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Louis Baron
Louis Baron

POSSESSIVE PERSONALITIES

New York Times, Sunday, October 16, 1977

60-Across : Kodály's "___ János"

Author:
Louis Baron
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 546 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 123, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Louis Baron has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 61-Down may be missing a word or two at the end — should be something like "Buddhist structures"; left as in original.

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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,291
Across
1
Large amount : GOBS
5
Physician: Comb. form : IATRO
10
Wine word : SEC
13
Ruthian clout : SWAT
17
Further : ABET
18
Synopsis : BRIEF
19
S.A. land : URU
20
Impassive : STOLID
22
Newsman's brain : HARRYSREASONER
25
Three-horse shay : TROIKA
26
Casey Jones : ENGINEER
27
Talk-show mascot : MERVSGRIFFIN
29
Fender bender : DENT
30
Gait, in Grenada : PASO
31
Talk gibberish : RAVE
32
Beknighted women : DAMES
35
Florida's discoverer : DELEON
37
Battologize : ITERATE
41
V.I.P. at Entebbe : AMIN
42
Singer's sea mate : ETHELSMERMAN
45
Anatomical duct : VAS
46
Pulse, in music : TAKT
47
Snooker, e.g. : POOL
48
Old Hebrew avenger : GOEL
49
Dramatis personae : CAST
50
After printemps : ETE
51
Playwright's chicken : NOELSCOWARD
55
Waste maker : HASTE
56
Hand out : DISPENSE
58
Accord : AMITY
59
Worsteds : SERGES
60
Kodály's "___ János" : HARY
61
Pitfall : SNARE
62
___-day : TWOA
63
Aloha, in Israel : SHALOM
65
Gawk : STARE
66
Pedigreed animal : PUREBRED
70
Chair name : EAMES
71
Dancer's costumer : PAULSDRAPER
73
Key to heredity : DNA
74
Ideologies : ISMS
75
Beatles' movie : HELP
76
Nadia's rival : OLGA
77
Chew at : GNAW
78
Sault ___ Marie : STE
79
Explorer's chef : CAPTAINSCOOK
83
Plexus : RETE
84
Biting : MORDANT
86
Nosher's desire : SNACKS
87
Column moldings : TORES
88
Today, in Rome : OGGI
89
"___ Named Sue" : ABOY
90
Flourish : GROW
92
Comic's choirmaster : EDDIESCANTOR
97
Flying boat : SEAPLANE
101
When, in Spain : CUANDO
102
Cyberneticist's hot dog : NORBERTSWIENER
104
Source : ORIGIN
105
Items ab gallinis : OVA
106
Channel : ROUTE
107
Soprano Elinor : ROSS
108
Soc. or org. : ASSN
109
Snooze : NAP
110
Judgelike : SOBER
111
Surfeit : SATE
Down
1
Apache masked dancers : GAHE
2
Role in "The Iceman Cometh" : OBAN
3
Floe : BERG
4
Grating : STRIDENT
5
"The Wild Duck" playwright : IBSEN
6
Canadian court decree : ARRET
7
Row : TIER
8
Electrifying agcy. : REA
9
"Optimism is the content ___ men in high places": Fitzgerald : OFSMALL
10
Solarium : SUNROOM
11
Jewish holiday eve : EREV
12
Surly, churly men : CURS
13
Struggled : STRIVEN
14
Stereo speaker : WOOFER
15
Arabic A : ALIF
16
Heyerdahl's "Kon-___" : TIKI
20
Laminar : STRATAL
21
Fancy one : DAN
23
Chemical suffixes : YNES
24
Lab wire loops : OESES
28
Besmeared : GRIMED
30
Decorticates : PEELS
32
"Old hat" : DATED
33
Super fiddle : AMATI
34
Sleuth's weapon : MIKESHAMMER
35
Indian wild dog : DHOLE
36
Deny : NEGATE
38
Actress's mystery man : AVASGARDNER
39
Discernment : TASTE
40
Park in Colorado : ESTES
42
Name giver : EPONYM
43
Halluces : TOES
44
Calhoun : RORY
49
St.-John's-bread : CAROB
51
Emperor and Wolfe : NEROS
52
Kiel or Suez : CANAL
53
Khayyám et al. : OMARS
54
Like a bionic man : WIRED
55
Lumberman : HEWER
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Dims : PALES
59
Run of luck : STREAK
61
Buddhists : STUPAS
63
Earthquake : SEISM
64
Must : HASTO
65
Seagoer : SALT
66
Port of Aug. 3, 1492 : PALOS
67
Ascent : UPGO
68
Mother's relative : ENATE
69
Coolidge's V.P. : DAWES
71
Aiding digestion : PEPTIC
72
The Italian Stallion : ROCKY
75
Refuses to quit : HANGSON
77
Angry dogs : GROWLERS
79
Confined, redundantly speaking : CAGEDIN
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"Caught like a rat ___" : INATRAP
81
Mogul : NABOB
82
They cross the plate : SCORERS
85
Activities : DOINGS
87
African antelope : TOPI
90
Part of a P.C. Wren title : GESTE
91
Less trained : RAWER
92
Habitat: Prefix : ECO
93
Brain covering : DURA
94
Podium : DAIS
95
Shortly : ANON
96
Milky Way sphere : NOVA
97
Half a ticket : STUB
98
Wild ox : ANOA
99
Nutcracker's suite : NEST
100
Irish Gaelic : ERSE
103
Aussie animal : ROO

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 12 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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