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Christopher Sherwood
Christopher Sherwood

New York Times, Thursday, December 31, 1987

21-Across : Something to punch

Author:
Christopher Sherwood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 49, Avg Word Len: 4.63, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Christopher Sherwood has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,932
Across
1
Simon's dividers : ACTS
5
Desert regions : ERGS
9
"Dr. Seuss's ___" : ABC
12
English rock duo : WHAM
13
Burin or dibble : TOOL
14
"Aloha" synonym : HELLO
16
Wool, in Madrid : LANA
17
Where to find Guantánamo : CUBA
18
Fervor : ARDOR
19
Drugstore cowboy's look : OGLE
21
Something to punch : TIMECLOCK
23
Comfort : SOLACE
25
Concoct or contrive : MAKE
26
"A Life for the ___" : TSAR
27
Garden figure : EVE
28
Sarcle : HOE
31
Barbary Coast port : ALGIERS
34
Delivers : REDEEMS
36
Lifeline location : PALM
37
Toothy expression : GRIN
38
Showed disdain : SNEERED
42
Vessel for Nelson : FRIGATE
45
Monogram of a Duke : EKE
46
Author of "The College Widow" : ADE
47
Act like a Vandal : LOOT
48
Rocker ___ Ant : ADAM
49
Shenanigans : ANTICS
52
Cheaters of sorts : TWOTIMERS
56
Asian nanny : AMAH
57
Drive of note : RODEO
58
Germany's industrial heart : RUHR
60
Chemical compound : ENOL
62
Whence pizzas come : OVENS
63
Inkling : IDEA
64
Divagate : ROVE
65
End of a Sandburg title : YES
66
Kind of paper : TERM
67
Appear : SEEM
Down
1
Saddler's instrument : AWL
2
Pandemonium : CHAOS
3
Brando's Paris dance : TANGO
4
Petty : SMALLTIME
5
The balance: Abbr. : ETC
6
Woodworking machines : ROUTERS
7
Asian desert : GOBI
8
The big house : SLAMMER
9
Ray of filmdom : ALDO
10
Union that doesn't charge dues : BLOC
11
Irish county : CORK
14
Golfed grossly : HACKED
15
Dashiell contemporary : ERLE
20
Lessen : EASE
22
This has a soffit : EAVE
24
Erskine or Maxwell : CAR
28
Juno her name? : HERA
29
Skip : OMIT
30
Man "seen" in an anagram : ESNE
31
Altar's alcove : APSE
32
Gangly : LANK
33
Kind of club : GLEE
35
Kitchen helpers : EGGTIMERS
39
Dashboard items : RADIOS
40
Red-coated dairy product : EDAM
41
Black mark : DEMERIT
42
Streaker's cousin : FLASHER
43
Darling or Howard : RON
44
Whit : IOTA
48
Egyptian deity : ATEN
50
Mohawk transportation : CANOE
51
Rough prodding : SHOVE
52
Homer's one-horse town : TROY
53
Operated a loom : WOVE
54
Canzoni : ODES
55
Uncouth : RUDE
59
Butter at Fordham : RAM
61
Moon-landing apparatus : LEM

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

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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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