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Timothy S. Lewis
Timothy S. Lewis

New York Times, Friday, October 23, 1992

42-Across : Source of 20 Across

Author:
Timothy S. Lewis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Timothy S. Lewis has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,690
Across
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Tablet : PAD
4
Cloverleaf part : RAMP
8
Rudiments : ABCS
12
Sufficient, in poesy : ENOW
14
Mary Ann Evans's pen name : ELIOT
16
Steep : SOAK
17
Sicily's smoker : ETNA
18
Domingo, e.g. : TENOR
19
Luck or Bountiful : LADY
20
Serial of 1836-37 : PICKWICKPAPERS
23
A long time : EON
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The 76ers' coach : MOE
25
A 1971 publication : PENTAGONPAPERS
33
Harbor : COVE
34
Seed covering : ARIL
35
Mauna ___ : LOA
36
Sortie : RAID
37
K2 feature : ARETE
38
Bomb : FLOP
39
The eighth mo., once : OCT
40
Small flier : GNAT
41
N.B.A. rulers : REFS
42
Source of 20 Across : CHARLESDICKENS
47
Be ill : AIL
48
Eponym of the 45th state : UTE
49
Source of 25 Across : DANIELELLSBERG
57
Swindle : BILK
58
Rope material : SISAL
59
Deified one : IDOL
60
Ellipse : OVAL
61
Voyager's milieu : SPACE
62
Lazy person's aim : EASE
63
Author Grey : ZANE
64
Hauled into court : SUED
65
Irish Sea isle : MAN
Down
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Nest noise : PEEP
2
Prefix for body : ANTI
3
"Je pense, ___ je suis" : DONC
4
Rod and cone site : RETINA
5
Composer Wilder : ALEC
6
Farmed animal : MINK
7
Rear deck : POOP
8
Dormant : ASLEEP
9
Male guinea pig : BOAR
10
Ill-bred men : CADS
11
Place for pie? : SKY
13
Roused : WAKENED
15
Crush : TRAMPLE
21
" ... walk and ___ not that they are": Shak. : WOT
22
Bluegrass genus : POA
25
Steal deer, e.g. : POACH
26
Musical subject : EVITA
27
Senator Jake and family : GARNS
28
Hill deity : OREAD
29
Italian Prime Minister: 1919-20 : NITTI
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Columnist Goodman : ELLEN
31
Balloonist's view : ROOFS
32
Undermines : SAPS
33
Nile denizen, for short : CROC
37
Like Dorian Gray : AGELESS
38
Movie pass, e.g. : FREEBIE
43
Fester : RANKLE
44
Half of CIV : LII
45
Selected : CULLED
46
Chess pcs. : KTS
49
Metropolitan thrush : DIVA
50
Ladd or Bean : ALAN
51
"The ___ that touch liquor ... " : LIPS
52
A hairy man: Gen. 27:11 : ESAU
53
Sneaker feature : LACE
54
Cheese town : EDAM
55
Artist Bonheur : ROSA
56
Watkins ___, N.Y. resort : GLEN
57
A pen name of 42 Across : BOZ

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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