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Bradshaw
Bradshaw

New York Times, Friday, December 10, 1982

66-Across : Adman's objective

Author:
Bradshaw
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Bradshaw has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,085
Across
1
Orch. led by John Williams : POPS
5
Prick with a stick : PROD
9
Old metal : SCRAP
14
Vex : ROIL
15
Pool on a liner : LIDO
16
Bouquet : AROMA
17
Earthenware pot : OLLA
18
In a little while : ANON
19
Tag : LABEL
20
Road warning : FALLINGROCKZONE
23
Song from "A Chorus Line" : ONE
24
Erwin : STU
25
___-bitsy : ITSY
26
Provokes : PROMPTS
30
Old language : ERSE
32
Hair coloring : RINSE
33
Uniform for a Yankee : PINSTRIPE
38
When Paris sizzles : ETE
39
" ... make ___ mousetrap" : ABETTER
41
Those in front : VAN
42
Advocate; pleader : PARACLETE
44
Citation : AWARD
46
Word before beat or heat : DEAD
47
Met by accident : RANINTO
49
___ de bandera (Sp. flagstaff) : ASTA
52
Sot's fear : DTS
54
Noncom : SGT
55
Road warning : SLIPPERYWHENWET
61
Kind of kidney bean : PINTO
62
Buck chaser : AROO
63
A. A. Fair's real first name : ERLE
64
Moved slowly : EDGED
65
Contented murmur : PURR
66
Adman's objective : SALE
67
Requirements : NEEDS
68
Famous German count : SPEE
69
W.W. I airplane : SPAD
Down
1
Campus fig. : PROF
2
Alley Oop's gal : OOLA
3
Bolus : PILL
4
Ski feats : SLALOMS
5
One of nine major bodies : PLANET
6
Grommet : RING
7
What anosmic people can't sense : ODORS
8
Road warning : DONOTENTER
9
Vaccine developer : SALK
10
Wilder : CRAZIER
11
Android : ROBOT
12
Sanctions : AMENS
13
Network pioneer : PALEY
21
"First ___" (phrase for G.W.) : INPEACE
22
Malediction : CURSE
26
Kind of h.s. : PREP
27
Beatles maid : RITA
28
Rare individual : ONER
29
Troopers' ploys : SPEEDTRAPS
31
Curtis of the P.G.A. : STRANGE
34
Famous initials in communications : ITT
35
Photographer Dmitri : IVAN
36
Section : PART
37
Within: Prefix : ENDO
40
Swordsman : BLADE
43
Fitted in : ADAPTED
45
Trial star, at times : WITNESS
48
Not asea : ASHORE
49
Poplar : ASPEN
50
Small avalanche : SLIDE
51
Smack; touch : TINGE
53
Thick, sweet liquid : SYRUP
56
Seed vessels : PODS
57
Had on : WORE
58
Enclose : WRAP
59
Singer Logan : ELLA
60
___ off (irate) : TEED

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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