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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Wednesday, February 25, 1976

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 23.5
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,692
Across
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One or false : STEP
5
Lunch, e.g. : MEAL
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Snake : COBRA
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___ down (modify) : TONE
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U. S. holly : ASSI
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Advantage : AVAIL
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Baseball trio : OUTS
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Soaks : RETS
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Military chest wear : MEDAL
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Sitting ___ : PRETTY
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Different : OTHER
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Old car : REO
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Genuine : REAL
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Flatfoot : COP
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Beguiling : INTRIGUING
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___ Lisa : MONA
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U. S. air org. : NAA
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Turkish pound : LIRA
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Kind of dive : GAINER
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Wage : STIPEND
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Prefix for cute : ELECTRO
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Musical workers : TUNERS
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Max of boxing : BAER
43
Carplike fish : RUD
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Locale : AREA
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Lots and lots : EVERSOMANY
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Induced : LED
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Bills : ONES
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Cistern : BAC
51
Right or acute : ANGLE
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Built a certain home : NESTED
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Red and diploma : MILLS
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Presidential action : VETO
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Golfer's target : HOLE
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Carrot's relative : ANISE
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Repeat : ECHO
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Kind of horse : IRON
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Storehouse : DEPOT
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Now's partner : THEN
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Slave of yore : ESNE
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Sojourn : STOP
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___ de force : TOUR
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Considered : ENTERTAINED
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Annoy : PESTER
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Contrary girl : MARY
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Compass point : ESE
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Oregon city : ASTORIA
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___ to reason : LISTEN
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Desert plyer : CAMEL
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Above's partner : OVER
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Kind of blood : BAD
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Estuary : RIA
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"It's ___ in the game" : ALL
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Worker : TOILER
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Bargains pettily : HAGGLES
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Building-trade figures : CONTRACTORS
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Product of a bases-empty homer : ONERUN
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Caricature : PARODY
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Set up : INSTAL
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Character : NATURE
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Chinese herb : GINSENG
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Bean of India : URD
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O. T. book: Abbr. : MIC
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Oxygen bacterium : AEROBE
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Green or jacket : PEA
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Thing to lend : EAR
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Beg : BESEECH
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"National ___" : VELVET
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Golf club : MASHIE
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Assault : ONSET
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___-ran : ALSO
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Highest point : NOON
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Biblical judge : ELON
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Sand hill, in England : DENE
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Cap or house : MAD
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Chemical ending : INE
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Back talk : LIP
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Article : THE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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