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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Friday, December 3, 1982

61-Across : Letter

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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H
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A
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S
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C
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G
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P
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H
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T
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H
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V
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R
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P
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B
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D
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M
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,078
Across
1
Item to talk through : HAT
4
Javelin : SPEAR
9
"Oh, what ___ was Mary" : APAL
13
Palm starch : SAGO
14
Indisputable thing : TASTE
15
Observe : NOTE
16
Dynasty of Henry II : THEPLANTAGENETS
19
What spokes do : RADIATE
20
Oneness : UNITY
21
His, to Pierre : SES
22
What George couldn't tell : ALIE
23
Scarfs : ASCOTS
27
___ rags : GLAD
28
Crusty thing : PIE
31
Asian capital : SEOUL
32
Take nourishment : EAT
33
Tweed's nemesis : NAST
34
Founder of the Tudor dynasty : HENRYTHESEVENTH
38
Greek resistance group in W.W. II : EDES
39
___ judicata : RES
40
Rousseau hero : EMILE
41
Draft org. : SSS
42
Shave : PARE
43
Shot at the bar : BRACER
44
Carp's relative : DACE
45
Col.'s superior : GEN
46
Love word in Paris : CHERI
48
In : ELECTED
53
Dynasty of Henry IV : THELANCASTRIANS
56
Defoe's "___ Flanders" : MOLL
57
Furze : GORSE
58
Student's aid : TROT
59
Pilsener topper : SUDS
60
Convention of sorts : SYNOD
61
Letter : ESS
Down
1
Sound of mirth : HAHA
2
Adjective for a patriarch : AGED
3
Headgear seen in India : TOPI
4
Union units : STATES
5
What glaziers take : PANES
6
Founded: Abbr. : EST
7
Alma-___, Russian city : ATA
8
Adjust : REGULATE
9
Strip girl on Broadway : ANNIE
10
Gray or Greene : POET
11
A.B.A. member : ATTY
12
Bandleader Brown : LES
13
Riv. boat : STR
17
In conclusion : LASTLY
18
Arthurian wife : ENID
22
Ah me! : ALAS
23
Silent butler's collection : ASHES
24
Grains : SEEDS
25
Highway workers' items : CONES
26
Bear, in Brest : OURS
27
Toulouses : GEESE
28
Kind of button : PANIC
29
Agave fiber : ISTLE
30
Upper regions : ETHER
33
Eelworm : NEMA
35
Copies : TRACINGS
36
Hither : HERE
37
Danish philologist: 1846-96 : VERNER
42
Rubber type : PARA
43
Like some garments : BELTED
44
Small valleys : DELLS
45
Plaster of paris : GESSO
46
___ En-lai : CHOU
47
U.S. portrayer of flappers : HELD
49
Quote : CITE
50
H.M.S. Pinafore crew : TARS
51
Cabell of the Tigers : ENOS
52
Summer time, for short : DST
53
Mfrs.' symbols : TMS
54
Shrinking modestly : COY
55
Scottish alder : ARN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 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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