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I. Judah Koolyk
I. Judah Koolyk

New York Times, Thursday, February 11, 1982

37-Across : Clear a cloudy windshield

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,783
Across
1
Dogs do it : BARK
5
Dogs do it : GNAR
9
Desert : WASTE
14
Spiced stew : OLIO
15
Cardinals, e.g. : NINE
16
City on the Nile : ASWAN
17
Makes chamois : TANS
18
Amoy domestic : AMAH
19
Change, chemically : REACT
20
Kind of regimen : HIGHPROTEIN
23
"Bei ___ Bist Du Schön" : MIR
24
Hard to hold : EELY
25
Negev state : ARIDITY
27
Kumquat, for one : CITRUS
30
Mashhad man : IRANI
31
Norwegian name : OLAF
32
Kennedy has two : ENS
33
These contain DNA : GENES
37
Clear a cloudy windshield : DEFOG
39
Nuptials reporter's word : NEE
40
Fur : STOLE
41
Fur trader : ASTOR
42
Rock collection: Abbr. : LPS
43
River to the Seine : OISE
44
Left-side entry : DEBIT
46
Lynn's thespian spouse : ALFRED
48
Places for skeletons : CLOSETS
51
Dispatched : SLEW
52
Cong. member : REP
53
Healthful : NUTRITIONAL
58
Wed : UNITE
60
Dresden article : EINE
61
Hindu music pattern : RAGA
62
Where a trucker fills up : DINER
63
Anon's partner : EVER
64
Aspect : MIEN
65
"An ___ of the People," Ibsen play : ENEMY
66
Mends, in a way : SEWS
67
Winter vehicle : SLED
Down
1
The two : BOTH
2
Russian range : ALAI
3
What Frodo destroyed : RING
4
Seder fare : KOSHERFOODS
5
Tree knots : GNARLS
6
TV's Spock : NIMOY
7
Course for a future M.D. : ANAT
8
Runs through : REHEARSES
9
Danger signals : WARNINGS
10
Enzyme suffix : ASE
11
Teacher of a kind : SWAMI
12
Silent : TACIT
13
Name on a racing form : ENTRY
21
___ de chose (trifle) : PEU
22
David's chief officer : IRA
26
Assembly that condemned Luther: 1521 : DIETOFWORMS
27
Sonata ending : CODA
28
French keys : ILES
29
Hartley's cosponsor : TAFT
30
Like a lubber : INEPT
32
Armed-forces men : ENLISTEES
34
Roulette bet : NOIR
35
Other : ELSE
36
Bird food : SEED
38
Verdure : GREENERY
45
Air-conditioner meas. : BTU
46
Tailors : ALTERS
47
Wahine's garland : LEI
48
Adjective for a tanker's load : CRUDE
49
Red head, once : LENIN
50
Suppose : OPINE
51
Strength : SINEW
54
Split : RIVE
55
This gets hit on the head : NAIL
56
"A Death in the Family" author : AGEE
57
Word with lord or lady : LAND
59
Pro ___ : TEM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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