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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Saturday, January 14, 1989

23-Across : Conks

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { F H Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,312
Across
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Some R.P.I. grads : CES
4
Off-Sicily island group : EGADI
9
Shakespeare's misanthrope : TIMON
14
Remedy allaying pain : ANALGESIC
16
Speedily : APACE
17
City on the Ebro : SARAGOSSA
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Suborn : GETAT
19
Garner : AMASS
20
Nine-eyes' cousins : EELS
22
Surly churl : CUR
23
Conks : BOPS
24
BMT stop : STA
25
An edible mushroom : AGARIC
28
Tiny interstice : AREOLA
30
Crusaders' foes : SARACENS
32
Draft initials : SSS
33
Weapon collection : ARSENAL
35
Won at musical chairs : SAT
36
Ending for dictator : IAL
37
Eye, in Avila : OJO
38
City in Paraguay : ITA
41
Defective utterance : STAMMER
43
Theological deg. : SSD
46
Where the Ringling Museum of Art is : SARASOTA
48
Having a soft palate : VELATE
50
Bog : MUSKEG
51
Comptroller General's agcy. : GAO
53
Aleppo native : ARAB
54
Dakota Indian : REE
55
"You ___ seen nothin' yet!" : AINT
57
Iowa church society : AMANA
58
The first Mrs. Richard Wagner : MINNA
60
Minuetlike dances : SARABANDS
62
Golfer-commentator Ed : SNEED
63
Travel a circuit : ITINERATE
64
Gypsum plus glue : GESSO
65
Prizes at hit shows : SEATS
66
Valuable gadoid : COD
Down
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Winter melons : CASABAS
2
Captivates : ENAMORS
3
Cousins of ponchos : SARAPES
4
___ Benedict : EGGS
5
Soil: Comb. form : GEO
6
Absolute pitch, for one : ASSET
7
Concern of WHO : DISEASE
8
Prophet or puritan ending : ICAL
9
Appendage : TAG
10
Medicinal root : IPECAC
11
Flowers : MATURES
12
Flute's bulbous relative : OCARINA
13
This is used to cure provolone : NET
15
Rodeo appurtenance : LASSO
21
Winter Olympics locale: 1984 : SARAJEVO
24
Key Revolutionary battle: Oct. 7, 1777 : SARATOGA
26
Aplenty : GALORE
27
January hrs. in Chicago : CST
29
Leash for le chien : LAISSE
31
Unusual: Comb. form : ANOM
34
Blind component : SLAT
38
Doctrine : ISM
39
Resembling a bull : TAURINE
40
Leblanc's sleuth Lupin and namesakes : ARSENES
42
Cornelius Vanderbilt was one : MAGNATE
43
Name of three N.Y. lakes : SARANAC
44
Hang in there : STANDTO
45
Adulterated : DEBASED
47
Single-seeded fruits : AKENES
49
Truman's hometown : LAMAR
52
Trajan's courtyards : ATRIA
56
Horned Egyptian goddess : ISIS
57
Burrows and Vigoda : ABES
58
Flavor enhancer, for short : MSG
59
Hubbub : ADO
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Numbat's tidbit : ANT

Answer summary:
12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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