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June A. Boggs
June A. Boggs

New York Times, Friday, November 3, 1989

36-Across : "Popeye" creator

Author:
June A. Boggs
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
June A. Boggs has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,605
Across
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Caiman, for short : CROC
5
Whiteman and Williams : PAULS
10
Wain : CART
14
Certain pony : POLO
15
___ Janis, memorable actress : ELSIE
16
Pinion-shaped : ALAR
17
Sorry one : RUER
18
Like speech in New England? : RLESS
19
Bring down the house : RAZE
20
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A midlife age, to Nerva : LII
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Like "The Pit and the Pendulum" : EERY
25
Inveighed against : RAILEDAT
30
___ Jerry (rum drink) : TOMAND
34
Four? : INFAVOROF
36
"Popeye" creator : SEGAR
37
Vital statistic : AGE
38
Board-approved acct. : CPA
39
Big bird : EMU
40
Canines, e.g. : TEETH
43
Eight? : HADDINNER
47
Members of 50 Across : ALLIES
49
Fanaticism : ZEALOTRY
50
Brussels-based org. : NATO
52
Tennis call : LET
53
60
Tone of voice : EDGE
61
Mites : ACARI
62
Narcissistic : VAIN
64
Turn : VEER
65
Sweep : RANGE
66
Tannish : ECRU
67
Mil. group : ARTY
68
Lock : TRESS
69
Caesura : REST
Down
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Red Cross course: Abbr. : CPR
2
Force out : ROUT
3
Oil: Comb. form : OLEO
4
Floral envelope : COROLLA
5
Faithless, in León : PERFIDO
6
"___ Do Is Dream of You" : ALLI
7
Computer operator : USER
8
Ruching fabric : LISSE
9
Sonnet part : SESTET
10
"___ Back to Old ... " : CARRYME
11
Kirghizian range : ALAI
12
Raspberry : RAZZ
13
Linden or quandong : TREE
21
Chicken ___ (deep-fried dish) : KIEV
22
Floyd and Norman : PROS
25
Ranchero's need : RIATA
26
Azrael, e.g. : ANGEL
27
"___ a Song Coming On" : IFEEL
28
Cunning : ARCH
29
Hitchcock film: 1969 : TOPAZ
31
Eminence grise : AGENT
32
Nomenclator : NAMER
33
London lane : DRURY
35
Move backward, as a quarterback : FADE
41
Stannum works : TINNERY
42
Caput, to an M.D. : HEAD
44
Wastes time : DALLIES
45
"___ Three Lives": Philbrick : ILED
46
"It's ___ until the fat lady sings" : NOTOVER
48
Washington portraitist : STUART
51
Peterson of jazz : OSCAR
53
River in the U.S.S.R. : NEVA
54
Baltic Sea feeder : ODER
55
"___ a Kick ... " : IGET
56
Sound : SANE
57
Tracts on the Sahara : ERGS
58
Newfoundland cape : RACE
59
Sylvan sights : FIRS
63
Macadamia or Brazil : NUT

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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