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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Friday, November 24, 1989

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J P Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.8
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,626
Across
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Socko! : BAM
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Worn-down crayons : STUBS
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Wild : FERAL
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Brooklyn inst. : LIU
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Old Testament book : HOSEA
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___ Culp Hobby of H.E.W.: 1953-55 : OVETA
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Touts' picks, sometimes : ODDSONFAVORITES
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Harass : BEDEVIL
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Kind of saddle : ENGLISH
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Soak flax : RET
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Two-piece part : BRA
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Bankbook abbr. : INT
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Mild-mannered one : LAMB
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Pinna : EAR
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Lollobrigida et al. : GINAS
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Symbol of rank : BRAID
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Quoted : CITED
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___ horse's mouth (source for 17 Across?) : STRAIGHTFROMTHE
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Sternward : AREAR
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Spaces on birds' faces : LORES
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Swiped : STOLE
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Icel. or Ire. : ISL
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Stopping place? : DIME
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Paul Newman role: 1963 : HUD
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Short or long weight : TON
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Enzyme-indicating suffix : ASE
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Drives out of control : CAREENS
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Man alive, e.g. : EXISTER
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Alternate for railbirds : OFFTRACKBETTING
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"Gin a body ___ body ... ": Burns : MEETA
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Got up : AROSE
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His wife became piquant : LOT
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"___ Warning," in "Das Rheingold" : ERDAS
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Declaims vehemently : RANTS
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Kays' followers : ELS
Down
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"The ___," 1958 sci-fi film : BLOB
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Right-hand man : AIDE
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TV commentator Roger ___ : MUDD
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Jostle : SHOVE
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Blasting explosive : TONITE
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Extinct gridiron org. : USFL
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Comedienne Lillie : BEA
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Goalie, at times : SAVER
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A felony involving cks. : FORG
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" ... and punishes ___ all ... ": John Adams : EVILIN
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Eye part : RETINA
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Source of Bikini mushrooms? : ATESTS
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___ out (attack verbally) : LASH
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A neighbor of Croatia : SERBIA
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Siege catapault : ONAGER
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Thatcher's concern : BRITAIN
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Butter qtys. : LBS
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Tate offering : ART
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Vandalize : MAR
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Yearn : ACHE
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Baal, e.g. : IDOL
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Channel control : DIAL
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Changes buses: Abbr. : TFRS
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___ Green, Scotland : GRETNA
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Humble : MODEST
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Prefix for cycle : TRI
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Pinafore's border : HEM
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Milan ending : ESE
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Robert ___ of Broadway musicals : SHAFER
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Covered with sod, like Epsom Downs : TURFED
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U.S. folk singer : ODETTA
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Least strict : LAXEST
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Peck's prize in 1963 : OSCAR
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Settings : SITES
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Arrive : COME
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Mohammedan and Christian, e.g. : ERAS
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Black, in poesy : EBON
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Roofer's overlay : TILE
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Organic compound : ENOL
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Groups headed by cols. : RGTS
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Croo monkey : KRA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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