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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Tuesday, January 26, 1988

36-Across : Missus, in 68 Across

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.53, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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L
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K
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K
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,958
Across
1
Captain's boat : GIG
4
Poplar : ALAMO
9
Robber : CROOK
14
Mo. in spring : APR
15
Wanderer : NOMAD
16
Swarm : HORDE
17
Classic preceder : NEO
18
___-Rivières, city in Canada : TROIS
19
Red or reddish : RUDDY
20
Old French coin : ECU
21
Faneuil ___, Boston : HALL
22
Put duds on : TOG
23
Bundle of bound sticks : FASCINE
25
Norton's adit : MANHOLE
29
Room in an abbey : CELL
30
Cambodian coin : SEN
31
Carton : BOX
32
English cathedral city : ELY
34
Actress Claire : INA
35
Yorkshire river : AIRE
36
Missus, in 68 Across : CHEESEANDKISSES
41
Complete : RANK
42
Ottoman V.I.P. : AGA
43
Final fig. : AMT
44
Silkworm : ERI
45
Hugh Capet was one : ROI
46
Nine-banded armadillo : PEBA
49
Moving against the current : EDDYING
52
Bartender's device : STIRRER
55
Sigmoid letter : ESS
56
Shoot the breeze : CHIN
57
Pay dirt : ORE
58
Righteous : MORAL
61
Tine : PRONG
62
Family : KIN
63
Suburb of Brussels : EVERE
64
Item in a makeup kit : ROUGE
65
Foot width : EEE
66
Wind-blown soil : LOESS
67
Chose : OPTED
68
Aust. state : NSW
Down
1
Rascal : GANEF
2
S.A. shrub : IPECAC
3
Outstanding, in 68 Across : GROUSE
4
Formic mounds : ANTHILLS
5
Navigational aid : LORAN
6
Soap plant : AMOLE
7
Armor : MAIL
8
___ bodkins : ODS
9
O.T. book : CHRON
10
Turbulent, as seas : ROUGH
11
Fort ___, Calif. : ORD
12
Strange : ODD
13
Of crucial importance : KEY
22
Former Japanese P.M. : TANAKA
24
Golfer's number 4 wood : CLEEK
25
Reform : MEND
26
Sashes in Soka : OBIS
27
Savant's acquisition : LORE
28
Unknowns in algebra : EXES
30
Peninsula in NE Egypt : SINAI
33
Longs : YEARNS
35
Fall flower : ASTER
36
Algonquian language : CREE
37
Difficult : HARD
38
Wife of Geraint : ENID
39
Hyped up : AGOG
40
Encroached : IMPINGED
47
Shattered : BROKEN
48
High homes : AERIES
50
Time periods : YEARS
51
Man and Wight : ISLES
52
Treat to drinks, in 68 Across : SHOUT
53
Color slightly : TINGE
54
Take up again : RENEW
56
Bird's pouch : CROP
58
Singer Tormé : MEL
59
Ab ___ (from the start) : OVO
60
Dakotan Indian : REE
61
Expert : PRO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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