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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Tuesday, December 13, 1988

62-Across : Expensive

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,280
Across
1
Gab : CHIN
5
Starr of football : BART
9
In the distance : AFAR
13
Indulge : HUMOR
15
Sheltered from wind : ALEE
16
Earthly life : VALE
17
Chalcedony : AGATE
18
Agenda of sporting events : ROTA
19
Oratorio part : ARIA
20
Power-hungry political leaders : DEMAGOGUES
22
Carol or Coward : NOEL
23
Split a log : AXED
24
All gone, at dinner : EATEN
26
Stray : RAMBLE
30
Stupefy : DRUG
31
Wings for an angelus : ALAE
32
Star or TV series : NOVA
35
Idaho city W of Boise : NAMPA
39
Was able : COULD
41
Become entangled : MAT
42
Scoutmaster's charges : TROOP
43
Gene or Grace : KELLY
44
Entry : ITEM
46
Challenge : DARE
47
Filling thread : WEFT
49
Divulged : OPENED
51
Formula of belief : CREDO
53
Smudge : SOIL
55
An attempt : SHOT
56
Head of a gang : RINGLEADER
62
Expensive : HIGH
63
English hoosegow : GAOL
64
Rocket stage : AGENA
65
Together, musically : ADUE
66
Fairy-tale villain : OGRE
67
Evil one : DEMON
68
Ruminant : DEER
69
___ the line (conformed) : TOED
70
Greater number : MOST
Down
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African republic or lake : CHAD
2
Colossal : HUGE
3
Mosque priest : IMAM
4
___ bene : NOTA
5
Roomy pleasure boat : BARGE
6
Vocally : ALOUD
7
Neural network : RETE
8
Madison Ave. come-on : TEASER
9
Unorthodox, untraditional leaders : AVANTGARDE
10
Denmark's ___ Islands : FAROE
11
Strange : ALIEN
12
Not imaginary : REAL
14
Kingly : REGAL
21
Draft animals : OXEN
25
A relative : AUNT
26
Crib : RACK
27
Lotion ingredient : ALOE
28
Heavy hammer : MAUL
29
Flock leader : BELLWETHER
30
Appointment : DATE
33
Neglect : OMIT
34
Container for wine : VAT
36
Bewail : MOAN
37
Meditate : PORE
38
Mimicked : APED
40
Colored : DYED
45
Drudge : MOIL
48
Made a lapsus memoriae : FORGOT
50
Supplicate : PLEAD
51
Reprimand : CHIDE
52
Mountebank : ROGUE
53
Siesta sound : SNORE
54
Gazed amorously : OGLED
55
Bony fish : SHAD
57
Othello's betrayer : IAGO
58
" ... ___ of purest ray serene": Gray : AGEM
59
Audition platter, for short : DEMO
60
Biblical patriarch : ENOS
61
Be bombastic : RANT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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