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David A. Scully
David A. Scully

New York Times, Saturday, May 24, 1980

Author:
David A. Scully
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.2
David A. Scully has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,155
Across
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Silly fool, in Soho : TWIT
5
Van Druten's "I Remember ___" : MAMA
9
Words of praise on a book jacket : BLURB
14
Madcap : RASH
15
"___ and Civilization": Marcuse : EROS
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Logrolling tournament : ROLEO
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He wrote: "A bit of talcum/Is always walcum" : OGDENNASH
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Author Cobb : IRVIN
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Dickens : DEUCE
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He wrote "Fables in Slang" : GEORGEADE
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Great amount : REAMS
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Ermine : STOAT
26
Erect : REAR
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Involve necessarily : ENTAIL
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She wrote "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" : ANITALOOS
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Reel, e.g. : DANCE
38
One of Ghent's rivers : LYS
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Tom Lea's brave bulls : TOROS
41
Snood : NET
42
Chick chatter : PEEPS
45
"Nize Baby" creator : MILTGROSS
48
Flank and New York : STEAKS
50
Lamb who wrote about a pig : ELIA
51
Files : RASPS
54
Sequence : ORDER
57
He wrote about a jumping frog : MARKTWAIN
61
Palls : TIRES
63
" ... nothing like ___" : ADAME
64
Creator of Ah Sin : BRETHARTE
66
Indian lute : SITAR
67
Let out surreptitiously : LEAK
68
Hammett heroine : NORA
69
Carbines : STENS
70
" ... ___ the fray" : ONTO
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Turkey follower : TROT
Down
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Walked : TROD
2
Stake : WAGER
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" ... tribute to whom tribute ___": Romans : ISDUE
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It's sometimes put before the horse : THECART
5
Kingsley's "___ in White" : MEN
6
Part of a Kipling line : ARAG
7
Asch book : MOSES
8
___ as a pistol : ASHOT
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Robin Hood, e.g. : BRIGAND
10
Swit of TV : LORETTA
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Nicaraguan group : ULVA
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Publisher Whitelaw ___ (1837–1912) : REID
13
Costa or scapula : BONE
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Hercules-vs.-lion site : NEMEA
22
Caviar : ROE
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Book by Herbert Gold : SALT
27
Woolf's "A ___ of One's Own" : ROOM
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___ Domini : ANNO
30
Desserts : ICES
31
Some tennis plays : LETS
32
Site of the Jungfrau : ALPS
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Muscovite's refusal : NYET
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Listener's phrase : ISEE
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Mouth: Comb. form : ORI
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Dover ___ : SOLE
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Capital of Manche : STLO
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He wrote "Montcalm and Wolfe" : PARKMAN
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Fratianne and Babilonia : SKATERS
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Band for holding a saddle : GIRTH
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Glowing : RADIANT
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Compass pt. : SSW
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Casals : PABLO
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Temptress : SIREN
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Lapse : ERROR
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Backward: Prefix : RETRO
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Mozart's "Coronation ___" : MASS
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Mine access : ADIT
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Birth or death follower : RATE
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Without admixture : NEAT
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Install in office : SEAT
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Ref's decision : TKO

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

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