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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Monday, November 19, 1990

54-Across : Caressed, in a way

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,986
Across
1
Buddy : PAL
4
Consider : DEEM
8
Waistband : SASH
12
Inter ___ : ALIA
14
Gaelic : ERSE
15
French nobleman : COMTE
16
System espoused by Castro : COMMUNISM
18
Arctic, e.g. : OCEAN
19
" ... ___ rollin' along": Kern : KEEPSON
20
Possessing : OWNING
22
Tennis unit : SET
23
Where Seaver once pitched : SHEA
24
Qty. of heat : BTU
27
Remainder : REST
30
Nantucket is one : ISLAND
34
Tears : RENDS
36
River duck : TEAL
38
Words of comprehension : ISEE
39
Pot builder : ANTE
40
Boundary marker : FENCE
41
Shock : STUN
42
Egyptian goddess : ISIS
43
Not closed : OPEN
44
Muslim V.I.P.'s : AMIRS
45
More profound : DEEPER
47
Dry run : TEST
49
Caviar : ROE
50
Aware of : ONTO
52
Ike's war command : ETO
54
Caressed, in a way : PETTED
56
First : INITIAL
60
___ de lune : CLAIR
61
System espoused by Jefferson : DEMOCRACY
63
Too commanding : BOSSY
64
Always : EVER
65
No. or So. ___ : AMER
66
Plant part : STEM
67
Pro ___ (proportionately) : RATA
68
Org. started by Dan Beard : BSA
Down
1
Prepare for a trip : PACK
2
Plant of the lily family : ALOE
3
Citrus fruit : LIME
4
Signify : DENOTE
5
Ireland : ERIN
6
Letter before tee : ESS
7
Brief notes : MEMOS
8
System espoused by Debs : SOCIALISM
9
Hymn finale : AMEN
10
Kind of line or party : STAG
11
Leghorn, e.g. : HEN
13
Elec. units : AMPS
15
Geometric figures : CONES
17
Handlers : USERS
21
As long as : WHILE
24
Queue : BRAID
25
On edge : TENSE
26
Loosen knots : UNTIE
28
Foot or door follower : STEP
29
Belief : TENET
31
Moving about : ASTIR
32
Nerve: Comb. form : NEURO
33
Foggy : DENSE
35
System espoused by tyrants : DESPOTISM
37
Teen-age problem : ACNE
40
Strong point : FORTE
44
Storage place : ATTIC
46
Item written in a diary : ENTRY
48
Married woman, in Madrid : SENORA
51
More unusual : ODDER
53
River in Norway : OTRA
54
Plan of a novel : PLOT
55
Vacationer's delight : EASE
56
"___ a man with ... " : IMET
57
Metric foot : IAMB
58
Some W.W. I fliers : ACES
59
The Harp constellation : LYRA
60
One of the TV networks : CBS
62
Actress ___ Marie Saint : EVA

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