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Fred Toole
Fred Toole

New York Times, Monday, January 23, 1989

51-Across : Piece of iron from a blast furnace

Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2
Fred Toole has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,321
Across
1
Bus.-office copy : STAT
5
Rip : TEAR
9
___ fide (in good faith) : BONA
13
Domesticated : TAME
14
Church recesses : APSES
16
"East of ___": Steinbeck : EDEN
17
Woodwind : OBOE
18
Not a soul : NOONE
19
Kind of gun or squad : RIOT
20
Memorable spouses of stage fame : LUNTANDFONTANNE
23
N.Y. canal : ERIE
24
Partner of dah : DIT
25
Netherlands guilder : FLORIN
28
Site of Saxon defeat: 1066 : HASTINGS
33
Aural appendage : EAR
34
Violent fevers : AGUES
36
Flavorful, pungent bulb : ONION
37
Construction piece : TBAR
39
Money substitute : SCRIP
41
Type of disco dancer : GOGO
42
French movie houses : CINES
44
Fruit of forgetfulness, in literature : LOTUS
46
Square hairdo : BOB
47
Large cask : HOGSHEAD
49
Barkers' harangues : SPIELS
51
Piece of iron from a blast furnace : PIG
52
"A ___ Able" : ASIN
53
Legendary friends : DAMONANDPYTHIAS
61
The Bard's river : AVON
62
Greek column style : DORIC
63
"A Death in the Family" author : AGEE
64
Firewood measure : CORD
65
Tuscan city : SIENA
66
Body of knowledge : LORE
67
Some flock members : EWES
68
Inf. unit : REGT
69
Greek god of love : EROS
Down
1
Quick up-and-down aircraft : STOL
2
Forbidden : TABU
3
Egyptian deity : AMON
4
Balance precariously : TEETER
5
Spankings : TANNINGS
6
Type of lyric poem : EPODE
7
___ now (to date) : ASOF
8
"Biggest Little City in the World" : RENO
9
Scold's activity : BERATING
10
Norse god : ODIN
11
Advertising sign : NEON
12
Poker payment : ANTE
15
Transmits : SENDS
21
Operatic air : ARIA
22
Josip Broz : TITO
25
Command to Fido : FETCH
26
The lips: Comb. form : LABIO
27
Borneo beast, for short : ORANG
28
__ Antipas, ruler of Galilee: 4 B.C.-A.D. 39 : HEROD
29
___ were (so to speak) : ASIT
30
Turned to stone by Zeus, she wept : NIOBE
31
Russian author of "Dead Souls" : GOGOL
32
Condescending ones : SNOBS
35
U.S.C. rival : UCLA
38
Answers : RESPONDS
40
Harmless one; pushover : PUSSYCAT
43
Front part of the leg : SHIN
45
Barbecue adjunct : SPIT
48
Mild oaths : EGADS
50
Gym teacher's order : INHALE
52
Little's forte : APING
53
Freshwater fish : DACE
54
Swear to : AVOW
55
Opposite of less : MORE
56
Black, in Bordeaux : NOIR
57
Tedious, in Scotland : DREE
58
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
59
Kind of dynamics : AERO
60
Perceives : SEES

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

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