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June A. Boggs
June A. Boggs

New York Times, Wednesday, January 17, 1990

68-Across : Machine parts

Author:
June A. Boggs
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
June A. Boggs has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,680
Across
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Baltimore chops : HITS
5
Addis ___, Ethiopian capital : ABABA
10
"Get lost, Morris!" : SCAT
14
Jacob's twin : ESAU
15
Seat in a bay window : CAROL
16
Corn bread : PONE
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Goodyear orchestra? : RUBBERBAND
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Wreck : RUIN
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Tough trip : TREK
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Throw one's ___ the ring (run) : HATINTO
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A dry Burgundy : MACON
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Gone by : AGO
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Do over, as a roof : RETAR
29
Gives someone a lift : ELATES
31
Unchaste : IMPURE
33
Finally : ATLAST
34
Type of crocodile : NILE
35
"Treasure Island" auth. : RLS
38
Entertainer Carter : NELL
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Evangelist McPherson : AIMEE
41
Scrap : SPAT
42
Cycle starter : TRI
43
Fashion item : MINI
44
Brightest star in Aquila : ALTAIR
46
Of a nerve : NEURAL
48
___ del Fuego : TIERRA
49
Set off : BEGAN
51
Actor Gulager : CLU
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Blair of "Marty" : BETSY
54
Coat, in a way : ENCRUST
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Blind, in falconry : SEEL
58
"Woe is me!" : ALAS
59
Lofty Wright Brothers? : HIGHFLIERS
64
Labor leader Conboy: 1870-1928 : SARA
65
Place for a VCR : TVSET
66
First name in daredeviltry : EVEL
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Antimacassar : TIDY
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Machine parts : GEARS
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Risqué : SEXY
Down
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"Rings on ___ fingers ... " : HER
2
Inst. at Ames : ISU
3
Check : TAB
4
Accountant's partial sum : SUBTOTAL
5
Seaport in Israel : ACRE
6
Rum cake : BABKA
7
Heavenly Altar : ARA
8
Geniality : BONHOMIE
9
Star in "The Four Seasons" : ALDA
10
More agile : SPRIER
11
Role for Geiger? : COUNTERPART
12
Writer Loos : ANITA
13
Drift : TENOR
18
Birds of merit? : ERNES
22
"___ Love," Porter song : TRUE
23
Intended : MEANT
24
Modify : ALTER
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Hilarious Mister Bell? : CALLINGCARD
27
Whitney's factory? : GINMILL
30
Flight member : STAIR
32
Kilt feature : PLEAT
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Retreats : LAIRS
37
Ramble : STRAY
40
Still : INACTIVE
41
Rainbow trouts, informally : STEELIES
43
Lambda followers : MUNU
45
Cause for a suit : LIBEL
47
Soho scuttlebutt : EARSAY
49
Ron Perlman title role : BEAST
50
Zhou ___ of China : ENLAI
52
Courtroom doorkeeper : USHER
55
Lack, in brief : SHTG
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Frog's cousins : EFTS
60
Org. started by J. Low : GSA
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December 24, e.g. : EVE
62
"Oedipus ___," Sophocles play : REX
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Nickname for Stallone : SLY

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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