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Joseph McLaughlin
Joseph McLaughlin

New York Times, Monday, September 30, 1974

25-Down : Civilian clothes

Author:
Joseph McLaughlin
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Joseph McLaughlin has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,179
Across
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Dressing seasoning : SAGE
5
West Pointer : CADET
10
Buddy : CHUM
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Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
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Cordial flavor : ANISE
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Atmosphere: Prefix : AERI
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Prepare meat : LARD
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Spanish green sauce : SALSAVERDE
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Fish delicacy : EEL
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Complete : FULL
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Scene of an Alexander victory : ISSUS
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Impressions : IDEAS
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Isinglass : MICA
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Gather again : RECULL
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Sauce ingredient : MUSHROOM
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Ford name : EDSEL
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Easy mark : SOFTY
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Hit-show letters : SRO
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Apply paint : COAT
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Coal trough : CHUTE
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Aftereffect : SCAR
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Above ___ (primarily) : ALL
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Main Line community : PAOLI
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Lariat : REATA
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French menu offering : POTAUFEU
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Salad herb : SORREL
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Very, in France : TRES
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Southern soup : GUMBO
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Flies on one's own : SOLOS
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Sandwich choice : TUNA
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Related group: Abbr. : FAM
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U. S. menu offering : TBONESTEAK
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Small case : ETUI
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First-rate : AONE
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Food garnish : SAUCE
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In addition : THEN
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Panhandles : BEGS
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Rubinstein : ANTON
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Document: Abbr. : CERT
Down
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Dover offering : SOLE
2
Wings : ALAE
3
Popular seasoning : GARLICSALT
4
Word with product or table : END
5
Offhand : CASUAL
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Similarities: Abbr. : ANALS
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Popular pickle : DILL
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Letter : ESS
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Tide-over meal : TEA
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Popular salad : CAESAR
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His and ___ : HERS
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Language of Pakistan : URDU
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___ van der Rohe : MIES
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French mineral water : VICHY
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Cruel : FELL
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Musical piece : DUET
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Civilian clothes : MUFTI
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That: Lat. : ISTE
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Summarize : RECAP
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Complete, to Cicero : EDOLO
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Bruised, in France : MOULU
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___ Waldorf (famed maître) : OSCAROFTHE
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Speak pompously : ORATE
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Upright : MORAL
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Brogans : SHOES
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Bistro : CAFE
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Balkan native : SERB
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Horse-race prize : PURSE
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City of Italia : ROMA
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Makes up for : ATONES
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Hollow : SUNKEN
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Tropical vine : GUACO
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___ in the back : STAB
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Orchestra unit : OBOE
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Kind of division : LONG
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German: Abbr. : TEUT
52
Actor Mischa : AUER
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Bar need on Derby Day : MINT
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Retirees' org. : SSA
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Light color : TAN
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Common Latin abbr. : ETC

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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