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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Wednesday, November 16, 1983

19-Across : Richard D'Oyly ___

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,426
Across
1
Giant fishhook : GAFF
5
Partner of loose : FAST
9
Name in a Rand title : ATLAS
14
Etc.'s relative : ETAL
15
Baltic feeder : ODER
16
Hoisting machine : CRANE
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Hoopla : TODO
18
Venetian cash : LIRA
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Richard D'Oyly ___ : CARTE
20
Start of a James A. Garfield quotation : APOUNDOFPLUCKIS
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Denials : NOES
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Kind of master : PAST
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Sudden fall : HEADER
28
K. A. Porter's "Noon ___" : WINE
29
Gained a lap : SAT
32
Christmas-card figure : ANGEL
33
Dead duck : GONER
34
Rah or bah : CRY
35
Electric-company client : USER
36
Rum-and-water drinks : GROGS
37
Witticism : QUIP
38
Conventual : NUN
39
Forms droplets : BEADS
40
Sentiments of an electorate : PULSE
41
Da Nang holiday : TET
42
Gruesome septet member : ENVY
43
Lost a sunburn : PEELED
44
Yours, in Lourdes : ATOI
45
Dormer's base : SILL
46
End of the quotation : WORTHATONOFLUCK
53
Milanese love : AMORE
54
Dyestuff : ANIL
55
Take care of a pressing detail : IRON
56
Slow mover : SNAIL
57
Pierre's pate : TETE
58
Place for a necklace clasp : NAPE
59
Arizona group : PIMAS
60
Word with while : ERST
61
Lightheartedness : GLEE
Down
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"___ horse!" : GETA
2
At the apex : ATOP
3
Portuguese folk song : FADO
4
Flail in water : FLOUNDER
5
Origami hobbyist, e.g. : FOLDER
6
Picador's farewell : ADIOS
7
Feudal thrall : SERF
8
Paraphernalia : TRAPPINGS
9
Finger pointer : ACCUSER
10
Plot for an A-frame : TRACT
11
Carefree adventure : LARK
12
Con : ANTI
13
___ red (fumes) : SEES
21
Caroler's offering : NOEL
22
Traffic divisions : LANES
25
Visit often : HAUNT
26
Result : ENSUE
27
___ Orange : AGENT
28
Herman or Allen : WOODY
29
Row in a race : SCULL
30
Originate : ARISE
31
Transcribed notes : TYPED
33
Be led by a certain force : GRAVITATE
36
Ligurian Sea port : GENOA
37
Activity of conquerors or pacifiers : QUELLING
39
Holy places : BETHELS
40
Ill-gotten gains : PELF
43
Ice ax : PIOLET
44
Latium courtyards : ATRIA
45
Fretful states : SNITS
46
Pesky insect : WASP
47
Where the Hawks fly : OMNI
48
Meander : ROAM
49
Ripsnorter : ONER
50
Caspian feeder : URAL
51
Contend with successfully : COPE
52
___-high to a grasshopper : KNEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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