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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Wednesday, December 16, 1987

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 32.5
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,917
Across
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Irritable : EDGY
5
Embrace : CLASP
10
Glove for Hernandez : MITT
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Actress Garr : TERI
15
Right-hand page : RECTO
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Jerusalem's Mosque of ___ : OMAR
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Copperfield adversary : HEEP
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Alcohol base : ETHYL
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Baylor is here : WACO
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Shelley offering : ODE
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Crop pest of Australia : EMU
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Ebullient : YEASTY
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TV's Kate or Allie, e.g. : SINGLEPARENT
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"Bali ___" : HAI
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Famed cartoonist : NAST
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None preceder : BAR
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Apt anagram for abodes : ADOBES
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Morse "E" : DIT
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Armbone : ULNA
38
James Cain novel : DOUBLEINDEMNITY
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___-daisy : UPSY
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Words of comparison : ASA
43
Diana and Betsy : ROSSES
44
Spud bud : EYE
45
His, to Henri : ALUI
46
Asian winter festival : TET
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Versatile player like Sammy Baugh : TRIPLETHREAT
52
Mrs. Humphrey : MURIEL
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A.M.A. members : DRS
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River, to Rivera : RIO
57
On : ATOP
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Moslem decree : IRADE
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Bologna "bread" : LIRA
62
Netman Wilander : MATS
63
Ghoulish : EERIE
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Picnic hamperers : ANTS
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Nautical greeting : AHOY
66
Played the mole : SPIED
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Start of a Gershwin song : IGOT
Down
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Characteristic beliefs : ETHOS
2
"___ Do," 1926 Hirsch-Rose song : DEEDI
3
Nursery of sorts : GREENHOUSE
4
Canine complaint : YIP
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___ de fraise : CREME
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Ease : LETUP
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Stuttgart sigh : ACH
8
Pig's digs : STY
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Suit material : POLYESTER
10
"Never Cry Wolf" author : MOWAT
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"___ restless as a willow ... " : IMAS
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Diplomacy : TACT
13
One-horse-too-many town : TROY
21
Eero's father : ELIEL
23
Adjective-forming suffix : ENT
25
Talkative : GABBY
26
Tooth ___ (fiercely) : ANDNAIL
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Attack on the fridge : RAID
30
Gruelingly intense : BLISTERING
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Part of A.M. : ANTE
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Beams : RAYS
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How Luciano and Plácido might sing : ADUE
34
Idiotic : DOPY
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Crinoids : SEALILIES
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Famed racing driver : UNSER
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"The jig ___!" : ISUP
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Some papal escapees : MOTHS
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Helping verb : ARE
47
Somewhat smashed : TIPSY
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An amusing Murphy : EDDIE
49
Cornered : TREED
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___-surface missile : AIRTO
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Skoal, e.g. : TOAST
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Role for Liv Ullmann : MAMA
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Bryce Canyon is here : UTAH
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Pictorial section, for short : ROTO
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G.O.P. member : REP
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Jackie's second husband : ARI
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Chou En-___ : LAI

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

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