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Sam Bellotto, Jr.
Sam Bellotto, Jr.

New York Times, Saturday, October 29, 1983

32-Across : Kind of den

Author:
Sam Bellotto, Jr.
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Sam Bellotto, Jr. has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,408
Across
1
Ticket part : STUB
5
Good earth : LOAM
9
Photographer's request : SMILE
14
Screen idol : HERO
15
Drive-in sight : AUTO
16
Daises : PODIA
17
Hitchcock, in a way : OLDMASTER
19
Houston footballer : OILER
20
Eyes and ears? : DOUBLEFEATURES
22
Rani's wrap : SARI
23
"The ___ Show" : LATE
24
M-S connection : NOPQR
27
Three-wheeler, for short : TRIKE
29
Resort : SPA
32
Kind of den : OPIUM
33
They're sold in lots : USEDCARS
35
It blew in 1852 : ETNA
36
Disney and Kelly : WALTS
38
Lahr role : LION
39
Idea-to-product interval : LEADTIME
41
What ravers don't make : SENSE
42
Sixties coll. group : SDS
43
At ___ (puzzled) : ALOSS
45
Etonian pop : PATER
46
Hue man : DYER
47
Noun suffix : TION
49
First looks at Mars and Venus? : WORLDPREMIERES
55
"Exodus" actor : MINEO
56
Film trailer's task : HERALDING
57
AMPAS award : OSCAR
58
Ditto, to Cato : IDEM
59
Monad : UNIT
60
Judges : DEEMS
61
Dovecote sounds : COOS
62
Educators' degs. : PODS
Down
1
Slippered : SHOD
2
End: Comb. form : TELO
3
Hindustani : URDU
4
Hollywood turkey's production crew : BOMBSQUAD
5
This makes engineers beam : LASER
6
Costume : OUTFIT
7
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
8
Film censor, often : MORALIST
9
Emulated Moby Dick : SPOUTED
10
Wavy silk pattern : MOIRE
11
At rest : IDLE
12
Stretches : LIES
13
Concha : EAR
18
Tocsin : ALARM
21
Cameraman's concerns : TAKES
24
Carols : NOELS
25
Chose : OPTED
26
S.A. fruits : PINAS
28
Do's and don't's : RULES
29
Actress Eva Marie : SAINT
30
Journalese : PROSE
31
TV's Lou Grant : ASNER
34
Edited for television? : CLEANEDUP
36
Tricked : WILED
37
Like "The Blob" : AMORPHIC
40
Robert and Rod : TAYLORS
41
Mar : SPOIL
44
Music lover's purchase : STEREO
46
Kind of girl or boat : DREAM
48
Mosque men : IMAMS
49
"West Side Story" director : WISE
50
Tale starter : ONCE
51
Make over : REDO
52
Epicarp : RINO
53
Geraint's wife : ENID
54
Cpls.' bosses : SGTS
55
London hippie : MOD

Answer summary:
3 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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