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Catherine Benante
Catherine Benante

New York Times, Friday, June 4, 1982

Author:
Catherine Benante
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 21.4
Catherine Benante has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,896
Across
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Gamma's predecessor : BETA
5
Lane to the plane : RAMP
9
"Come ___," former B'way hit : OFAGE
14
Muriel ___, star of 9 Across : RAHN
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Kind of exam : ORAL
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Pendulous parts of hounds' lips : FLEWS
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Wide-eyed : AGOG
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Beget : SIRE
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Leporidae : HARES
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Dwellers in Pandemonium : DEMONS
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Tolstoy's Anna : KARENINA
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Sideshow : RAREE
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Gogol's "___ Souls" : DEAD
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"Being and Nothingness" author : SARTRE
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Remit beforehand : PREPAY
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Fortify : ARM
35
Chinese secret society : TONG
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British fruit baskets : TRUGS
38
Page : LEAF
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Roles for Ferrer and Plummer : IAGOS
42
Snick's partner : SNEE
43
Boleyn and Frank : ANNES
45
Nut part : MEAT
46
Suffix with salt or fruit : IER
47
Petrarch piece : SONNET
49
Guanacos' cousins : LLAMAS
52
Burl or Charles : IVES
54
Closet culprits : MOTHS
56
Raskolnikov's ordeal, with 30 Down : CRIMEAND
60
Dealer in tarts : PIEMAN
62
Whirligig : ROTOR
63
Rhine tributary : AARE
65
Cotton gauze : LENO
66
Concern of an impresario : OPERA
67
Dolt : CLOD
68
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
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Desert mount : CAMEL
70
Soar : KITE
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Musial : STAN
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___ Park, Ranger who became a Bruin : BRAD
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Kind of beaver : EAGER
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He wrote "The Magic Mountain" : THOMASMANN
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Mohair : ANGORA
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A leader of the Pre-Raphaelites : ROSSETTI
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Memorable tycoon's nickname : ARI
7
Follower of land or book : MARK
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Argue at the bar : PLEAD
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" ... great searchings ___": Judges 5:16 : OFHEART
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Defoe's Moll : FLANDERS
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Air: Prefix : AERI
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Verdon : GWEN
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She, in Siena : ESSA
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Saul's uncle : NER
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Agt. : REP
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Stray : ROAM
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German economist: 1821–96 : ENGEL
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See 56 Across : PUNISHMENT
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"African Queen" scriptwriter : AGEE
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French and Belgian waterway : YSER
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Unfortunately : ALAS
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Where mates are soon parted : RENO
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Target : GOAL
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Novelist Cooper's middle name : FENIMORE
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Panic on the Ponderosa : STAMPEDE
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Vague number : SEVERAL
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English ritual : TEA
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Me. in Nancy : MOI
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Spider-monkey genus : ATELES
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Nosh : SNACK
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Ana or Clara : SANTA
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Gator's kin : CROC
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Clothing in Castilla : ROPA
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Piece of gossip : ITEM
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Homophone for Dolly : DALI
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Kind of tide : NOON
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Nonsense : ROT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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