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Brumbauch
Brumbauch

New York Times, Monday, January 21, 1980

15-Across : Godfrey Cambridge TV role

Author:
Brumbauch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Brumbauch has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,031
Across
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Relative of a rhinoceros : TAPIR
6
Nap : DOZE
10
Thick slice : SLAB
14
Sharp ridge : ARETE
15
Godfrey Cambridge TV role : AMIN
16
Jot : IOTA
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Gathered autumnal debris : RAKED
18
Camping item : TENT
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London's "Martin ___" : EDEN
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Sash for a Puccini heroine : OBI
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These go with burgers : FRENCHFRIES
24
Water nymph : NAIAD
26
Capek classic : RUR
27
___ on (urging) : EGGING
29
Beetles : SCARABS
33
Alan, Cheryl and Diane : LADDS
34
Incarcerates : JAILS
35
Rodent : RAT
37
Measures of heat, for short : BTUS
38
"Boléro" composer : RAVEL
39
Roman statesman : CATO
40
Nuclear energy agcy. : AEC
41
Yellow-fever carrier : AEDES
42
Philippine island : LUZON
43
Economized : SKIMPED
45
Short walk outdoors : AIRING
46
Ovine sound : BAA
47
Soviet cooperative : ARTEL
48
Java, not from Java : IRISHCOFFEE
53
Ensnare : NET
56
Palm fruit : DATE
57
Fasten closely and firmly : KNIT
58
Cosmetic : ROUGE
60
Level : EVEN
61
She, in Paris : ELLE
62
Pianist-composer Rubinstein : ANTON
63
Objectives : AIMS
64
Tinter : DYER
65
Etymological relative of lace : LASSO
Down
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Edible root : TARO
2
Saudi, e.g. : ARAB
3
Fowl from China : PEKINGDUCK
4
Suffix with favor or labor : ITE
5
Shiners : REDFINS
6
Old-fashioned : DATED
7
Augury : OMEN
8
Bluish-white metallic element : ZINC
9
Captivate : ENTHRALL
10
___ Leone : SIERRA
11
Northern Italian town : LODI
12
To ___ (perfectly) : ATEE
13
Prohibits : BANS
22
Tatter : RAG
23
Ermine and sable : FURS
25
Abets : AIDS
27
Scene of Napoleon's first exile : ELBA
28
General under Washington : GATES
29
Rescued : SAVED
30
Fr. companies : CIES
31
São Paulo exports : BRAZILNUTS
32
" ... ___ a tuffet" : SATON
34
Greenish stone : JADE
36
Chinese secret society : TONG
38
Stowed again : REPACKED
39
Remedy : CURE
41
Chinese nurse : AMAH
42
Not figurative : LITERAL
44
Norwegian dramatist and family : IBSENS
45
Exist : ARE
47
Subsequent : AFTER
48
Notion : IDEA
49
___ Shankar : RAVI
50
Article : ITEM
51
Solely : ONLY
52
Fingernail tool : FILE
54
Selves : EGOS
55
"___'clock scholar" : TENO
59
"Cat ___ Hot Tin Roof" : ONA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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