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Sterner
Sterner

New York Times, Tuesday, January 12, 1982

19-Across : Sets free

Author:
Sterner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Sterner has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,753
Across
1
Bills passed in D.C. and elsewhere : ONES
5
Man from Bangkok : THAI
9
Man from Helsinki : FINN
13
Selected : CHOSE
14
Sculls : OARS
15
Atomic physicist : UREY
16
19
Sets free : RELEASES
20
Anne or Emily : BRONTE
21
Pod occupant : PEA
22
Kind of trap or hug : BEAR
23
N.Y. college : VASSAR
27
Soothing ointment : BALM
28
Coagulate : GEL
31
Penetrate : ENTER
32
Ringer : BELL
33
Musical ending : CODA
34
Vegetable : TWENTYONEACROSS
37
Pious language : CANT
38
Malachite and mispickel : ORES
39
Watering holes : OASES
40
Hundreds of mins. : HRS
41
Fontanne's partner : LUNT
42
Character in "Measure for Measure" : ANGELO
43
Horn accessory : MUTE
44
Kind of smith or soldier : TIN
45
Put together : ATTACH
48
Saved : REDEEMED
53
Mineral : FORTYFOURACROSS
55
Nichols hero : ABIE
56
Above, in Bonn : UBER
57
Mystical card : TAROT
58
Cong. members : REPS
59
"David and ___," 1962 film : LISA
60
Jets once barred at Kennedy : SSTS
Down
1
"___ ain't got a barrel ... " : OHWE
2
Coward : NOEL
3
Domestic slave in Ethelred's day : ESNE
4
Reserve : SETAPART
5
"When I Take My Sugar ___," 1931 song : TOTEA
6
Hems' partner : HAWS
7
Orinoco tributary : ARO
8
Christopher's backer : ISABELLA
9
Uproar : FUROR
10
When this is hot, strike! : IRON
11
Cozy spot : NEST
12
Wall St. site : NYSE
13
N.B.A. athlete : CTR
17
Belgian river : YSER
18
Stuff : CRAM
22
Bundles of hay : BALES
23
Climbing plant grown for fodder : VETCH
24
Menachem's co-Nobelist : ANWAR
25
British guns : STENS
26
Mailed : SENT
27
Laura, Stephen or William Rose : BENET
28
Golden-egg layer : GOOSE
29
Lemon of the 50's : EDSEL
30
Cowboy gear : LASSO
32
Carried : BORNE
33
Tor : CRAG
35
Vigorous; active : YOUTHFUL
36
Joins : CONNECTS
41
Charlie Brown's critic : LUCY
42
Ghislanzoni libretto : AIDA
43
Pair of socks : MATES
44
Cotta's predecessor : TERRA
45
Two of Sydney Carton's last words : AFAR
46
Start of a famous soliloquy : TOBE
47
Fall generator : TRIP
48
Plants once called "herbs of grace" : RUES
49
"Ut ___!" (Caesar's "As you were!") : ERAS
50
Cartoonist Walker : MORT
51
Those, to Pedro : ESOS
52
Apr. changeover : DST
54
Japanese sash : OBI

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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