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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Wednesday, October 2, 1985

42-Across : Fla. bird

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,112
Across
1
Tree at Malibu? : BEECH
6
Thug : HOOD
10
Midwestern campus site : AMES
14
Pond growth : ALGAE
15
Jai ___ : ALAI
16
Reputation : NAME
17
Carson sub : JOANRIVERS
19
Horror-film role : IGOR
20
Forever ___ day : ANDA
21
Curlicue, in writing : TAG
22
Well mannered : POLITE
24
Compliments for Fido : PATS
26
Mining troughs : SLUICES
27
Noted clarinetist : PETEFOUNTAIN
31
Nautical "Halt!" : AVAST
32
Former energy org. : AEC
33
Rowan : ASH
36
Latin leader : REX
37
Oblique : SLANTED
41
Bishop's jurisdiction : SEE
42
Fla. bird : ANI
43
Azimuth : ARC
44
Almost always : OFTEN
46
Popular comic : FOSTERBROOKS
50
Foreign products : IMPORTS
53
Sen. Cranston : ALAN
54
Paucity : DEARTH
55
Compass pt. : SSE
56
Dull : DRAB
60
Film director Fritz : LANG
61
Filmdom's Dagwood : ARTHURLAKE
64
Advantage : EDGE
65
View from Abu Simbel : NILE
66
Like a King novel : EERIE
67
Pause in the action : REST
68
"Stage ___," Ginger Rogers film : DOOR
69
Anthony and Clarissa : EDENS
Down
1
Low, in León : BAJA
2
N. C. college : ELON
3
"My word!" : EGAD
4
Party snacks : CANAPES
5
"And I Love ___," Beatles song : HER
6
Ariz. border lake : HAVASU
7
A first name in fashion : OLEG
8
Boat "power" : OAR
9
Remove from office : DISPLACE
10
Compound used in explosives : ANILIN
11
Enchantment : MAGIC
12
Chew the scenery : EMOTE
13
Ancient Chinese : SERES
18
"Tell ___ the Marines!" : ITTO
23
Yes, to Pierre : OUI
25
P.M. periods : AFTS
26
Dele's antithesis : STET
27
Yugoslav coin : PARA
28
Like Steven? : EVEN
29
Judd Hirsch series on TV : TAXI
30
John ___ Garner : NANCE
33
Concerning : ASTO
34
Try to find : SEEK
35
Female lobsters : HENS
38
End of a poker game : LASTHAND
39
These may be fine : ARTS
40
Picasso's "___ Maar Seated" : DORA
45
Held lovingly : FONDLED
46
Forgive's companion : FORGET
47
Rover's scrap : ORT
48
Bacon serving : RASHER
49
Like the sky over Paris, at times : BLEU
50
Goof-off : IDLER
51
Union general : MEADE
52
Hunger pains : PANGS
55
Town on the Vire : STLO
57
Hard to come by : RARE
58
Related : AKIN
59
Symbols of industry : BEES
62
Any Venetian canal : RIO
63
Pawnee's cousin : REE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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