Rickey ingredients : LIMES
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Circuit breaker's kin : FUSE
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___ de tête (nod) : SIGNE
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Quick drafts : SNORTS
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Ungentlemanly fellow : CAD
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Holiday drinks : NOGS
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Needs aspirin : ACHES
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Drives away by a curse : AROINTS
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Appetizing roe : CAVIARE
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Della of songdom : REESE
39
Like Eastwood's "Rider" : PALE
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Eds' stock in trade : MSS
41
Berenson of "Barry Lyndon" : MARISA
43
Natives of Sic. : ITALS
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The Fed's concern : ECON
46
Philippine island : SAMAR
48
"Lady in a ___," 1964 de Havilland film : CAGE
52
Diary : LOG
53
In a saintly manner : ANGELICALLY
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Chemical suffix : IDE
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Braying comedian's helpmate? : JENNYCARTER
57
Tetra minus one : TER
58
Reckons, of old : ARETS
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Angry exhibition : SCENE
60
Kin of ette : ESS
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Vegas opening : SLOT
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Sea gulls : TERNS
Down
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Church galleries : LOFTS
2
Harmonize : AGREE
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Cell: Comb. form : PLAST
4
Perceives : SENSES
5
Verb suffix : ESCE
6
Anserine babes : GOSLINGS
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"Aïda" tenor role : RADAMES
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Unfeeling person : BRUTE
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School break : RECESS
10
Sequel to a Costner film? : COWDURHAM
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Patrolmen, at times : ARRESTERS
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Has and holds : POSSESSES
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Cruise-ship levels: Abbr. : DKS
18
"...things ___ had ever bad success?": Shak. : ILLGOT
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Hubs : FOCI
26
Mystery writer Michael ___ : INNES
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Seedless kind of orange : NAVEL
29
White Friar : CARMELITE
30
Some three-digit numbers : AREACODES
31
Gil Gerard's spaceperson? : DOEROGERS
35
"The proof ... ___ the eating" : ISIN
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Stimulus of a kind : CATALYST
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Visigoth king : ALARIC
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Olive stuffing : PIMENTO
42
"Lou Grant" actor and family : ASNERS
44
In short supply : SCARCE
47
Old French coin : AGNEL
49
Vary : ALTER
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America's first orbiter : GLENN
51
Brontë's Jane and family : EYRES
53
Spaniard's cry of triumph : AJA
54
All the players : CAST

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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