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Stanley Glass
Stanley Glass

New York Times, Tuesday, October 8, 1991

53-Across : Advances

Author:
Stanley Glass
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Stanley Glass has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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E
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L
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C
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,309
Across
1
French cleric : ABBE
5
Units of verse : FEET
9
Brazilian state : BAHIA
14
Acclaimed cereal : BRAN
15
Roguish : ARCH
16
Charged particle : ANION
17
Alternative to a rock : HARDPLACE
19
___ Carta : MAGNA
20
Convex moldings: Sp. : OVOLOS
21
Airport abbr. : ETA
23
Sexless pronoun : THAT
24
Makes a bridge violation : RENEGES
26
Concede : ALLOW
28
___ voce (whispered) : SOTTO
30
Walesa's nation : POLAND
33
N.B.A. whistle blowers : REFS
36
Diplomacy : TACT
38
Minuit or Stuyvesant : PETER
39
Bruin immortal : ORR
40
Hamlet's gloomy alternative : NOTTOBE
42
Middle of a Napoleonic palindrome : ERE
43
Cajun swamp : BAYOU
45
Successor to Ramses I : SETI
46
Jackdaw's cousin : CROW
47
Limitations : STINTS
49
Four: Comb. form : TETRA
51
Arboreal homes : NESTS
53
Advances : STEPSUP
57
Authenticate : SIGN
59
Chatter : YAK
61
Astolat maid : ELAINE
62
Certain rooster : CAPON
64
Alternative to Scylla : CHARYBDIS
66
Marble : AGATE
67
Telephone : CALL
68
Plunder : LOOT
69
Long-lived impressionist : MONET
70
Exclusive : ONLY
71
Danube tributary : ENNS
Down
1
Loathe : ABHOR
2
Atlanta baseball player : BRAVE
3
Munchausen's title : BARON
4
Interminable : ENDLESS
5
Unnaturally high voice : FALSETTO
6
Period : ERA
7
Behold, to Brutus : ECCE
8
Follower of eta : THETA
9
Loud sound : BAM
10
Author France : ANATOLE
11
Alternative to hell : HIGHWATER
12
New Rochelle college : IONA
13
Med. study : ANAT
18
Cartoon possum : POGO
22
Jungfrau, e.g. : ALP
25
Sports math : STATS
27
Easy gait : LOPE
29
Septet plus one : OCTET
31
Roman tyrant : NERO
32
Attracted : DREW
33
Burglarizes : ROBS
34
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
35
Alternative to fire : FRYINGPAN
37
Hauls : TOTES
40
Gen. McAuliffe's defiant reply : NUTS
41
With acerbity : BITTERLY
44
"Johnny ___," 1937 song : ONENOTE
46
Efficient : CAPABLE
48
Pig's pad : STY
50
Depend : RELY
52
Vanzetti's partner : SACCO
54
Lebanese port : SIDON
55
Coalition : UNION
56
Nuisances : PESTS
57
Shell game : SCAM
58
Uxoricide causer : IAGO
60
Mongol title : KHAN
63
Profit : NET
65
"___ of Me," 1931 song : ALL

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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