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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, June 25, 1984

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { G J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 33.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,648
Across
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Jogger's cousin : LOPER
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Walked : TROD
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Lively party in London : BASH
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Mountain ridge : ARETE
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Precept : RULE
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Biblical preposition : UNTO
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Epitome : IDEAL
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"___ a man with ... " : IMET
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Duck or color : TEAL
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Clavicle : COLLARBONE
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Weight deduction : TARE
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Series of rows : TIER
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Dashing : SPORTY
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Added piquancy : SPICED
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Rock star John : ELTON
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Victim of a matador : TORO
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Within: Comb. form : ENDO
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Charter : LEASE
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All together : ENMASSE
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Heckles : NEEDLES
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Full of substance : MEATY
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Molt : SHED
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Employs : USES
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New Mexico colonizer : ONATE
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Obtrude upon others : IMPOSE
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Annoyed : CHAFED
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Sand hill : DUNE
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Consort of Zeus : HERA
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Two-piece fastening : HOOKANDEYE
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Winged : ALAR
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Author Ferber : EDNA
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Present time : TODAY
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Far from obese : SLIM
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U.S. journalist Jacob : RIIS
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Papal vestment : ORALE
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Fish dish : EELS
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Suffix with differ or defer : ENCE
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Fictional uncle : REMUS
Down
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Secular : LAIC
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Word on a dollar bill : ORDO
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Rind : PEEL
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Lat. catchall : ETAL
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Tell : RELATE
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Societal group : TRIBE
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Circulated hearsay : RUMORED
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Lycian poet : OLEN
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Execrate : DETEST
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Fastened, in a way : BUTTONEDUP
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Close by, poetically : ANEAR
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Set into motion : START
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Like Swiss cheese : HOLEY
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Ridicules persistently : RIDES
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Gdansk native : POLE
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Dam up : STEM
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Cornmeal bread : PONE
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"My Friend ___" : IRMA
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A family insignia : COATOFARMS
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Isolated : LONE
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Snug retreat : NEST
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As well : ALSO
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Regards : SEES
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Sum, ___, fui ... : ESSE
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"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
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Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
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Concerning pleasure : HEDONIC
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Cleave : ADHERE
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Wise counselor : MENTOR
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Hunt the fox : CHASE
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Golden-ram rider : HELLE
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Thin as ___ : ARAIL
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Arbitrary proclamation : UKASE
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Scandinavian god : ODIN
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Illustrator of Dante works : DORE
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Dutch treat : EDAM
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Manchurian river : YALU
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Features of Laura Mars : EYES

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