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Irene Smullyan
Irene Smullyan

New York Times, Friday, November 4, 1988

22-Across : Trygve of U.N. fame

Author:
Irene Smullyan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Irene Smullyan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,241
Across
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Arctic attire : PARKA
6
Corn porridge : SAMP
10
"___ homo!" : ECCE
14
Pertaining to space : AREAL
15
Entreaty : PLEA
16
Food fish : SHAD
17
Italian island : CAPRI
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Kind of department at a hospital : ADMITTING
20
Mystical word : ABRACADABRA
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Trygve of U.N. fame : LIE
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Ancient highway : ITER
24
Altar screen : REREDOS
26
Smart : WISE
28
Wandering : NOMADIC
31
Retirement prog. : IRA
32
Knight's tunic : GIPON
33
Confection : FUDGE
37
Chum : PAL
38
Scolding : REPROOF
40
Sound perception : EAR
41
Follow : ENSUE
43
Defeats badly : ROUTS
44
Type of lettuce : COS
45
A Redgrave : VANESSA
47
Valley : DALE
48
Chides : BERATES
51
Francis Marion surprise : RAID
53
Palindromic preposition : ERE
54
Comfort : EASEFULNESS
59
Dissolute person : LIBERTINE
61
Actress Berger : SENTA
62
Holes-in-one : ACES
63
Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
64
Killer whales : ORCAS
65
Nathan Hale's alma mater : YALE
66
Residue : REST
67
Ashbery and Nemerov : POETS
Down
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Spotted cavy : PACA
2
A sheik, e.g. : ARAB
3
Hostile tit-for-tat actions : REPRISALS
4
Form of self-defense : KARATE
5
Famous eatery owner : ALICE
6
W.W. I plane : SPAD
7
Robert or Alan of films : ALDA
8
Resembling a thin tissue : MEMBRANOUS
9
Married : PAIRED
10
"Dulce et decorum ___ ... " : EST
11
Toddler : CHILD
12
Leoncavallo husband : CANIO
13
Rims : EDGES
19
Duties : TARIFFS
21
"L.A. Law" attorney : ARNIE
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Old French coin : ECU
26
Clean : WIPE
27
Where Meshed is : IRAN
29
Heavy : OPPRESSIVE
30
Philippine tribesmen : MOROS
32
___ Antilles : GREATER
34
Turpitude : DECADENCE
35
British prison : GAOL
36
Gaelic : ERSE
39
Japanese city : OTARU
42
Mexican grape : UVA
46
Tidier : NEATER
47
Pesos : DINERO
48
"Stop!" to Captain Bligh : BELAY
49
Heath : ERICA
50
Wat Tyler was one : REBEL
52
Famed political columnist : ALSOP
55
A son of Seth : ENOS
56
Pedal extremities : FEET
57
Photocopy, for short : STAT
58
Fresh talk : SASS
60
Suffix with Siam : ESE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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