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Mark Diehl
Mark Diehl

New York Times, Wednesday, September 30, 1987

20-Down : Word with tail or dead

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Mark Diehl has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 66 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,840
Across
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Garfield, for one : CAT
4
Stockbroker's advice, at times : SELL
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"Old MacDonald ___ ... " : HADA
12
Parseghian of coaching fame : ARA
13
Lusitania's undoer : UBOAT
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"___ Work It Out," Beatles hit : WECAN
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Noisemaker of sorts : LOUDMOUTH
18
Hopping mad : IRATE
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Hit song in 1945 : AUTUMNSERENADE
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Rhone feeder : ISERE
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Stunted plant, e.g. : RUNT
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Wallach or Whitney : ELI
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Latin lass's title : SENORITA
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Green alga : DESMID
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Parisian's "Eureka!" : VOILA
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Acropolis sight : RUINS
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Famous American twin? : STPAUL
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Gordon or Duncan : MACRAE
38
Impassive : STOIC
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Tomato blight : EDEMA
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Beauticians' purchases : HENNAS
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Set loose : UNBRIDLE
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A Riviera season : ETE
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P.G.A. supporters? : TEES
51
Can.-U.S. defense org. : NORAD
52
Baseball warm-up : SPRINGTRAINING
56
Myriad, numerically : IOOOO
57
Injustice : GRIEVANCE
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___ a million : ONEIN
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Spinal bases : SACRA
60
Sound with choo or plunk : KER
61
Speedy travelers : SSTS
62
The pokey, to Wilde : GAOL
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Wall, Sesame and Easy: Abbr. : STS
Down
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French seaport : CALAIS
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Sound the alarm : AROUSE
3
Make tight : TAUTEN
4
Common essay theme : SUMMERVACATION
5
Black, to Byron : EBON
6
Gossett and Gehrig : LOUS
7
Wishbone-offense option : LATERAL
8
Ares' mother : HERA
9
Ivory-tower milieu : ACADEMIA
10
News-flash intro : DATELINE
11
Chemical ending : ANE
14
By way of, for short : THRU
15
Place to find ice sculptures : WINTERCARNIVAL
17
Silver peso : DURO
20
Word with tail or dead : END
24
Driver's lic. et al. : IDS
26
Chit : IOU
27
Mah-jongg piece : TILE
29
Big ___, Calif. : SUR
31
So be it! : AMEN
33
They often top J. R. : STETSONS
34
Composer of program music : TONEPOET
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Brooch : PIN
37
Embassy dipl. : AMB
38
Haggard heroine : SHE
40
Maid's implement : DUSTRAG
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E.M.K. is one : SEN
44
Island off Scotland : IONA
45
Quaffs : DRINKS
46
Kind of arch : LANCET
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Yardwork equipment : EDGERS
50
" ... ___ in one basket" : EGGS
53
Chartres chessmen : ROIS
54
Costa ___ : RICA
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Aircraft-related prefix : AERO
56
Hawaiian hawks : IOS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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