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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Monday, December 24, 1990

41-Across : Avoid

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,021
Across
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Let on : ADMIT
6
Diego's double affirmative : SISI
10
Theater section : LOGE
14
Designer Geoffrey : BEENE
15
Norse god of war : ODIN
16
Butterine : OLEO
17
CIeo's boat, e.g. : BARGE
18
A Druid, for one : CELT
19
Alda of "M*A*S*H" : ALAN
20
Pre-Christmas purchase : ADVENTCALENDAR
23
"People ___ Funny" : ARE
24
Fish eggs : ROE
25
Christmas treats : GINGERBREADMEN
33
Rajah's wife : RANEE
34
Use soap and water : WASH
35
Egg: Comb. form : OVI
36
___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
37
Meager : SCANT
39
"Hansel and Gretel" prop : OVEN
40
Vigoda or Lincoln : ABE
41
Avoid : SHUN
42
Memorable battleship : MAINE
43
Hanukkah latkes : POTATOPANCAKES
47
Diminutive ending : ULE
48
German article : EIN
49
Hanukkah purchase : MENORAHCANDLES
57
Lightning flash : BOLT
58
How rioters run : AMOK
59
One of the Muses : ERATO
60
"___ Want for Christmas ... " : ALLI
61
Apple leftover : CORE
62
Copter part : ROTOR
63
Delight : GLEE
64
Gentle and caring : KIND
65
All tuckered out : SPENT
Down
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Israel's Eban : ABBA
2
___ reckoning : DEAD
3
Entrepreneur Griffin : MERV
4
"Picnic" playwright : INGE
5
"I Was a ___ Werewolf" : TEENAGE
6
British football : SOCCER
7
Thought : IDEA
8
Spot for a houseplant : SILL
9
Savings bond's plus : INTEREST
10
Replete with moola : LOADED
11
Spanish stewpot : OLLA
12
Equipment : GEAR
13
Era after era : EON
21
Uno, due, ___ : TRE
22
Biblical carpenter : NOAH
25
Filmdom's Greta : GARBO
26
Fjord, e.g. : INLET
27
Born, in Bordeaux: Fem. : NEE
28
African term of address : BWANA
29
Took to one's heels : RAN
30
"It's a Wonderful Life," e.g. : MOVIE
31
Levels (off) : EVENS
32
Clementine's shoe size : NINE
33
Harvest : REAP
37
A closet organizer : SHOERACK
38
Ryder or Stanley : CUP
39
Furniture wood : OAK
41
Norman town : STLO
42
Deportment : MANNERS
44
Em, to Dorothy : AUNTIE
45
Pitched woo : NECKED
46
Security org. : CIA
49
Gangster's gal : MOLL
50
That Gallic girl : ELLE
51
Mine, to Marceau : AMOI
52
Unicorn feature : HORN
53
Let fall : DROP
54
Tardy : LATE
55
Collar type : ETON
56
Separate and arrange : SORT
57
Shopping aid : BAG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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