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Kevin Boyle
Kevin Boyle

New York Times, Friday, November 16, 1990

37-Across : Kind of press

Author:
Kevin Boyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Kevin Boyle has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,983
Across
1
Playwright James ___ : HERNE
6
Dresden's river : ELBE
10
City in the Piedmont : ASTI
14
"___ of One's Own": Woolf : AROOM
15
Three winning lottery numbers : TERN
16
Greek letters : RHOS
17
Shark with a useful noggin? : HAMMERHEAD
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Secret agent : MOLE
20
Pain reliever : ASPIRIN
21
British trailer : CARAVAN
23
He introduced tobacco to France : NICOT
25
Least covered : NUDEST
26
Handled : ANSATE
29
Of kings : REGNAL
31
Where to find Les Cayes : HAITI
32
Points of attraction : POLES
33
Tip : NEB
36
Ever : ONCE
37
Kind of press : CIDER
38
Sit : POSE
39
Wild ox : YAK
40
Israel's Meir : GOLDA
41
Canadian peninsula : GASPE
42
Bluesman Johnson : LONNIE
44
"The ___ Spring": Stravinsky : RITEOF
45
Nickname for baseball's Harry Walker : THEHAT
47
Indian statesman Motilal ___ : NEHRU
49
Blunts, as an edge : REBATES
51
Pragmatic one : REALIST
55
Saudi Arabian province : ASIR
56
Toads with a useful pedal extremity? : SPADEFOOTS
58
Spanish land mass : ISLA
59
Judicious : SAGE
60
Eukaryotic organisms : FUNGI
61
Old ___ (a Rockefeller nickname) : NELS
62
At another time : ANON
63
Ruhr valley city : ESSEN
Down
1
Sunken fence : HAHA
2
Turning points : ERAS
3
Frolic : ROMP
4
Having a particular name : NOMINATE
5
Retirees with honorary titles : EMERITI
6
Race: Comb. form : ETHNO
7
Director Spike ___ : LEE
8
Bric-a-___ : BRAC
9
Jeopardize : ENDANGER
10
Force of 1588 : ARMADA
11
Fish with a useful proboscis? : SHOVELNOSE
12
Indian weights : TOLAS
13
"___ thee late a rosy wreath": Jonson : ISENT
18
Wedding missiles : RICE
22
Roulades : RUNS
24
Like beaten paths : TRODDEN
26
Call at sea : AHOY
27
Child's nursemaid : NANA
28
Bird with a useful beak? : SICKLEBILL
30
Ancient town in S Italy : ELEA
32
Hairs, to biologists : PILI
34
Hockey great Phil, familiarly : ESPO
35
Complaint : BEEF
37
Italian noblewoman : CONTESSA
38
Open : PATULOUS
40
Midge : GNAT
41
The constellation Camelopardalis : GIRAFFE
43
Tara family : OHARAS
44
Korean president: 1948-60 : RHEE
45
Retinue : TRAIN
46
"Demian" author : HESSE
48
To ground: Ger. : ERDEN
50
Team : SPAN
52
Charged atoms : IONS
53
Pt. of a computer : STGE
54
Chinese dynasty : TSIN
57
Gone : AGO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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