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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Saturday, December 22, 1990

42-Across : Home on high

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,019
Across
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Kingdom : REALM
6
Wrangler's boot item : SPUR
10
Kisser : MAP
13
Donna Pescow show : ANGIE
14
Fabric used for interlining : WIGAN
16
Pay or plug finisher : OLA
17
Rudolph's reaction to Santa's jokes? : YOUSLEIGHME
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"Like, understood, man!" : DUG
20
Mariner's abbr. : SSE
21
Makes lace : TATS
22
"Dallas" role : PAMELA
24
___ en scène : MISE
25
"The Hogan Family" actor : BATEMAN
26
Carol from Camelot? : SILENTKNIGHT
30
"I Let ___ Go ... " : ASONG
31
Person : ONE
32
Had bills : OWED
36
Rainfall measure : INCH
37
Wimps' cousins : NERDS
39
Protuberance : NODE
40
Where Zeno sowed wild oats? : STOA
41
Scrappy little thing? : ORT
42
Home on high : EYRIE
43
Director-turned-disco singer? : DONNERSUMMER
47
Liberated drone? : FREEBEE
50
Eldritch : EERY
51
Ella of films : RAINES
52
Aqua ___ (untainted water) : PURA
53
D.D.E. was one : GEN
56
Cessation : END
57
Holiday warning? : YULEBESORRY
60
Envision : SEE
61
Alarm : SCARE
62
Actress Ryan of "The Beverly Hillbillies" : IRENE
63
"___ Alibi," Selleck film : HER
64
Opposite of 63 Across? : HYMN
65
Local dialect : ARGOT
Down
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Tanner's catch : RAYS
2
Roscoe Coltrane's deputy : ENOS
3
Chills and fever : AGUE
4
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
5
Frosty's fear : MELTING
6
"Miami Vice" role : SWITEK
7
___ out (overeats) : PIGS
8
Cry of disgust : UGH
9
Stampedes : RAMPAGES
10
Computer device : MODEM
11
Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-___" : ALULA
12
Heathen : PAGAN
15
Under, in poesy : NEATH
18
Orient : EAST
23
Kin of synecdoche : METONYMY
24
Silver-scaled swimmer : MENHADEN
25
Dilemma : BIND
26
Je ne ___ quoi : SAIS
27
"Say It ___ So" : ISNT
28
Plumb crazy : LOCO
29
Bridge player from Madrid? : NORTE
33
He might get hooked : WORM
34
Kovacs's widow : EDIE
35
Bambi, for one : DEER
37
Unrivaled : NONESUCH
38
Irish lake : ERNE
42
Continental merger? : EURASIA
44
Minds : OBEYS
45
Deli-cacy : REUBEN
46
Withered : SERE
47
Brand new : FRESH
48
Sari sporter : RANEE
49
Down source : EIDER
52
Short wave : PERM
53
Diver Louganis : GREG
54
Mr. Rubik : ERNO
55
Refusenik's answer? : NYET
58
Place down : LAY
59
No. 4 on the icy floor : ORR

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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