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Madura
Madura

New York Times, Monday, December 3, 1979

46-Across : Desperate

Author:
Madura
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Madura has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,982
Across
1
Examine : TEST
5
Dayan of Israel : MOSHE
10
He wrote "Goodbye, Columbus" : ROTH
14
Conference proceedings : ACTA
15
Of little pollinators : APIAN
16
Nastase of tennis : ILIE
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Imitations of Harlow : PLATINUMBLONDES
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Auricular : EARED
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Stonemasons' chisels : SPLITTERS
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Recording system : STEREO
24
Wine town : ASTI
25
A Guthrie : ARLO
28
Round paintings : TONDOS
32
Hoods : GANGSTERS
37
Plant pore : STOMA
38
Margarine : OLEO
39
Palms : SAGOS
41
Epithet for a Russian soldier : IVAN
42
Kind of change or fry : SMALL
44
Hinges and clips : FASTENERS
46
Desperate : HARDUP
48
Carol : NOEL
49
Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
51
More nervous : TENSER
56
Brazen : SHAMELESS
61
"I came ___ send peace ... ": Matt. 10:34 : NOTTO
62
Speeds up, in slanguage : TAKESTHELEADOUT
64
Three, in Bonn : DREI
65
TV repeater : RERUN
66
Alan, son of Robert : ALDA
67
Oracle : SEER
68
"The ___ at the spring": Browning : YEARS
69
Sordor : LEES
Down
1
Adhesives : TAPES
2
Brilliance : ECLAT
3
Gaze : STARE
4
Spud : TATER
5
Chap : MAN
6
Work of art : OPUS
7
Dumbbell : SIMP
8
"¿ ___ Vd. español?" : HABLA
9
Join the Marines : ENLIST
10
Dog star : RINTINTIN
11
Ye ___ tea shoppe : OLDE
12
Stadium section : TIER
13
Rudolf or Dame Myra : HESS
18
Notions : IDEAS
19
Preminger and Bismarck : OTTOS
23
"___ of blackened bone": Masefield : ORTS
26
Maple or gold follower : LEAF
27
Liver or heart : ORGAN
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Hawk's opposite : DOVE
30
A famous tentmaker : OMAR
31
Without : SANS
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"Holy cow!" : GOSH
33
___ mater : ALMA
34
At hand : NEAR
35
Author of "My Life" : GOLDAMEIR
36
Not bad : SOSO
40
Let it stand : STET
43
Entices : LURES
45
Met soprano Mauti-Nunziata : ELENA
47
Meager : PALTRY
50
Giggle : TEHEE
52
Lumpy : NODAL
53
Wrap : STOLE
54
Chopin piece : ETUDE
55
Musical rounds : ROTAS
56
Norms: Abbr. : STDS
57
Little chief ___ (pika) : HARE
58
Tropical tree : AKEE
59
Medicinal fluids : SERA
60
Elide : SLUR
63
Aquinas's being : ENS

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