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William E. Heinemann
William E. Heinemann

New York Times, Wednesday, November 28, 1990

44-Across : Comedian Johnson

Author:
William E. Heinemann
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William E. Heinemann has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,995
Across
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Frolic : ROMP
5
Mont-Saint-Michel, e.g. : ABBEY
10
Thunder sound : CLAP
14
Seed coat : ARIL
15
Home base : PLATE
16
Place for the famous : HALL
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Poet Teasdale : SARA
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Mottled horse : PINTO
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Pilaster : ANTA
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Feign : PLAYPOSSUM
22
Image : ICON
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Kind of coffee : IRISH
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Pinch : ARREST
26
One of Her Majesty's subjects : BRITON
29
Sea bird : ERNE
31
Fordham's team : RAMS
32
Lineage : TREE
34
Princess of Wales : DIANA
39
Bottleneck : IMPASSE
41
Freeloaded : SPONGED
43
Doohickey : GISMO
44
Comedian Johnson : ARTE
46
Peeper : TOAD
47
Remarkable : RARE
49
Contests : EVENTS
51
Hit hard : BASHED
55
Rind remover : PARER
57
Mechanical learning method : ROTE
58
Tinker-Evers-Chance routine : DOUBLEPLAY
63
Acre, e.g. : AREA
64
French university site : LILLE
65
Redoubt's output : LAVA
66
Excel : STAR
67
Mountain curves : ESSES
68
Again : ANEW
69
Pickle : SALT
70
Oracles : SEERS
71
Tall tale : YARN
Down
1
Grating sound : RASP
2
Evangelist Roberts : ORAL
3
Star in Cetus : MIRA
4
Ilsa's request in "Casablanca" : PLAYITSAM
5
Names : APPOINTS
6
Ecstasy : BLISS
7
Spirit in Erin's folklore : BANSHEE
8
"___, Brute?" : ETTU
9
Royal Guard member : YEOMAN
10
Preside over a meeting : CHAIR
11
Marines' ___ corporal : LANCE
12
Choir parts : ALTOS
13
Shill : PLANT
21
___ tempore : PRO
25
Make over : REDO
26
Tar's cell : BRIG
27
Feather barbs : RAMI
28
Little rascals : IMPS
30
Stop exercising : REST
33
Background : REAR
35
Reciprocal influence : INTERPLAY
36
Greek contest : AGON
37
Straight, to a bartender : NEAT
38
Annexes : ADDS
40
Annoyed : SORE
42
Unsurpassed : PEERLESS
45
Throw back : REPULSE
48
Confuses : ADDLES
50
Neckline type : VEE
51
Bigwigs in uniforms : BRASS
52
Artery : AORTA
53
Peculate : STEAL
54
Courage : HEART
56
More talented : ABLER
59
Seine tributary : OISE
60
Singer Cantrell : LANA
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State confidently : AVER
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Gape : YAWN

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