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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, December 17, 1979

42-Across : Leprechaun

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,996
Across
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Unproductive : ARID
5
Fleshy fruit : PAPAW
10
Spoken : ORAL
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Borge, for one : DANE
15
Poignant : ACUTE
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Return ship for Columbus: 1492-93 : NINA
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Book of the Bible : AMOS
18
Weill's "___ Opera" : THREEPENNY
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Shark or hellbender : MANEATER
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Equivocates : DODGES
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Went astray : ERRED
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Belt : SLUG
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Disturb : PESTER
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Malicious : SPITEFUL
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Intertwines : LACES
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Hard woods : TEAKS
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___ and all : ONE
34
Assyrian god of war : ASUR
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Vestige : TRACE
36
Cougar : PUMA
37
The "Hindy" was one : ZEP
38
Mountain ridge : ARETE
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Ecological stages : SERES
40
Losers : ALSORANS
42
Leprechaun : SPRITE
43
Foxx : REDD
44
Destroyed : SLAIN
45
Brackish : SALINE
48
Stiffened : STARCHED
51
Baseball player's double : TWOBASEHIT
53
Stow : LADE
54
Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!" : LEVI
55
Papal vestment : ORALE
56
Aims : ENDS
57
Some works of Keats : ODES
58
Accused : NAMED
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Pierre is its cap. : SDAK
Down
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Actor West : ADAM
2
Siamese king : RAMA
3
Three sheets to the wind : INONESCUPS
4
Runaway : DESERTER
5
Gabble : PATTER
6
Felt sympathetic : ACHED
7
Murmuring sound : PURR
8
Corroded : ATE
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Adjective for rapid, rank growth : WEEDLIKE
10
Tense : ONEDGE
11
Best man's concern : RING
12
Boleyn : ANNE
13
Sets down : LAYS
19
Sulks : POUTS
21
Greek god of war : ARES
24
Flight reservation : SPACE
25
Marketplace : PLAZA
26
Artist's stand : EASEL
27
Installs in office : SEATS
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Not yet solved or considered : UNMET
30
Charter : LEASE
32
Vogue : TREND
35
Exploits : TRADESON
36
Athenian statesman : PERICLES
38
Field of conflict : ARENA
39
Bandy words : SPAR
41
African antelopes : ORIBIS
42
Scheduled : SLATED
44
Steps over a fence : STILE
45
French city : STLO
46
Inspired with reverential fear : AWED
47
Nothing, to Nastase : LOVE
48
Make-believe : SHAM
49
Icelandic literature : EDDA
50
Secretary : DESK
52
___ of Good Feeling : ERA

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

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