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Jesse Roarke
Jesse Roarke

New York Times, Saturday, November 21, 1992

51-Across : Treelike beings of Middle-earth

Author:
Jesse Roarke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { B J Q X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Jesse Roarke has 48 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,719
Across
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Scuttles : HODS
5
"Wiener Frauen" composer : LEHAR
10
A Wimbledon winner: 1992 : GRAF
14
On a grand scale : EPIC
15
"___ at Last," operetta by 5 Across : ALONE
16
Hogarth subject : RAKE
17
New editions : REDACTIONS
19
Port of W. Samoa : APIA
20
"Edda of ___ Sturluson" : SNORRI
21
Keenly distressing : POIGNANT
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Passepartout's boss : FOGG
25
Miner's chisel : GAD
26
Fungus structure : SAC
29
Wouk's "Marjorie ___" : MORNINGSTAR
35
End of a Stein line : AROSE
37
Novelist Rand : AYN
38
Fragrant oleoresin : ELEMI
39
Catty remark : MEOW
40
___ better (ought to) : HAD
41
Cadore ___, in NE Italy : ALPS
42
Available : ONTAP
44
Kyushu volcano : ASO
45
Soap plant : AMOLE
46
Epithet of the Virgin Mary : STELLAMARIS
49
What LBJ became in 1948 : SEN
50
Drag;ear : LUG
51
Treelike beings of Middle-earth : ENTS
53
Terrible reptile : DINOSAUR
58
Layer of masonry : COURSE
62
Freshly : ANEW
63
Social gatherings : TEAPARTIES
65
Dream, in Dijon : REVE
66
Best seller by A. Goldman : ELVIS
67
Harvest : REAP
68
Absolute ruler : CZAR
69
Sight from Pont Neuf : SEINE
70
Associate : ALLY
Down
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Towel marking : HERS
2
Candid : OPEN
3
Aeneas left her : DIDO
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Boa : SCARF
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Saddletree strap : LATIGO
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Father of Phinehas : ELI
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Bird's target : HOOP
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___ Domini : ANNO
9
Bow out : RESIGN
10
Achievement of 10 Across: 1988 : GRANDSLAM
11
___ Nui (Easter Island) : RAPA
12
Related : AKIN
13
Exploit : FEAT
18
Huxley's "___ Yellow" : CROME
22
Token of defiance : GAGE
24
Famed choreographer : GRAHAM
26
Aegean island : SAMOS
27
"___ we all?" : ARENT
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He played Pickering in "My Fair Lady" : COOTE
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Lake in Malawi : NYASA
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City in Madhya Pradesh : INDORE
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Ultimate end : TELOS
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Sufficient : AMPLE
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Up and about : RISEN
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Sword ___ at carnivals : SWALLOWER
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Asset : PLUS
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A "400" name : ASTOR
47
Cloudy gemstones : AGATES
48
Box up; if needed : INCASE
52
A sermon of Buddha : SUTRA
53
Jeanne ___ of France : DARC
54
Don Juan's mother : INEZ
55
River of St. Petersburg : NEVA
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River in Zaire : UELE
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Musician Shankar : RAVI
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Browning's "Hervé ___" : RIEL
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Pinniped : SEAL
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Spot : ESPY
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Campaign giveaway : PIN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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