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Elaine George
Elaine George

New York Times, Tuesday, February 23, 1988

Author:
Elaine George
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 42.1
Elaine George has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,986
Across
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Whittle : SHAVE
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Proper : PRIM
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Victor or Sonny : BONO
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Spikes the punch : LACES
15
Mystique : AURA
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Mothers of lambs : EWES
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Upset the boat : OVERTURNED
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Crossword wild ox : ANOA
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Leaving a valid will : TESTATE
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Usher's job : SEATING
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Brain passages : ITERS
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Danish city : ODENSE
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Olympic trio : GRACES
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Material for a highway : PAVING
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Hayworth and Moreno : RITAS
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Plebe, e.g. : CADET
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Cry of disgust : UGH
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Hero : IDOL
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Type of race horse : PACER
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Nimble : SPRY
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Enclose : PEN
40
Sea eagles : ERNES
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Clown : CUTUP
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Make beloved : ENDEAR
44
Palpitates : THROBS
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Pepys or Butler : SAMUEL
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Ladle : SPOON
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Invade : OVERRUN
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Pertains : RELATES
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Cribs : BINS
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Degradation : DEBASEMENT
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Town SW of Padua : ESTE
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He was: Lat. : ERAT
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Gaucho's lasso : REATA
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Movie maker Hunter : ROSS
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Resentful : SORE
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Resource : ASSET
Down
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Keyhole : SLOT
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Possess : HAVE
3
High cards : ACES
4
Opposite of horizontal : VERTICAL
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Manors, e.g. : ESTATES
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Kitchen utensil : PARER
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___ of the mill : RUN
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Infuriates : IRES
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Renovated : MADEOVER
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Defeated : BEATEN
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Confessing : OWNINGUPTO
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City lights : NEONS
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Okla. tribe : OSAGE
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All-purpose vehs. : UTES
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Miner's access : ADIT
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Parts of typewriters : SPACERS
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Handhold : GRIP
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Jockey : RIDE
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Reparations : ATONEMENTS
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Fruity quaffs : ADES
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Biblical town : CANA
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Uproot : GRUB
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Pts. of triangles : HYPS
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Overtures : PRELUDES
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Cognomens : SURNAMES
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German reservoir dam : EDER
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Deadly disease : CHOLERA
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Ministers to : NURSES
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"Tootsies" : TOES
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Staid or subdued : SOBER
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Dispatch boat : AVISO
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Babble : PRATE
50
Infamous fiddler : NERO
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Receptions : TEAS
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Being, in Barcelona : ENTE
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Immediately, to a pharmacist : STAT
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Tavern : BAR

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

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