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Brett A. Blaylock
Brett A. Blaylock

New York Times, Saturday, November 2, 1991

Author:
Brett A. Blaylock
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.53, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 44.4
Brett A. Blaylock has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,334
Across
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Flèche : SPIRE
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Cheshire cart : PRAM
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Mother of Pollux : LEDA
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___ Kasem, noted deejay : CASEY
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"Fortuna" painter : RENI
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Botanical angle : AXIL
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Redolence : AROMA
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Leave out : OMIT
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Schnitzel ingredient : VEAL
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Branch, to a botanist : RAMUS
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Grand slam : VOLE
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Vertex : ACME
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Heaven on earth : EDEN
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Basis for pâté de foie gras : LIVER
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Military gp. : REG
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"Manhattan ___," theme song of "The Easy Aces" : SERENADE
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Let up : ABATE
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Silas Marner, e.g. : WEAVER
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Feature of 54 Across : ANTLER
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Milk snake : ADDER
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Bony : SKELETAL
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Auto pioneer's inits. : REO
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Former coin of Turkey : ASPER
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Make over : REDO
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Cartoonist Walker : MORT
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Early French fighter plane : SPAD
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Plant blight : EDEMA
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Dog of Tibet, for short : APSO
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Chinese: Prefix : SINO
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Quarter in Paris : LATIN
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Staggard : DEER
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Matty, Jesus or Filipe : ALOU
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Grenoble's river : ISERE
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Comical Capp : ANDY
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Deliquesce : MELT
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Trace : SHRED
Down
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What a bugbear does : SCARES
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Cocteau ballet : PARADE
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Chemical compound resembling another one : ISOMER
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Pay for services : REMUNERATE
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Nestling hawk : EYAS
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Breadwinners : PROVIDERS
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Turpentine, to an oil painter : REMOVER
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Doddering : ANILE
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Bishop's headdress : MITER
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Pelée output : LAVA
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Curse : EXECRATE
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Lens magnification factor : DIAMETER
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Purport : ALLEGE
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Four-time Wimbledon singles winner : LAVER
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When Hell freezes over! : NEVER
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Russian collective : ARTEL
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Piffle : BALDERDASH
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Reneged on a deal : BACKEDOUT
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Diarize : ENTER
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Agape : WIDEOPEN
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Underwrote : ENDORSED
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Señor's lengua : ESPANOL
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Argosy carrying weapons : ARMADA
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Seesaw : TEETER
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Marvel at : ADMIRE
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Advanced : LOANED
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Indian state : ASSAM
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Barrel spigot : SPILE
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Extreme conservative : TORY
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First Olympics site : ELIS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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