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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Friday, November 13, 1987

29-Across : Football coach-commentator

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,884
Across
1
Wham! : SOCKO
6
Curse : BANE
10
Rail : SORA
14
Husband of Sis, for one : INLAW
15
Bulwer-Lytton's "Eugene ___" : ARAM
16
Press : IRON
17
Quiet lady of cinema : PEARLWHITE
19
Chem. rooms : LABS
20
Musical sign : PRESA
21
Pinna : EAR
22
Where Joe met Ivan in '45 : ELBE
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___ Carlo Menotti : GIAN
24
Quiet lady of cinema : SALLYONEIL
27
Johnny ___ : REB
28
Donovan's W.W. II org. : OSS
29
Football coach-commentator : STRAM
30
Lead-in for system or species : ECO
31
Town ENE of St. Paul : BAYPORT
35
Bow wood : YEW
36
Quiet lady of cinema : LILALEE
37
Univ. business degree : MBA
40
Tree-bordered walk : ALAMEDA
41
Solothurn's river : AAR
42
Former Russian linear measure : VERST
46
Hardly : ILL
47
High note : ELA
48
Quiet lady of cinema : ALICEJOYCE
52
Clobbered, old style : SMIT
53
Merak or Mizar : STAR
54
Before, either way : ERE
55
What full tables do : GROAN
57
Product from Dover : SOLE
58
Quiet lady of cinema : AGNESAYRES
61
Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
62
Archibald of N.B.A. fame : NATE
63
"Rinaldo" poet : TASSO
64
Grebe's cousin : LOON
65
Oarsman's concern : SNAG
66
Cinerarium contents : ASHES
Down
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Sample gingerly : SIP
2
Like some swimsuits : ONEPIECE
3
Quiet lady of cinema : CLARABOW
4
Actress Black : KAREN
5
Temple gridders : OWLS
6
Tchu! : BAH
7
Spirit released by Prospero : ARIEL
8
Its capital is Pietermaritzburg : NATAL
9
Kind of board : EMERY
10
With 45 Down, milieu for quiet ladies : SILENT
11
Vocal bettor : ORALER
12
Della ___ (glazed terra-cotta ware) : ROBBIA
13
Saint of April 21 : ANSELM
18
Revelry : WASSAIL
23
Earl ___ tea : GREY
25
Roman sanctuaries : ASYLA
26
Bonelike : OSTEAL
28
Earth-shaped : OBLATE
32
Martina's doubles partner : PAM
33
Oil-derived : OLEIC
34
Artillerymen : REDLEGS
37
Quiet lady of cinema : MAEMARSH
38
Indonesian native : BALINESE
39
Smell ___ : ARAT
42
Minion : VASSAL
43
Corrida performer : ELTORO
44
Shylock's milieu : RIALTO
45
See 10 Down : SCREEN
49
They come in blue : JEANS
50
Spleen, e.g. : ORGAN
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Blabbermouth : YENTA
52
Valuable legumes : SOYAS
56
Pro ___ : RATA
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Hosp. printout : EEG
60
U.S.C.G. stimulus : SOS

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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