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Neville Fogarty
| Time Limit | 40 minutes |
| Size | 17x17 |
| Words | 100 |
| Fillable squares | 240 |
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NOTE: Only in-person results are included in stats, error data, and score list
Clues and Answers
ACROSS
1
Numbskulled
THIN
5
Evenfall
DAWN
9
Harebrained
SERIOUS
16
Brit on the Fox News Channel
HUME
17
Together, in France
UNIE
18
With dispatch
INARUSH
19
Hearty pub order
IRISHSTEW
21
"Hmm..."
LETSSEE
22
Massachusetts seafood appetizer
CODCAKE
23
"The Planets" composer
HOLST
25
People line up to see their agents
TSA
26
Work in a bakery
KNEAD
27
No straight shooter?
SHAKYCAM
30
Potential employer's consideration
FIT
32
NPR correspondent Shapiro
ARI
33
"Gimme a bit"
ONESEC
37
Rectitude
VICE
40
More popular
HOTTER
43
Maui staple
TARO
44
"___ Marionette" (ABBA tune)
IMA
45
___ paper
WANE
46
Long-distance service provider
SEMI
49
BuzzFeed category
LOL
50
Troy sch.
RPI
51
"Star Wars" nickname
ANI
52
It may be indicated by a sigma
SUM
53
Delta hub designation
ATL
54
Coke byproduct
TAR
55
Comic with warnings for children, adults, and liberal arts majors
XKCD
57
Wrong
HELP
58
Nintendo character
MII
59
It runs parallel to a radius
ULNA
61
Department of corrections issue
ERRATA
63
Deserving of a time-out
NICE
64
"Chico and the Man" setting
EASTLA
67
One of the five classical elements of ancient Greece
AER
68
Bulls, Bucks, etc.
NBA
70
Okay to attack
FAIRGAME
73
Shows age, in a way
RUSTS
77
Transmit
GET
80
Subject of much online debate starting February 26, 2015
DRESS
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Deride
LAUGHAT
83
Creative type
IDEAMAN
85
Number for the troops
OVERTHERE
87
Big Italian house
VERSACE
88
Make the cut?
NICK
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Rail rider
TRAM
90
Brings to a boil
ENRAGES
91
Venn diagram regions
SETS
92
Joneses
YENS
DOWN
1
Dilute
THICK
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Thunder Bay's location
HURON
3
Ammonia compound
IMIDE
4
Brand that's an instant classic?
NESCAFE
5
Big name in soaps
DUSK
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Pot lot
ANTES
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2014 U.S. Women's Open winner
WIE
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Series set within a dream of Dr. Robert Hartley
NEWHART
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Grave
SILLY
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"Oedipe" composer Georges
ENESCO
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Caner's need
RATTAN
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Return receivers
IRS
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Make out?
OUST
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Takes advantage of
USES
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African tree known for its fatty nuts
SHEA
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"___ only known!"
HADI
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Some Dust Bowl migrants
OKIES
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Bad feeling
HATE
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Reached
MET
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Mention in an acceptance speech, perhaps
THANK
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Subway fare
SALAMI
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Causing concupiscence
EROTIC
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Flock watcher
COLLIE
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Replacement
VIRTUE
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Kenya native
IMPALA
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Stone monuments
CAIRNS
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Ready and waiting
ONICE
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Clear, maybe
RESET
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Fade away
WAX
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Film in which Donny Osmond sings "I'll Make a Man Out of You"
MULAN
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Mischievous creature
IMP
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Doesn't fly
DRAGS
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Movie whose soundtrack went to #1 in 1965
HARM
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Former Dept. of Justice org.
ATF
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"Because ___" (neologism that provides literally no information)
REASONS
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French Riviera city
NAUGHTY
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Maxim, for one
LADMAG
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Shooting star?
AIRACE
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Rather dry
BRUT
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Actor Auberjonois and others
RENES
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Put in
ELECT
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___ Khan
SHERE
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Killam of "The Amanda Show"
TARAN
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They can be tongue-tied
STEMS
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Totally understand
GIVE
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First base?
EDEN
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USVI, e.g.
TERR
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Biblical vessels
ARKS
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"Darwiniana" botanist Gray
ASA
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Contest
VIE
Stats
|
Puzzle 1 20:00 15x15 |
Puzzle 2 30:00 15x15 |
Puzzle 3 45:00 20x19 |
Puzzle 4 15:00 15x15 |
Puzzle 5 40:00 17x17 |
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| Mean percent correct | 95.39% | 93.91% | 95.34% | 96.66% | 81.36% |
| Mean error count (incorrect or empty squares) | 8.34 | 11.03 | 14.44 | 6.38 | 44.74 |
| Mean incorrect (but filled) squares | 1.87 | 3.33 | 3.48 | 1.54 | 12.17 |
| Mean empty squares | 6.47 | 7.7 | 10.96 | 4.84 | 32.57 |
| Mean allotted time used | 61.0% | 55.8% | 50.7% | 55.1% | 67.7% |
| Mean solve time | 12:12 | 16:43 | 22:49 | 8:16 | 27:05 |
| Mean time per correct square | 4.24s | 5.91s | 4.63s | 2.69s | 8.32s |
| Fastest solve | 4:20 | 5:47 | 8:08 | 3:05 | 7:32 |
| Fastest error-free solve | 4:20 | 5:49 | 8:08 | 3:05 | 7:32 |
| Mean score | 1196.9 | 1606.9 | 1999.4 | 835.1 | 3235.2 |
| Best score | 260 | 349 | 488 | 185 | 452 |
| Worst possible score | 7130 | 7730 | 12500 | 7130 | 10100 |
| Number of error-free grids | 52 | 39 | 56 | 67 | 40 |
| Number of unfinished grids | 25 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 40 |
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