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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Friday, January 13, 1984

15-Across : Light velvet

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,484
Across
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___ off (intercept) : HEAD
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Shoptalk : SLANG
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Darn relative : EGAD
14
First name in scat : ELLA
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Light velvet : PANNE
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Last of the Caesars : NERO
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Type of bee : LEAFCUTTER
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Part of a travel package : TOUR
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Certain bridges : DENTURES
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Bull Moose, e.g. : PARTY
22
Cartographic abbr. : MTS
23
Ruddy duck : SPRIG
25
Ice-cream flavor word : TUTTI
29
Edmonton or Houston team : THEOILERS
33
Novelist Oliver ___: 1873-1961 : ONIONS
35
" ... a bug in ___" : ARUG
36
Estuary: Sp. : RIA
37
Fully prepared : RIPE
38
Rodgers-Hart song: 1933 : LOVER
40
Hook with a handle : GAFF
41
Bribe : SOP
42
Part of a marathon : MILE
43
Inhibit : STIFLE
45
Parts of a comic's repertory : ONELINERS
48
Do a tailor's job : ALTER
49
Site of Stanley Falls : CONGO
50
Distinctive theory : ISM
52
A cut of meat : SHANK
54
Diarist's activity : ENTERING
59
"Turandot" character : PONG
60
Crashed a soiree : BARGEDINON
62
Melville work : OMOO
63
Roman official : EDILE
64
Prima donna : DIVA
65
High schooler : TEEN
66
Introvert : LONER
67
Census fig. : STAT
Down
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Contained : HELD
2
Robert ___ : ELEE
3
He has Alda talent : ALAN
4
Foolish : DAFT
5
Sudden burst : SPURT
6
Like up-to-the-minute news : LATEST
7
Minute colonists : ANTS
8
Compass dir. : NNE
9
Berlin lang. : GER
10
Involve by necessity : ENTAIL
11
One-time movie "tough guy" : GEORGERAFT
12
In ___ (trapped by routine) : ARUT
13
Flat-bottomed vessel : DORY
18
Plant used for flavoring : CUMIN
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Nice Nelly : PRIG
23
Dry : SERE
24
Rains pitchforks : POURS
25
Trunk : TORSO
26
Lincoln's magnificent obsession : UNION
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Harrison's nickname : TIPPECANOE
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Clog part : TOE
30
"Dolly Sisters" actress : HAVER
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Winchester product : RIFLE
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One of a Sunday evening foursome : SAFER
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Arm support : SLING
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Toast topping : OLEO
40
___ Blas, Lesage hero : GIL
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Status symbol : MINK
44
Like circus lions : TAMED
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Well stocked with : LONGON
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How some leave Reno : SINGLE
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Dexter, e.g. : STEER
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Predicament : SPOT
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Batter's mecca : HOME
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Moran of "Happy Days" : ERIN
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Disencumbers : RIDS
56
Monogram ltr. : INIT
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PBS program : NOVA
58
Tiny pest : GNAT
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Barbara ___ Geddes : BEL
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Fuss : ADO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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