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Frederick Duda
Frederick Duda

New York Times, Saturday, November 8, 1986

48-Across : Fritz's trousers

Author:
Frederick Duda
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Frederick Duda has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,514
Across
1
Computer list : MENU
5
___ casino : CLAMS
10
Disney film: 1982 : TRON
14
Deesis : ICON
15
Logger's iron bar : RAKER
16
Galabia : ROBE
17
Satire by 55 Across : THEWAYWELIVENOW
20
Aromatic compound used to test chlorination : TOLIDINE
21
Gore : INSET
22
TV trio: 1960-72 : SONS
23
Milk: Comb. form : LACT
25
"___ and I": MacDonald : THEEGG
28
Rhythmic silence, in music : REST
29
Botanist Gray : ASA
32
Sea east of Victoria Land : ROSS
33
Soprano from Madrid: 1843-1919 : PATTI
34
Rex's relative : ROI
35
Novel by 55 Across, with "The" : EUSTACEDIAMONDS
39
Native: Suffix : ESE
40
Navigational system : LORAN
41
Small receptacle : VIAL
42
Unter ___ Linden : DEN
43
He wrote "Cardillac" : BARR
44
Stilton, e.g. : CHEESE
46
Turk's-cap or mariposa : LILY
47
Catch on a gunlock : SEAR
48
Fritz's trousers : HOSEN
51
Deprived : STRIPPED
55
Victorian novelist: 1815-82 : ANTHONYTROLLOPE
58
Brocket or muntjac : DEER
59
Yellowish pink : MELON
60
Caesar's die : ALEA
61
Ophidian group : ASPS
62
Pulitzer Prize journalist: 1917 : SWOPE
63
Battle site: 1914-18 : YSER
Down
1
Glove for Buckner : MITT
2
Mother of lynx : ECHO
3
Joyeux ___! : NOEL
4
Least sagacious : UNWISEST
5
Nursery noise : CRYING
6
Common features : LAWNS
7
Widely planted African tree : AKEE
8
Unit of tone pitch : MEL
9
___ Lanka : SRI
10
Canadian river : TRENT
11
Football's Mix and Jaworski : RONS
12
Contrafagotto : OBOE
13
Lizard's cousin : NEWT
18
Sick as ___ : ADOG
19
Prey : VICTIM
23
Admit : LETIN
24
Staff, in Sevilla : ASTA
25
Wooded : TREED
26
Tudor or York : HOUSE
27
Ruhr city : ESSEN
28
Burghoff role : RADAR
29
Jack's links rival : ARNIE
30
Fountain treats : SODAS
31
Passageway : AISLE
33
An 1813 hero : PERRY
36
Type of mouse : ALBINO
37
Item not needed in Newcastle : COAL
38
What hams do : OVERPLAY
44
Catcher Rick : CERONE
45
Ice crispies : HAIL
46
Glass ovens : LEHRS
47
Barber's aid : STROP
48
"Mary ___ little ... " : HADA
49
Green Washingtons : ONES
50
Degree : STEP
51
Town on the Vire : STLO
52
Dems. or Reps. : POLS
53
Fleuret's relative : EPEE
54
Letter opener : DEAR
56
Sea measures: Abbr. : NMS
57
Archer's favorite tree : YEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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