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William E. Heinemann
William E. Heinemann

New York Times, Saturday, October 31, 1981

38-Across : "I loved ___ ... ": Wither

Author:
William E. Heinemann
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { D F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William E. Heinemann has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 17-Across clue, "Willow" should be "Willows"; left as in the original.

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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,680
Across
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Scarecrow stuffing : STRAW
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Uninteresting : BLAH
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Kind of liquor : MALT
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Climbing plant : LIANA
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Cantrell or Turner : LANA
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Sewing box : ETUI
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"Wind in the Willow" character : OTTER
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One of the Aleutians : ATTU
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Hawaiian volcano goddess : PELE
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Midnight : THEWITCHINGHOUR
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Warlocks and wizards : HES
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Antiaircraft missile : NIKE
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Thou: Fr. : TOI
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Stat for Guidry : ERA
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Talks back : SASSES
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Iranian town that sounds explosive : BAM
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Goral's relative : SEROW
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Decorated metalware : TOLE
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"I loved ___ ... ": Wither : ALASS
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Prefix with borough : TRI
41
Subject of a Burns poem : LOUSE
42
Acapulco order : TACO
43
Rhubarb : SETTO
45
Roman guardian spirit : LAR
46
"High ___," Bogart movie : SIERRA
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French vineyard : CRU
50
English university's river : CAM
51
Avoid : SHUN
52
Lettuce variety : COS
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Kicks the bucket : GIVESUPTHEGHOST
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Jungle noise : ROAR
61
Oahu feast : LUAU
62
Like a Poe tale : EERIE
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James II daughter : ANNE
64
Moran of "Happy Days" : ERIN
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Rajah's wife : RANEE
66
Noted film producer : BAER
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Caterpillar's home : TENT
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Eat noisily : SLURP
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One of the deadly sins : SLOTH
2
Church offering : TITHE
3
Chides : RATES
4
Once more : ANEW
5
Caution : WARINESS
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Voodoo, etc. : BLACKARTS
7
Shaping machine : LATHE
8
Prefix with body : ANTI
9
What a poltergeist does : HAUNTS
10
Faust's fiend, for short : MEPHISTO
11
Polynesian god : ATEO
12
Humdinger : LULU
13
Pinafore : TIER
21
Weary : TIRE
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Tibetan gazelle : GOA
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Spirit : SOUL
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Lioness of literature : ELSA
30
Crystal gazer : SEER
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Scary winged mammals : BATS
32
Russian mountain range : ALAI
33
Medieval club : MACE
35
Galena, for one : ORE
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One-time Salem activity : WITCHHUNT
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Black-magic practitioner : SORCERER
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They hang around idly : LOUNGERS
44
Loyal : TRUE
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___ Dashan, highest Ethopian peak : RAS
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Protection against 6 Down : AMULET
51
Cleaner's concern : STAIN
52
Horn : CORNU
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Branch used in wickerwork : OSIER
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Like inflationary prices : STEEP
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Kind of bag : GRAB
56
Island in the Hebrides : IONA
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Flat part of a feather : VANE
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Unmixed : PURE
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Respond to a shaman's efforts : HEAL

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