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William Baxley
William Baxley

New York Times, Monday, December 23, 1991

45-Across : Lake in SE Africa

Author:
William Baxley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 3, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Baxley has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,385
Across
1
Prefix with body : ANTI
5
Surgical transplant : GRAFT
10
In the distance : AFAR
14
Traditional knowledge : LORE
15
Norse gods : AESIR
16
Malaysian palm : SAGO
17
With 55 Across, Yuletide greetings : AMERRYCHRISTMAS
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Bishopric : SEE
21
Feeds the kitty : ANTES
22
Pilose : HAIRY
23
Prohibition : TABOO
25
Spin a baton : TWIRL
27
Ill-tempered person : TARTAR
29
Flaherty's "Man of ___" : ARAN
30
Thither : YON
33
Slanted : ATILT
34
Drudge : SLAVE
35
___-Magnon : CRO
36
Cross-country rig : SEMI
37
Growing out : ENATE
38
Swipe : GLOM
39
Scottish headwear : TAM
40
"Romancing the ___" : STONE
41
A river at Lyon : SAONE
42
"___ tu," Verdi aria : ERI
43
Crows' calls : CAWS
44
Squelches : SITSON
45
Lake in SE Africa : NYASA
47
Parsonage : MANSE
48
Wrinkled, in a way : RUGAL
50
"Common Sense" author : PAINE
52
Barbara Bush, ___ Pierce : NEE
55
See 17 Across : ANDHAPPYNEWYEAR
58
Greeting in Genova : CIAO
59
Actors Clunes and McCowen : ALECS
60
Greek peak : OSSA
61
Spinning toy : YOYO
62
Changed clock time : RESET
63
Employs : USES
Down
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"Lackaday!" : ALAS
2
City in Alaska : NOME
3
Yule decorating time : TREETRIMMINGDAY
4
Ending for front : IER
5
Actress in 10 Down : GAYNOR
6
Right-hand page : RECTO
7
Tennis great : ASHE
8
Top quality : FIRSTRATE
9
Prefix with pod : TRI
10
"___ Is Born," 1937 film : ASTAR
11
Compatibility of kith and kin : FAMILYCLOSENESS
12
Culture medium : AGAR
13
Optimistic : ROSY
18
Moroccan seaport : RABAT
19
Luster : SHINE
24
King of the Huns : ATLI
26
Flutter : WAVE
27
Palate : TASTE
28
" ... the homage of ___": Byron : ATEAR
29
King and Bates : ALANS
31
Me. college town : ORONO
32
Name: Lat. : NOMEN
34
Winter fruit : SNOWAPPLE
37
Greek letters : ETAS
38
Roscoes : GATS
40
La ___ Opera House : SCALA
41
Tendon : SINEW
44
Most rational : SANEST
46
Brutish person : YAHOO
47
Kind of pie : MINCE
48
Risqué : RACY
49
Freshwater mussel : UNIO
51
Affirmative votes : AYES
53
Alleviate : EASE
54
Historic periods : ERAS
56
Golf term : PAR
57
Kern's "___ Are Love" : YOU

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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