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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, November 2, 1981

14-Across : Addict

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,682
Across
1
Cutting remark : BARB
5
Liqueur : CREME
10
Milwaukee product : BREW
14
Addict : USER
15
John Wayne type : HEMAN
16
Metalliferous deposit : LODE
17
Queen who fell in love with Aeneas : DIDO
18
Certain news items : OBITS
19
Helper : AIDE
20
What loud noises do to all other sounds : DROWNOUT
22
Bare : UNCLAD
24
Aerie or nidus : NEST
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Migration : TREK
26
Meadowlike : GRASSY
29
Parachute jump : FREEFALL
33
Oodles : RAFTS
34
Heath : MOOR
35
Dinner item : OLEO
36
Peculiar: Comb. form : IDIO
37
Ringlets : CURLS
38
Scottish seaside resort : OBAN
39
Homophone for a sea eagle : EARN
40
Soviet sea : ARAL
41
Martin or Canyon : STEVE
42
Home of the Packers : GREENBAY
44
Bootblack : SHINER
45
Satiate : FILL
46
Benumb : STUN
47
Occasional : SPARSE
50
Flaxen : BLONDISH
54
Nimbus : HALO
55
Bobwhite : COLIN
57
Peru was his milieu : INCA
58
Algerian seaport : ORAN
59
Battery part : ANODE
60
Iota : ATOM
61
Vanished : WENT
62
Classed : RATED
63
Memorandum : NOTE
Down
1
Melville hero : BUDD
2
Saudi Arabian province : ASIR
3
Fix up : REDO
4
House that was a mark of wealth in the 19th century : BROWNSTONEFRONT
5
Fastidious : CHOOSY
6
Contradict : REBUT
7
Send forth : EMIT
8
Floor covering : MAT
9
Those who guarantee : ENSURERS
10
An Algonquian : BLACKFOOTINDIAN
11
Agitate : ROIL
12
Icelandic literature : EDDA
13
Poison ivy, e.g. : WEED
21
Loch ___ : NESS
23
Jane Rochester, ___ Eyre : NEE
25
Fish on the move : TROLL
26
"Peer Gynt" composer : GRIEG
27
Electronic signal : RADAR
28
Blazing : AFIRE
29
Raid : FORAY
30
First name of The Veep : ALBEN
31
Bequeath : LEAVE
32
Anchorite : LONER
34
Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" is one : MURAL
37
San Francisco attraction : CABLECAR
41
Treat like an untouchable : SHUN
43
Birthplace of Constantine the Great : NIS
44
Plastered : STONED
46
Move quietly and smoothly : SLIDE
47
Exhibit : SHOW
48
Trim : PARE
49
Author Paton : ALAN
50
Stain : BLOT
51
"___ each life ... " : INTO
52
Macbeth or Macduff : SCOT
53
Harness part : HAME
56
"___ Clear Day," 1965 song : ONA

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

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