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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Wednesday, July 4, 1990

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 30.0
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,848
Across
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Former Barbary State : TUNIS
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Charge : FEE
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Fast : RAPID
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Representative : AGENT
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Kind of meal : OAT
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Roman official : EDILE
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Famous date in 55 Across : THEFOURTHOFJULY
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" ... his cousins and his ___!": Gilbert : AUNTS
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Handle again : REUSE
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Hundred: Comb. form : CENTI
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Sounds of hesitation : ERS
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What hot dogs do : PANT
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Touchstone : TEST
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Allowance for waste : TRET
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Common abbr. : ETC
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Five: Comb. form : PENTA
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"The Old Wives' Tale" playwright : PEELE
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Famous name in 55 Across : THOMASJEFFERSON
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Detection device : RADAR
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Where Rigel is : ORION
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Choose : OPT
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___ and terminer : OYER
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Once around Sol : YEAR
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G.H.W.B., e.g. : PRES
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Word after door or place : MAT
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Runs into : MEETS
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Isabel, e.g. : REINA
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Overcomes : BEATS
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Specialty of George Bancroft : HISTORYOFTHEUSA
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She created the Moffats : ESTES
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Rock star Adam ___ : ANT
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Hove clear, as an anchor : ATRIP
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"___-porridge hot ... " : PEASE
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My, to Pierre : MES
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Middle name of a V.P. to F.D.R. : NANCE
Down
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Make lace : TAT
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Expression of disgust : UGH
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Martha Washington, ___ Dandridge : NEE
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What 37 Across was in 1743 : INFANT
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Pub quaff : STOUT
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Ticonderoga, e.g. : FORT
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Diner sign : EATS
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Anglo-Saxon letter : ETH
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Apply (to) : REFER
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Insurance-co. employee : ADJUSTER
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Papal name : PIUS
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A river at Rennes : ILLE
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Actress on "L.A. Law" : DEY
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Emulates the 13 Colonies : UNITES
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Mine product : ORE
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Old name for China : CATHAY
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Create a cryptogram : ENCODE
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Stone: Comb. form : PETRO
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Delight in : ENJOY
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Cubic meter : STERE
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Cheap rum : TAFIA
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Hot Springs, Va., e.g. : RESORT
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Bolts together : ELOPES
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Valley Forge shelters: 1777-78 : TENTS
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Strange norm : PAR
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Tom Paine's weapon : PEN
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Earthenware pots : MARMITES
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Layout : FORMAT
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Spain's monetary unit : PESETA
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Have ___ for news : ANOSE
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Material for roofs and roads : TAR
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A Green Mountain Allen : ETHAN
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Show respect for Old Glory : RISE
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This, to Juan : ESTA
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Femur, e.g. : BONE
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Newts : EFTS
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Drill sergeant's call : HEP
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Sweet potato : YAM
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Ossuarium : URN
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"___ semper tyrannis" : SIC
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Imitate : APE

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

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