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Mark Blakeburn
Mark Blakeburn

New York Times, Friday, October 11, 1991

13-Across : Cantankerous oldster

Author:
Mark Blakeburn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 49, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 50, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Mark Blakeburn has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,312
Across
1
Price : COST
5
Komatik, e.g. : SLED
9
Baby's foot covering : BOOTEE
11
Sour : ACIDIC
13
Cantankerous oldster : BUZZARD
14
Greedy predator : VULTURE
16
Wicker : OSIER
17
With aloofness : ICILY
19
Electrical unit : REL
20
"We hold ___ truths ... " : THESE
21
Paddock newcomer : FOAL
22
Crook found in a tree : KNEE
23
"___ a Rebel": The Crystals (1962) : HES
24
Symbol of Venice : LION
25
Form : SHAPE
26
Old woman: Ger. : ALTE
28
Take steps : ACT
29
Like a good potato : MEALY
30
Peace lover : DOVE
32
Warmonger : HAWK
33
Military group : CADRE
35
Set : GEL
36
Long and Ellis: Abbr. : ISLS
40
Race-car driver Irvan : ERNIE
41
Pasteur portrayer : MUNI
42
___ Tau, U.S.S.R. range : ALA
43
Netman Sampras : PETE
44
Plant pith : PULP
45
Malcolm-___ Warner, TV actor : JAMAL
47
"___ Dien" (Prince of Wales's motto) : ICH
48
"A Confederacy of Dunces" author : TOOLE
49
In re : ANENT
50
Coward : CHICKEN
52
Nuts : CUCKOOS
54
George and T. S. : ELIOTS
55
Hillocks : KNOLLS
56
Bonnie bairn : LASS
57
Retired : ABED
Down
1
Most warmly comfortable : COZIEST
2
Transudes : OOZES
3
Etiquette boo-boo : STARE
4
Gerard ___ Borch, Dutch painter : TER
5
Row : SCULL
6
Turk's-cap : LILY
7
Summer time in N.Y.C. : EDT
8
Daily : DIURNAL
9
Dry measure : BUSHEL
10
Building : EDIFICE
11
Birdlike : AVIAN
12
Eerie : CREEPY
13
Former South African President : BOTHA
15
Loser to S. Grant : ELEE
18
Crotchety person : COOT
22
Uniform cloth : KHAKI
24
Wash : LAVE
25
Darn : SEW
27
Murray or Arcaro : EDDIE
29
Landlocked neighbor of Algeria : MALI
31
Small change in Denmark : ORE
32
Nag : HENPECK
33
Nativity tableau : CRECHE
34
Certain colony's creation : ANTHILL
35
Dupe : GULL
37
"The ___ Moon," 1927 song : SAMEOLD
38
Pampas' kin : LLANOS
39
Preserves : SALTS
40
Majestic : EPIC
41
Atomic particles : MUONS
44
Brooke and Field : POETS
45
Sculptor Epstein : JACOB
46
What a spat covers : ANKLE
48
Refs' decisions : TKOS
51
Robert M. Gates's org. : CIA
53
Actress Merkel : UNA

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