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Philip Carlyle
Philip Carlyle

New York Times, Wednesday, June 11, 1980

Author:
Philip Carlyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 21.7
Philip Carlyle has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,173
Across
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Presque ___, city in Maine : ISLE
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Wild sheep of India : URIAL
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Depression agcy. : WPA
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Speakers' platform : DAIS
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Income, in Paris : RENTE
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Cool one's heels : WAIT
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Famed theatrical duo : LUNTANDFONTANNE
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One of the Plinys : ELDER
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Drillers and fillers : DENTISTS
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Suffix with an ordinal number : ETH
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Third ___ : REICH
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Milwaukee product : ALE
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Dawn goddess : EOS
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Describing a Venetian blind : SLATTED
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Sine qua ___ : NON
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Famed miler : RYUN
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Top A.L. pitcher: 1926 : UHLE
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Famed movie duo : TRACYANDHEPBURN
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Creep : INCH
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Word with dough or grapes : SOUR
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Prefix with deed or lead : MIS
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Connected series of related things : CATENAE
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Opposite of post : PRE
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"Ulalume" poet : POE
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Eves' opposites : MORNS
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U.S.S.R. silk city : OSH
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Checked a horse : REINEDIN
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" ... ___ passion to tatters" : TEARA
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Famed fictional duo : WATSONANDHOLMES
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Pay up : ANTE
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Swamp growths : ALGAE
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___ jab : LEFT
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Actor Erwin, to friends : STU
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Quench : SLAKE
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Two prepositions in one : ONTO
Down
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Recumbent : IDLE
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Biblical king : SAUL
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Singer Jenny : LIND
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One of the Lauders : ESTEE
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Ossuary : URN
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Comedian Foxx : REDD
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Conclude or construe : INFER
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Expiates : ATONES
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Soup ingredient : LENTIL
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Indigence : WANT
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Items at Doral : PINS
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Broke bread : ATE
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Laundry adjunct : WASHTUB
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Blood channel : ARTERY
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Children's game in Honduras : TICA
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Georgetown U. athlete : HOYA
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Huxley's "___ Hay" : ANTIC
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Miss Doone : LORNA
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Play : ENACT
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What Romeo compared Juliet to : SUN
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Thrash : THUMP
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Town in southern Calif. : ELRIO
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Obtuse : DENSE
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Endings with 22, 32, etc. : NDS
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Shift : CHEMISE
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"___ on Pop": Dr. Seuss : HOP
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Large kangaroo : EURO
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Immediately : PRESTO
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Mommy's admonition : NONO
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Areas of action : ARENAS
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Ultimate goal : ENDALL
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"___ song of sixpence ... " : SINGA
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Italian's "pronto" on the phone : HELLO
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Rage verbally : RANT
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Ides of March words : ETTU
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Neighbor of Minn. : NDAK
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Church corner : AMEN
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Appropriate rhyme for cleft : REFT
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Concerning : ASTO
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What, in Weimar : WAS
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Half a bray : HEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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