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Roger H. Courtney
Roger H. Courtney

New York Times, Monday, September 9, 1991

4-Down : Gladiators' milieus

Author:
Roger H. Courtney
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Roger H. Courtney has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,280
Across
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Dog that debuted in a 1934 film : ASTA
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Bow or Barton : CLARA
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Shopper stopper : SALE
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Sound at a stadium : ROAR
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Tempted : LURED
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King Harald's predecessor : OLAV
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Grown-up filly : MARE
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Actress Ekberg : ANITA
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Cab passenger : FARE
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Noted train : PANAMALIMITED
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Matterhorn, e.g. : ALP
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Coty or Descartes : RENE
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Mendacious : FALSE
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___ out a living : EKE
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Goose genus : ANSER
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Choler : IRE
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Type of trip : EGO
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"I Got ___ o' Nuttin'" : PLENTY
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Train company in a game : READINGRAILROAD
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Take long steps : STRIDE
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Ending with north or south : ERN
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Unclose, to the Bard : OPE
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Highly charged : TENSE
45
Swiss river : AAR
46
More aged : RIPER
48
Canvas cover : TARP
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U.S.A.F. command : SAC
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Noted train : THESUPERCHIEF
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Hired hoodlum : GOON
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Davis or Midler : BETTE
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"___ go bragh" : ERIN
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Engendered : BRED
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Make tardy : LATEN
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Chinese: Comb. form : SINO
64
Furnishes a new lawn : SODS
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Make nonexistent : ERASE
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___ off (angry) : TEED
Down
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Inlet : ARM
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Washstand item : SOAP
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Scarlett's home : TARA
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Gladiators' milieus : ARENAS
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Gripper : CLAMP
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Roman moon goddess : LUNA
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Seed coating : ARIL
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Go to bed : RETIRE
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"There Is Nothin' Like ___" : ADAME
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Wash additive : SOFTENER
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Wings, to Cato : ALAE
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Hog fat : LARD
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World's first apple eater : EVE
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Tankard's liquid : ALE
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"___ things Thee to see": G. Herbert : INALL
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"Who's on ___?" : FIRST
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Rugged crest : ARETE
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Live and ___ : LEARN
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Leghorn's largess : EGG
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Asian penisula : KOREA
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Be inquisitive : SNOOP
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Soldiers' camp : ETAPE
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Golf's ___ Cup : RYDER
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Chemical suffix : ENE
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Diaper fastener : PIN
38
Bloats : DISTENDS
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Mental formulas : IDEAS
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Opposite of dep. at J.F.K. : ARR
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Show up : APPEAR
46
Another stadium sound : RAH
47
Most aloof : ICIEST
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U.S.S.R. coin : RUBLE
50
Unit of a play's act : SCENE
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Matador charger : TORO
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Cultivated : HOED
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Kett of comics : ETTA
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P.O. circuits : RTES
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Jay Gould's train company : ERIE
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Speeder's punishment : FINE
57
Shavian monogram : GBS
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Grow sleepy : NOD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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