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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Wednesday, January 19, 1983

53-Across : Balls of steel wool, e.g.

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,125
Across
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High-spirited : PERT
5
Indian state : ASSAM
10
Swindler's ruse : SCAM
14
Cinnabar and pyrite : ORES
15
Task : CHORE
16
Singer Tennille : TONI
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Surreptitious : UNDERCOVER
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"Touch of ___," Welles film : EVIL
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Fixes a damaged gouache : RESTORES
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"___ Song Comin' On" : IFEELA
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Petitions a court : SUES
24
Belle of the Wild West : STARR
25
Most outlandish : ODDEST
28
Did a health-club job : MASSAGED
31
XIII x IV : LII
32
Hebrew month : TEVET
34
Rib of a Gothic vault : OGIVE
35
Anagram for sate : EAST
37
"The butler ___" : DIDIT
39
360-mile watercourse, with 42 Across : ERIE
40
Cuzco Indian : INCAN
42
See 39 Across : CANAL
44
Inc. in the U.K. : LTD
45
Newborn : NEONATAL
47
Sunflower State : KANSAS
49
Suspended mist : VAPOR
50
Toxin counteragents : SERA
51
Famed folk singer : SEEGER
53
Balls of steel wool, e.g. : SCOURERS
57
Lose interest : TIRE
58
Apollo flight finales : RECOVERIES
60
Ripsnorter : ONER
61
Lacking substance : INANE
62
Novelist Sarah ___ Jewett : ORNE
63
Iranian lang. : PERS
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Prevent : DETER
65
Ties the knot : WEDS
Down
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Rain cats and dogs : POUR
2
Marine bird : ERNE
3
N.L. nine : REDS
4
Housefly's cousin : TSETSE
5
Grew together : ACCRETED
6
Pumps : SHOES
7
Eng. coins : SOVS
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Live : ARE
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Superior qualities : MERITS
10
Steamship section : STEERAGE
11
Some models : COVERGIRLS
12
Relative of cyanine : ANIL
13
"___ 18," Uris book : MILA
18
Drive out of bed : ROUST
22
Mi-la link : FASO
24
Gown fabric : SATIN
25
Olive-oil constituent : OLEIN
26
Woody co-star : DIANE
27
Talent scout, perhaps : DISCOVERER
28
Navy Cross, e.g. : MEDAL
29
Harold Prince hit : EVITA
30
Samples of derring-do : DEEDS
33
Cleric : VICAR
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If male, these are scarlet : TANAGERS
38
Assume control : TAKEOVER
41
Scruff : NAPE
43
Jack of old films : LARUE
46
Scorching : TORRID
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Restrict : NARROW
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Biscuit's cousin : SCONE
51
End : STOP
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Hamburger's article : EINE
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"Scram, tabby!" : SCAT
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Emerald Isle, earlier : EIRE
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Tear apart : REND
56
Compass pts. : SSES
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Ending for ethyl : ENE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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