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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Wednesday, March 31, 1982

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F G J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 38.7
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,831
Across
1
Homophone for a digit : ATE
4
"___ your lips ... ": Shak. : SEALUP
10
"Bonanza" character : HOSS
14
Winery property : TUN
15
Undivided : ENTIRE
16
Cry where Bacchus reigned : EVOE
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Kind of agent : UNDERCOVER
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Give up : CEDE
20
Stronghold : BASTION
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Petty prince : SATRAP
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Hounds' quarry : HARES
25
Egyptian goddess of fertility : ISIS
26
Collected : SEDATE
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Margaret of 10 Downing St. : THATCHER
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Have ___ to pick : ABONE
34
Lopez of Dallas : TRINI
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State west of Ga. : ALA
36
Baseball's Schoolboy ___ : ROWE
37
Haley best seller : ROOTS
38
Mine access : ADIT
39
Blyth or Sheridan : ANN
40
Military force : CORPS
41
Struck : SMOTE
42
Purplish blue or vice versa : HYACINTH
44
Placed in storage : STOWED
45
French department : NORD
46
To be, below the Border : ESTAR
48
Cite as an example : ADDUCE
50
Double-deck card game : CANASTA
54
One of a Moslem people : MOOR
55
Proletariat : LOWERCLASS
58
Stigma : ONUS
59
Exhibit : EVINCE
60
Daisy ___ of Dogpatch : MAE
61
Glut : SATE
62
Sacred Jewish scrolls : TORAHS
63
Historic period : ERA
Down
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" ... three men in ___" : ATUB
2
Food usually tinned : TUNA
3
Word attached to book : ENDS
4
Arranged in rows : SERIATE
5
Call for repetition : ENCORE
6
___ with (agreeing) : ATONE
7
Ullmann : LIV
8
Suffix denoting process : URE
9
Iranians of the past : PERSIANS
10
Feverish : HECTIC
11
Make less significant by comparison : OVERSHADOW
12
Pop : SODA
13
Ooze out : SEEP
18
A refrigerant : ETHANE
22
City on the Tanaro : ASTI
24
Stanza : STROPHE
26
Miles or Bernhardt : SARAH
27
Piano-key material : EBONY
28
Destitute : DOWNANDOUT
30
Successes in show biz : HITS
31
Favored people : ELITE
32
Estimated the worth of : RATED
34
Civil wrong : TORT
37
Short lyrical poem : RONDELET
38
Indifferent to right or wrong : AMORAL
40
Plane geom. figure : CIRC
41
Attitudes : STANCES
43
Curriculum unit : COURSE
44
Laundry item : STARCH
47
Part of a La Scala presentation : SCENA
48
Hebrew prophet : AMOS
49
Lady of Madrid : DONA
51
Identical : SAME
52
Absolute ruler : TSAR
53
On the Yellow : ASEA
56
Ab ___ (from the start) : OVO
57
Personal pronoun in Köln : WIR

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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