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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Friday, October 16, 1987

41-Across : Watery design

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,856
Across
1
Robin Williams role : GARP
5
Ancient moralist : AESOP
10
Agts.' stats : PCTS
14
Ironworker's item : IBAR
15
Statue's garment : DRAPE
16
Erudition : LORE
17
Flower of 47 Across : BLUEBONNET
19
Suit to ___ : ATEE
20
Stimulus-response device : SENSOR
21
Stripped racing car : DRAGSTER
23
Conception : IDEA
25
Landmark of 28 Down : ALAMO
26
Wicked acts : MISDEEDS
30
City on the Sabine : ORANGE
33
"Who touches ___ ... ": Whittier : AHAIR
34
Yorkshire city : LEEDS
36
Interdict : BAN
37
Billionth: Comb. form : NANO
38
Resembling certain soil : MARLY
39
Sheltered nook : COVE
40
Actress Le Gallienne : EVA
41
Watery design : MOIRE
42
Arbor : BOWER
43
Of canines, etc. : DENTAL
45
Panhandle city : AMARILLO
47
Subject of this puzzle : TEXAS
49
Religious image : ICON
50
Contestants : AGONISTS
53
Straighten a hose : UNCOIL
57
Actress Lollobrigida : GINA
58
Site of Houston's decisive victory : SANJACINTO
60
Green land : ERIN
61
Adam Bede's creator : ELIOT
62
Acheson or Rusk : DEAN
63
Carbon particles : SOOT
64
Seven, in Bergamo : SETTE
65
Film director Kenton : ERLE
Down
1
Tomcats : GIBS
2
Competent : ABLE
3
Female herring : RAUN
4
Town on the Rio Grande : PRESIDIO
5
Cinema's Renée ___ : ADOREE
6
Piscivorous bird : ERN
7
True grit : SAND
8
Horse or light follower : OPERA
9
Condition in flowers : PETALODY
10
Blood fluid : PLASMA
11
Amphitheater at Dallas : COTTONBOWL
12
Shoe insert : TREE
13
Palmist : SEER
18
Omen : BODER
22
Freshwater fish : GARS
24
Dwight's opponent : ADLAI
26
Like a lion or zebra : MANED
27
"___ thee not ... ": Shak. : IHAVE
28
Locale of Lackland A.F.B. : SANANTONIO
29
Early Calif. missionary : SERRA
31
Mallet : GAVEL
32
Summer month in Buenos Aires : ENERO
35
Fragrant resin : ELEMI
38
Treacle : MOLASSES
39
Jibe : COINCIDE
41
Kind of skirt : MAXI
42
Mustang, for short : BRONC
44
Lessee : TENANT
46
Pointed : ACUATE
48
Vapid : STALE
50
A long time : AGES
51
Copter's cousin : GIRO
52
Irritated state : SNIT
54
Humdinger : ONER
55
Type of type: Abbr. : ITAL
56
Famous Ranger : LONE
59
Whit : JOT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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