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Beverly J. Seward
Beverly J. Seward

New York Times, Friday, September 10, 1993

Author:
Beverly J. Seward
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 25.1
Beverly J. Seward has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,012
Across
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"Rule, Brittania" composer : ARNE
5
Have the means for : AFFORD
11
Barn resident : OWL
14
Neighbor of Thailand : LAOS
15
Dealer in hush money : BRIBER
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Hawaiian acacia : KOA
17
Start of an epigram by J. J. Ingalls : THEPURIFICATION
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Muslim : ISLAMITE
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Stood behind : UPHELD
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Network inits. : CBS
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Mountain: Comb. form : OREO
24
Count of jazz : BASIE
27
Draft org. : SSS
29
___ the ears : UPTO
33
Epigram: Part II : OFPOLITICS
36
"The Endless Summer" subject : SURF
37
___ de guerre (war whoop) : CRI
38
One piece of information : DATUM
39
Sulcus : RUT
40
Coop swaggerer : COCK
42
Prestigious D.C. workplace : OVALOFFICE
45
Epigram: Part III : ISAN
46
Memorable period : ERA
47
Cow's first stomach : RUMEN
48
Sponsorship : EGIS
51
Ache all over : AIL
52
Certain trains : LOCALS
55
Analytical prediction : FORECAST
60
End of the epigram : IRIDESCENTDREAM
62
Ran into : MET
63
Subtle distinction : NUANCE
64
Give impetus to : URGE
65
Work diligently : PLY
66
Is intuitive : SENSES
67
Dream idly : MOON
Down
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High: Comb. form : ALTI
2
Cheering words : RAHS
3
Present time : NOEL
4
Spanish space : ESPACIO
5
Dugout shelters : ABRIS
6
Glassmaker's mixture : FRIT
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Region of E. Scotland : FIFE
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Geisha's sash : OBI
9
Happen again : RECUR
10
Hang loosely : DRAPE
11
Steinbeck Sooner : OKIE
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Fleece : WOOL
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Inventor of an instant camera : LAND
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An inflorescence : UMBEL
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Biblical pronouns : THOUS
23
Apertures in a sponge : OSCULA
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Lawn bowling, Italian style : BOCCI
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Certain hairdos : AFROS
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Star in Virgo : SPICA
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Inventory at a cooperage : STAVES
28
Long-necked lute : SITAR
30
Feast of Lots : PURIM
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Hatchet-burying event : TRUCE
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Seldom's opposite : OFTEN
34
Words of solemnity : IDO
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A mil. M.D. : SMO
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Baking direction : KNEAD
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Made on a griddle : FRIED
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Lever support : FULCRUM
49
Hidden valleys : GLENS
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Publish : ISSUE
51
Skills, in Sevilla : ARTES
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Flaccid : LIMP
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City on the Oka : OREL
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Jersey, Kansas or Oklahoma : CITY
55
Okefenokee features : FENS
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Quondam : ONCE
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Flying prefix : AERO
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Pudding thickener : SAGO
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Feds of a kind : TMEN
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Where most tuna comes from : CAN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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