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Angela Olson Halsted
| Time Limit | 15 minutes |
| Size | 15x15 |
| Words | 78 |
| Fillable squares | 183 |
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NOTE: Only in-person results are included in stats, error data, and score list
Clues and Answers
ACROSS
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Wrestling team goals
PINS
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Pure
UNCUT
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Japan's tallest peak
FUJI
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Business letter abbr.
ENCL
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Dog walker's need
LEASH
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Unknown author: Abbr.
ANON
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Trendy berry
ACAI
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It's held in a ship's hold
CARGO
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Irish dances
JIGS
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Construction site thieves?
HAMMERBANDITS
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Jelly container
JAR
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"You've ___ Mail"
GOT
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To no ___ (fruitlessly)
AVAIL
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One more than uno
DOS
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Molten rock
MAGMA
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Periodical about a Tom Hanks movie?
BIGMAGAZINE
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Go bad
ROT
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Line on a 32-Down
AXIS
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University of Maine town
ORONO
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Major conflicts
WARS
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1991 Pearl Jam debut album
TEN
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Using the wrong fork, for example?
DINNERLAPSE
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Author Madeleine L'___
ENGLE
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Mend a hem, say
SEW
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Actor Milo
OSHEA
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Paintings and such
ART
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Homer Simpson exclamation
DOH
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Au pair's afternoon activity?
NAPMANAGEMENT
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Like 60-Across
BALD
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Telly Savalas role
KOJAK
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Orator's spot
DAIS
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Popular dog name
FIDO
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Cause joy in
ELATE
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West Point inits.
USMA
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Old Glory, for example
FLAG
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Jazz band section
SAXES
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"That was a close one!"
PHEW
DOWN
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Soup veggie
PEA
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1/12 of one foot
INCH
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March Madness org.
NCAA
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Carjackers' tools
SLIMJIMS
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Stomach malady
ULCER
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Close to
NEAR
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Low-___ diet
CARB
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Links org.
USGA
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Butt-baring swimwear
THONG
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Part of a Tex-Mex entr&eactue;e
FAJITA
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Hospital wing
UNIT
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Runs for exercise
JOGS
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Connections
INS
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___ fide (in bad faith)
MALA
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Feature of Montreal's Olympic Stadium
DOME
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Lessen
ABATE
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Fourth name on a typical list of Santa's reindeer
VIXEN
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Getting older
AGING
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Mends socks
DARNS
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Endangered atmospheric layer (if you're one of those people who believes in science)
OZONE
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Tendon
SINEW
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Bar chart, e.g.
GRAPH
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Eponymous code inventor
MORSE
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Completely confused
ATSEA
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"There but for the grace of God ___"
GOI
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"Neither rain ___ snow..."
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Got ready for a meal
WASHEDUP
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Skin: Suffix
DERM
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Weaver's device
LOOM
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Pomeranian, for one
LAPDOG
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Seizes
TAKES
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Hockey fake-outs
DEKES
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Bang
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He played Pierce on "M*A*S*H"
ALDA
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Mardi Gras city, for short
NOLA
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Abrasive cleaner brand
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Fence opening
GATE
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The N in CSNY
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"___ After ___": Cyndi Lauper hit ... or what can follow the first word and precede the second in each theme answer
TIME
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Closest companion, in texts
BFF
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Observed
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Stats
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Puzzle 1 15:00 15x15 |
Puzzle 2 35:00 19x14 |
Puzzle 3 35:00 18x18 |
Puzzle 4 45:00 19x19 |
Puzzle 5 25:00 17x17 |
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| Mean percent correct | 99.49% | 94.08% | 97.52% | 96.39% | 96.32% |
| Mean error count (incorrect or empty squares) | 0.93 | 13.15 | 6.44 | 10.64 | 8.91 |
| Mean incorrect (but filled) squares | 0.18 | 3.7 | 1.55 | 1.73 | 1.18 |
| Mean empty squares | 0.76 | 9.44 | 4.89 | 8.91 | 7.73 |
| Mean allotted time used | 33.4% | 55.0% | 40.6% | 44.3% | 44.5% |
| Mean solve time | 5:00 | 19:15 | 14:12 | 19:55 | 11:06 |
| Mean time per correct square | 1.65s | 5.53s | 3.36s | 4.2s | 2.86s |
| Fastest solve | 2:40 | 7:12 | 5:29 | 7:55 | 4:44 |
| Fastest error-free solve | 2:40 | 7:14 | 5:29 | 9:15 | 4:44 |
| Mean score | 399.3 | 1732.9 | 1187.9 | 1742.9 | 1100.0 |
| Best score | 160 | 434 | 329 | 555 | 284 |
| Worst possible score | 6890 | 9260 | 10400 | 12050 | 9260 |
| Number of error-free grids | 104 | 66 | 84 | 67 | 81 |
| Number of unfinished grids | 3 | 40 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
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