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Ann Jenkins
Ann Jenkins

New York Times, Thursday, April 28, 1977

Author:
Ann Jenkins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { B J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 27.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Ann Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,120
Across
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High jinks : STUNTS
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Give the third degree : HARASS
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Easter creation : CHAPEAU
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Short-order dishes : OMELETS
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Write back : RESPOND
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One-man show, usually : RECITAL
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Gone, as goodies : EATEN
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Subject for Billy Graham : SIN
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Episperm : TESTA
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Lacking moisture : ARID
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Staff man : AIDE
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Schnauzer's feature : SNOUT
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V.I.P. on the Hill : SEN
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Lithe; slender : SVELTE
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Reservation dweller in Colorado : UTE
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One way to get a word in : EDGEWISE
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Used a jack : LIFTED
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Shoe form : LAST
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Short-billed bird : SORA
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Gamester's haunt : CASINO
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Behaved or exiled : DEPORTED
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Title Columbus held: Abbr. : ADM
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Cynosure for millions : SCREEN
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Amusing recountings : ANA
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Rex and Oliver : REEDS
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Foxx : REDD
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Men in a monastery : FRAS
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Give to each : ALLOT
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Slithery creature : EEL
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Seaver delivery : PITCH
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Cultivated land : TILLAGE
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Render sincere flattery : IMITATE
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Sniffed at : SNEERED
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Good-___ (amiable) : NATURED
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Some ill-fated Fords : EDSELS
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Felt one's way : GROPED
Down
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Clipped : SHEARED
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Oenologist's activity : TASTING
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Hiked, as salaries : UPPED
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Glowing ad : NEON
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Sun-baked : TAN
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Frothiest : SUDSIEST
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Stinger : HORNET
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Soul, to an abbé : AME
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Certain parallelograms: Abbr. : RECTS
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Outlander : ALIEN
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Exhibits : SETSOUT
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Congressional creation : STATUTE
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Area around a goalie : CREASE
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Scheduled : SLATED
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Futile : IDLE
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Dispatch boats : AVISOS
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The Ugly Duckling : SWAN
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Decamped for romance : ELOPED
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Wallach : ELI
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Like some wills : IRON
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Removed : FAR
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Young tree : SEEDLING
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Units for brilliants : CARATS
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Harmonizers' girl : ADELINE
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Scented : SMELLED
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Suffer, in Angus : DREE
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Steak ___ : TARTARE
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Made into a 12 Down : ENACTED
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Sped : DASHED
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Words to live by : CREEDS
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Noted Hawaiians or Kansans : DOLES
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Rubberneck : STARE
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Supply; equip : FITUP
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Spaniard's whistle : PITO
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Set : GEL
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Spoil : MAR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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