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Jean M. Hunt
Jean M. Hunt

New York Times, Friday, October 19, 1990

62-Across : Evaluator

Author:
Jean M. Hunt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jean M. Hunt has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,955
Across
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Plant disease : SMUT
5
Star in Lyra : VEGA
9
Muslim crusade : JIHAD
14
Italian lake : LAGO
15
Indigo plant : ANIL
16
Shelley's "Adonais," e.g. : ELEGY
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Frogner Park's locale : OSLO
18
Legal wrongs : MALA
19
A lingua franca : KOINE
20
Doctor in "Of Human Bondage" : PHILIPCAREY
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Click beetle : DOR
24
James Herriot, for one : VET
25
Steve and Woody : ALLENS
27
Rubbernecked : STARED
31
Stuyvesant had one : PEGLEG
33
Lagomorphs : HARES
34
"___ la France!" : VIVE
35
Taj Mahal's site : AGRA
38
An O.K. Corral gunfighter : EARP
39
Watchdog, perhaps : BITER
40
Part of a rifle : SEAR
41
Spiny plant : ALOE
42
Soon : ANON
43
Singer Haggard : MERLE
44
Doctor played by Nigel Bruce : WATSON
46
___ up (admits, for short) : FESSES
47
Rouse : BESTIR
49
Hawaiian-born actor : LOO
50
Ulmaceous plant : ELM
51
Doctor played by Robert Young : MARCUSWELBY
58
Peppy : ALIVE
60
Polly, to Sawyer : AUNT
61
Steak order : RARE
62
Evaluator : RATER
63
"Dies ___" : IRAE
64
Seed coat : ARIL
65
Residue : ASHES
66
Villainous look : LEER
67
Asian weight : TAEL
Down
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Doctor in "Tristram Shandy" : SLOP
2
Where Hawkeye practiced : MASH
3
Citrus fruit : UGLI
4
Screwdriver, e.g. : TOOL
5
What Theda Bara did : VAMPED
6
Legislate : ENACT
7
___ monster (lizard) : GILA
8
Winglike : ALAR
9
Doctor in an R.L.S. tale : JEKYLL
10
Worldwide workers' assn. : ILO
11
"Dr. ___ Experiment": Hawthorne : HEIDEGGERS
12
Co-Nobelist in Literature: 1966 : AGNON
13
Colorists : DYERS
21
Currier's partner : IVES
22
Avid : EAGER
26
Rents : LEASES
27
African tree : SHEA
28
Afrikaans : TAAL
29
Sinclair Lewis doctor : ARROWSMITH
30
Iterate : REPEAT
31
Mountain climber's need : PITON
32
Level : EVEN
34
"In ___ veritas" : VINO
36
Breathing sound : RALE
37
Mythical hawk : ARES
39
Iraqi port : BASRA
43
Catty comment : MEOW
45
Kitchen gadgets : TIMERS
46
"Be-puddled" Doctor ___ : FOSTER
47
"I ___ charmed life ... ": Macbeth : BEARA
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Greece, to Greeks : ELLAS
49
Moons over Marcellus : LUNAE
52
Wading bird : RAIL
53
Physician's aim : CURE
54
Quod ___ demonstrandum : ERAT
55
Poem by Byron : LARA
56
Soft cheese : BRIE
57
Holler : YELL
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Second after tee : VEE

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

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