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Jesse Roarke
Jesse Roarke

New York Times, Saturday, October 22, 1988

60-Across : Leafless, white plant of the U.S.

Author:
Jesse Roarke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jesse Roarke has 48 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,228
Across
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Computer circuit : NAND
5
Undomesticated : FERAL
10
Egyptian god : AMON
14
"Roast Pig" dissertator : ELIA
15
City north of Tokyo : URAWA
16
Small fishing boat : DORY
17
George ___ Carver : WASHINGTON
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Individuals : ONES
20
Sibelius's "Valse ___" : TRISTE
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Mesquite : ALGAROBA
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Ygdrasil, e.g. : ASH
25
What David wielded : SLING
26
Opened, as a door : UNBOLTED
31
Furnished with a handle : ANSATE
34
A player, perhaps : PIANO
35
Horn-shaped object : CORNU
37
Patronymic prefix : MAC
38
Unaccompanied : SOLO
39
Scrap : SHRED
40
Seethe : BOIL
41
Recede : EBB
42
Malodorous : FETID
43
Steam bath : SAUNA
44
Province of E Spain : TERUEL
46
Vt.'s ___ Dam : SOMERSET
48
Legal phrase : INREM
50
Scan. land : NOR
51
Tyro : BEGINNER
54
He's most disturbing : RIOTER
59
Capital of Latvia : RIGA
60
Leafless, white plant of the U.S. : INDIANPIPE
62
Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
63
Effusions from 27 Down : TEARS
64
Related : AKIN
65
Retreats : DENS
66
Snaky curves : ESSES
67
Tilt, as a ship : LIST
Down
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Salamander : NEWT
2
Winglike : ALAR
3
Kind of decree : NISI
4
Partners of dits : DAHS
5
Doleful : FUNEST
6
Unit of energy : ERG
7
Pro ___ : RATA
8
Delinquent G.I.'s : AWOLS
9
"Piers Plowman" poet, possibly : LANGLAND
10
Embellishes : ADORNS
11
Unlike most sultans : MONOGAMOUS
12
Midianite prince : OREB
13
Polish river : NYSA
18
Writer Svevo : ITALO
22
Aborigine of Japan : AINU
24
"Gargoyles" author: 1922 : HECHT
26
Rattled : UPSET
27
Leto's taunter : NIOBE
28
A knitted fabric : BALBRIGGAN
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"Sail ___ Union ... " : ONO
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Mother of the Nereids : DORIS
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French historian-critic: 1828-93 : TAINE
33
Panache : ECLAT
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Painter Odilon ___ : REDON
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Type of gypsum : SELENITE
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___ sinister : BAR
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Brake or bracken : FERN
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Canary's relative : SERIN
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Eastern Christians : UNIATS
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Swamp : MORASS
49
First ruler of all Egypt : MENES
51
Wire nail : BRAD
52
Douglas Hyde's land : EIRE
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Nutritional specifications: Abbr. : RDAS
55
Oculus mundi : OPAL
56
Polynesian carved image : TIKI
57
Finials : EPIS
58
Lessee's concern : RENT
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Wrath : IRE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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