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Hume R. Craft
Hume R. Craft

FUNNY BUSINESS

New York Times, Sunday, September 27, 1981

7-Down : Dwight of the Red Sox

Author:
Hume R. Craft
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 66, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 551 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 135, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Hume R. Craft has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,646
Across
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Edgar or Obie : AWARD
6
Kennedy visitors : JETS
10
Peacock Throne locale : IRAN
14
Friend's address : THEE
18
Miasma : VAPOR
19
Eye part : UVEA
20
Cantina fare : TACO
21
Regatta sight : SHELL
22
Bouquet : AROMA
23
Italian pyrotechnics factory? : DANTESFIREWORKS
26
Oater role : LAWMAN
28
Wrathful : IRATE
29
Knobbed : TOROSE
30
Biblical clip joint? : DELILAHSBARBERSHOP
34
Makes amends : ATONES
35
Lost a lap : STOOD
36
Tackle or guard : LINEMAN
40
Also-ran : LOSER
41
Credible : LIKELY
43
Larrigans' kin : PACS
44
Cadmus's daughter : INO
45
Bldgs. for bibliophiles : LIBS
46
Chamberlain of N.B.A. fame : WILT
47
Carney and Buchwald : ARTS
48
Capital of Southern Yemen : ADEN
49
Rarebit ingredient : ALE
50
Specialties at Wilhelm's fruit stand? : TELLSAPPLES
54
Upright, e.g. : PIANO
55
Briny residue : SEASALTS
57
Oscar film: 1955 : MARTY
58
Best quality of merchandise : FIRSTS
59
Daltons and farads : UNITS
60
Shinbone : TIBIA
61
Painter's effects : TONES
62
Inserts : SETINS
64
Actress Thomas : MARLO
65
F.B.I. machine : SHREDDER
68
Underground vault : CRYPT
69
Scout's containers for trappers' gear? : CARSONSKITS
71
Compass-card notation : ENE
72
"The ___ 'e knows ... ": Kipling : ORSE
73
Papilloma : WART
74
Like Albee's Alice : TINY
75
Honeymoon spoiler : SPAT
76
Kind of soil or sail : TOP
77
Like Hubbard's cupboard : BARE
78
Menu items : CAPONS
81
Mouth: Comb. form : STOME
82
Spot for an aerialist : TRAPEZE
84
More rational : SANER
85
Cunning one : WEASEL
86
Cotton Belt saloon? : ELIWHITNEYSGINMILL
90
Leg covering : GAITER
93
Arab warrior and poet : ANTAR
94
Best in long bargaining sessions : OUTSIT
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Greek remedies for strained shoulders? : ATLASSLINIMENTS
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Switch words : ONOFF
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Wattle : GILLS
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Skipper's order : ALEE
103
Highlander : SCOT
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Kind of show : RAREE
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Tarzan's friends : APES
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Earl ___ Biggers : DERR
107
Hurok et al. : SOLS
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More crafty : SLYER
Down
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One of Mickey's exes : AVA
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Sherman's hell : WAR
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Olympic cosmetic resort? : APOLLOSBEAUTYSPA
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Lettuces : ROMAINES
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Extender of vowel sounds : DRAWLER
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Jacob's fourth son : JUDAH
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Dwight of the Red Sox : EVANS
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Sawbuck : TEN
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Glut : SATIATE
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OB's announcement : ITSABOY
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Used a catamaran : RAFTED
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Quaker gray : ACIER
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Fjord land: Abbr. : NOR
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Carlisle's favorite son : THORPE
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Sestos priestess : HERO
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Tooth fanciers : ELKS
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Word with who or what : ELSE
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Syncopes : SWOONS
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Flynn or Fauntleroy : ERROL
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One of Aristotle's fortes : ETHICS
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Kettle and Barker : MAS
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Prouty's Stella : DALLAS
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Prima ballerina : ETOILE
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N.B.A. targets : BSKTS
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Capp character : SLATS
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Legendary Fort Knox? : MIDASSDEPOSITORY
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About : ANENT
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Social taboos : NONOS
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Sings gayly : LILTS
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Troubles : ILLS
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Victim : PREY
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Shoe parts : WELTS
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Claudia ___ Taylor Johnson : ALTA
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Broadcast : AIRED
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Besmirch : TAINT
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Moslem princes : AMIRS
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Picasso : PABLO
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Dovelike petrel : PRION
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Some are knotty : PINES
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Wading bird : SNIPE
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Life's "beginning" : FORTY
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Bakery product : TART
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Waters : THINS
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Antarctic explorer : SCOTT
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Misplay : ERROR
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Lunar sea : MARE
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Bamboozle : SKIN
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Smalto is one : ENAMEL
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Iterate : RETELL
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One of the Cavalier poets : CAREW
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Welty product : STORY
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West Pakistanis : WAZIRS
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Having endurance : STAMINAL
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"If he ___, he's nothing": Shak. : BELESS
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More spiteful : CATTIER
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Region in Indochina : ANNAM
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Noblewoman : PEERESS
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Stimulus-response devices : SENSORS
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Corolla : PETALS
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Transgressor : SINNER
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Comedian : WIT
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Selassie : HAILE
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Mexican liquor : SOTOL
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Winds : GUSTS
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Dippy or dotty : GAGA
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Expectant : ATIP
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Lenard's "Winnie ___ Pu" : ILLE
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Shropshire individual : LAD
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He ranks a Pfc. : NCO
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Payment : FEE
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___-de-lance : FER

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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