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Norma Steinberg
Norma Steinberg

New York Times, Wednesday, April 25, 1990

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q U V X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.8
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,778
Across
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Stick it out : LAST
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Handles for swordsmen : HAFTS
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Potpourri: Abbr. : MISC
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Operatic show-stopper : ARIA
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Cove : INLET
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"My Way" man : ANKA
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Rival of Octavian : MARKANTONY
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"How sweet ___!" : ITIS
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Like some ballots or landlords : ABSENTEE
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Most modern : LATEST
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Grows old : AGES
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Puritano, e.g. : CIGAR
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Used talons : CLAWED
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Hobbies : PASTIMES
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Of the kidneys : RENAL
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Lindsey and Sahl : MORTS
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East attachment : ERN
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MacDonald's co-star : EDDY
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Yawn producers : BORES
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Poet Pound : EZRA
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Trifle : TOY
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Gave a party for : FETED
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Implement for Figaro : RAZOR
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Signed up : ENROLLED
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Sentence curtailment : PAROLE
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Dairy-case choices : OLEOS
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Huck or Mickey : FINN
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Dr. K. of baseball : GOODEN
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Chuck ___, jazz musician : MANGIONE
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Actress Francis : ANNE
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His motto is: "The puck stops here" : GOALTENDER
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Jeanne and Agnès: Abbr. : STES
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French cup : TASSE
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Reverse, for one : GEAR
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Singer-guitarist Axton : HOYT
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Tryon's "The ___" : OTHER
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Fast planes : SSTS
Down
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Tibetan priest : LAMA
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Bedouin : ARAB
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Business-letter greeting : SIRS
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Subtract : TAKEAWAY
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Intimated : HINTED
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Kitty starters : ANTES
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Chunk of ice : FLOE
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Decade : TEN
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Hairdressers, e.g. : STYLISTS
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Bar order : MAITAI
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Music for the break : INTERMEZZO
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Equipment at Chamonix : SKIS
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Choose actors : CAST
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Cheryl Ladd, once : ANGEL
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Go-betweens: Abbr. : AGTS
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Was concerned : CARED
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Mediterranean island : CRETE
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Lured : LEDON
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Sunday evening critic on TV : ANDYROONEY
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Read closely : PORED
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Flynn or Garner : ERROL
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Catch : SNARE
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They dance in sunbeams : MOTES
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"You ___ Me," 1952 song : BELONGTO
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Statement on a 1099 form : EARNINGS
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Escape : FLEE
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Kind of finder : RANGE
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Most venerable : OLDEST
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"The Homecoming" playwright : PINTER
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Untrue : FALSE
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Slit : GASH
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" ... ___ the fray!" : ONTO
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Crush : MASH
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Some lyric poems : ODES
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Orderly : NEAT
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Blunders : ERRS
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Type of cake : OAT

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

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