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Mark Krusemeyer
Mark Krusemeyer

New York Times, Tuesday, January 13, 1981

51-Across : Accessible

Author:
Mark Krusemeyer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Mark Krusemeyer has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,389
Across
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Fastening : HASP
5
Russian sea : ARAL
9
Con man's forte : SCAM
13
Play opener : ACTI
14
Gentleman's gentleman : VALET
16
Doral target : HOLE
17
N.Y.-Can. area for boaters, anglers et al. : THOUSANDISLANDS
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Baste : SEW
21
"Ruy Blas" author : HUGO
22
Utah range : UINTAS
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Penalty for illegal parking : FINE
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Kind of tube : INNER
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Task : STINT
27
South African settlement : STAD
28
Likely : APT
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Adored image : ICON
32
Zenith : ACME
33
Dernier ___ : CRI
34
N.H. spot for those who want to be high : MOUNTWASHINGTON
39
Timetable abbr. : ARR
40
Vassar purchase : HOPS
41
Solitary : LONE
42
Males : MEN
43
Optimistic : ROSY
44
Fern propagator : SPORE
46
Nimble : AGILE
48
Creator of Eliza Doolittle : SHAW
49
Hardened volcanic froth : PUMICE
51
Accessible : OPEN
52
Tibetan gazelle : GOA
55
Ga.-Fla. spot for those wild about wildlife : OKEFENOKEESWAMP
58
Confined : PENT
59
Roger Moore role : SAINT
60
Sheltered, on a liner : ALEE
61
Soaring swifties : SSTS
62
Foster and Knight : REDS
63
Money in Pretoria : RAND
Down
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Bowlers, e.g. : HATS
2
Relative of a twinge : ACHE
3
Lade : STOW
4
More, in music : PIU
5
Shakespeare's "Scram!" : AVAUNT
6
Extent : RANGE
7
Moro or Ray : ALDO
8
Garland : LEI
9
Soprano Rita : SHANE
10
Builder, muscle or bridge player : CONTRACTOR
11
Actor Alan : ALDA
12
Meal on the Missouri : MESS
15
Tidal wave : TSUNAMI
18
Leg part : SHIN
19
Basswood : LINDEN
23
Trollope's "Phineas ___" : FINN
24
Yen : ITCH
25
Twenty : SCORE
26
Knightly sport : TOURNAMENT
27
Fresh : SASSY
29
Disposed : PRONE
30
Fork part : TINE
31
Colleague of an alim : IMAM
35
"___ is he arm'd ... ": Shak. : THRICE
36
Winter garments : WOOLENS
37
Church area : APSE
38
Shine : GLOW
44
Some of these are fitted : SHEETS
45
Kitchenware : PANS
47
Some are certificates : GIFTS
48
Use up : SPEND
49
Boston ___ : POPS
50
Luau instruments, for short : UKES
51
Tom Joad, for one : OKIE
52
Fete : GALA
53
Soothsayer's cue : OMEN
54
Copied : APED
56
Rower : OAR
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What Mars never barred : WAR

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