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Kevin Wray
Kevin Wray

New York Times, Wednesday, January 20, 1982

44-Across : Garden climber

Author:
Kevin Wray
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Kevin Wray has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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H
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A
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P
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H
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O
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C
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T
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L
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B
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P
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V
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C
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,761
Across
1
Fortune : HAP
4
Brother of Hengist : HORSA
9
Agts.' concerns : ACCTS
14
Stud player's asset : ACE
15
Malapropos : INEPT
16
Resort lake : TAHOE
17
Calgary football pro : STAMPEDER
19
Threesome : TRINE
20
Ultimate end : TELOS
21
Seine features : ILES
23
Betsy Ross detail : SEAM
24
First place : EDEN
25
Singer Tony's vacation spot? : ORLANDOFLA
27
Counterweight : TARE
29
Rent : TORN
30
What pouting people put on : LONGFACE
34
Strong man's pride : BICEPS
38
Cather's "___ Ours" : ONEOF
39
Aunt, in Avila : TIA
41
Call : VISIT
42
Airport feature : TARMAC
44
Garden climber : SWEETPEA
46
De Valera's land : EIRE
48
Slippery : EELY
49
Hideaway for Mr. Salinger? : PIERRESDAK
53
"Peter Pan" pooch : NANA
57
On pins and needles : EDGY
58
French state : ETAT
59
Abatement : LETUP
60
Old Norse family tales : SAGAS
62
They have made the grade : ACHIEVERS
64
Gunwale pin : THOLE
65
Kind of song : THEME
66
Employ : USE
67
Sub seeker : SONAR
68
Western peacekeeper's family : EARPS
69
Footlike part : PES
Down
1
"Marry in ___ ... " : HASTE
2
Trod the boards : ACTED
3
Painter Rembrandt: 1778-1860 : PEALE
4
These move to a hula : HIPS
5
United : ONE
6
Change the course : REDIRECT
7
Relieve : SPELL
8
" ... who gives a child ___": Masefield : ATREAT
9
A.B.A. member : ATT
10
Spot for Johnny? : CARSONCITYNEV
11
Kind of Justice : CHIEF
12
Relating to pitch : TONAL
13
"And ___ saint ... ": Richard III : SEEMA
18
Site of a Clift dwelling? : MONTGOMERYALA
22
Uppity one : SNOB
25
"___ pro nobis" : ORA
26
Hooey : DRIVEL
28
XYZ of 1797-98, e.g. : AFFAIR
30
Movie studio : LOT
31
"___ wing and ... " : ONA
32
Saul's grandfather or uncle : NER
33
Ice, in Essen : EIS
35
Seer's sense : ESP
36
Horner fare : PIE
37
B.&O. stop : STA
40
On the windward side : AWEATHER
43
Manitoban Indian : CREE
45
Cry caused by Mickey? : EEK
47
Lands : ESTATE
49
Pains in the neck : PESTS
50
Spuds spot : IDAHO
51
Incite : EGGON
52
Russian summer house : DACHA
54
Bought the bunk : ATEUP
55
Amah, for one : NURSE
56
Basilica parts : APSES
59
Shelters : LEES
61
U.S.M.C., e.g. : SER
63
Bad tad : IMP

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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