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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Thursday, August 21, 1975

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 29.3
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,504
Across
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Slovenly one : SLOB
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___ bus (commuted) : RODEA
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Wife of Zeus : HERA
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Tropical tree : TOLU
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Moslem prince : AMEER
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Schooling: Abbr. : EDUC
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Summer drinks : ADES
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Large salamander : HELLBENDER
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Sheep of the Rockies : BIGHORNS
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___ occasions (seldom) : ONRARE
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Bleats : BAAS
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Say grace : PRAY
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Xmas door hanging : WREATH
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"Save ___" : THETIGER
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Medicinal sources : HERBS
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Prosody units : MORAE
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Ike's command : ETO
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Singer Anita : ODAY
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Place for a lodge button : LAPEL
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Midge : GNAT
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"___ still!" : SIT
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"___ a man is but a mind" : TOMEN
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Artist's subject : PIETA
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Death feigners : OPOSSUMS
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Kinds, in France : SORTES
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" ... ___ lean and hungry look" : HASA
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Lake Chad native : SHUA
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Ancient Italian : SABINE
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Waterfront pest : WHARFRAT
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African reptiles : PUFFADDERS
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Sly : FOXY
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Basic Latin word : ERAT
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Not rented : UNLET
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Reveling cry : EVOE
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Back talk : SASS
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Java-sparrow genus : PADDA
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Wash. people : SENS
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Dagger wound : STAB
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City in Lombardy : LODI
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Cassini : OLEG
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African lemur : BUSHBABY
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Stadium sounds : RAHRAH
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Auguries : OMENS
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Convention people: Abbr. : DELS
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Kind of grass : EEL
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Like the koala or sloth : ARBOREAL
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English king : HENRYI
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Norse writing : EDDA
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Sorry one : RUER
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God's ___ : ACRE
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Growing out : ENATE
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Feedbag contents : OATS
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Mind: Prefix : PHREN
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Word with ever : WHOSO
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Treat, as a candle : REDIP
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Muse : ERATO
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Hits the bottle : TOPES
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Civet's relative : GENET
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Age, in Italian poetry : ETATE
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Church courts : ROTAS
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Family member : MAMMA
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Botched : LOUSEDUP
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Large animals : GIRAFFES
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Ethiopian lake : TSANA
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Preside at tea : POUR
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Swing and lobster : SHIFTS
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Calif. mountain : SHASTA
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Amount of evidence : SHRED
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Goddess of hope : SPES
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Atmosphere : AURA
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College degrees : BFAS
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Join together : WELD
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Wander : ROVE
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Nerve-cell process : AXON
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Nautical chains : TYES
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Acid: Abbr. : DNA

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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