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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Thursday, February 17, 1983

53-Across : Singer Mel

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,154
Across
1
"___ Is Your Life" : THIS
5
Navy men : TARS
9
Asian music source : SITAR
14
Supermarket dept. : DELI
15
S-shaped molding : OGEE
16
Leonine group : PRIDE
17
Shaker grains : SALT
18
Hawaiian goose : NENE
19
Harness parts : HAMES
20
Calvin Klein's hereditary factors? : DESIGNERGENES
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He claims to have horse sense : TOUT
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Geller : URI
25
Of Jungfrau's locale : ALPINE
28
Toward protection asea : ALEE
30
Fairy : FAY
33
Playwright Pirandello : LUIGI
34
Half of a famed radio duo : AMOS
35
Command to a canine : COME
36
Where Rev. Billy was taught? : GRAHAMMARSCHOOL
39
Colloquial contraction : AINT
40
Ugandan outcast : AMIN
41
Release, as in wrestling : LETUP
42
Tokyo, once : EDO
43
Bovine hurdle of rhyme : MOON
44
Certain standardbreds : PACERS
45
Biblical mount : HOR
46
Remark from Rover : BARK
47
Horseplay at the gas station? : FUELINGAROUND
53
Singer Mel : TORME
54
"___ of Eden" : EAST
55
Impoverished : POOR
57
Sinai lawgiver : MOSES
58
Malevolent : EVIL
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Aware of : ONTO
60
Point of view : SLANT
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Depend (on) : RELY
62
Indigence : NEED
Down
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Grid scores : TDS
2
Arrow part : HEAD
3
River at Rennes : ILLE
4
Awaits developments patiently : SITSTIGHT
5
Dialect : TONGUE
6
Ten-percenter : AGENT
7
Coty of Descartes : RENE
8
Forecaster : SEER
9
Globe : SPHERE
10
Qum native : IRANI
11
This is on the watch : TIME
12
Summer refreshers : ADES
13
Legal matter : RES
21
Ancient Greek colony : IONIA
22
Speculate : GUESS
25
Sea growth : ALGAE
26
Sensational : LURID
27
Grand worth more than a grand : PIANO
28
Without delay : AMAIN
29
Lost and alone : LORN
30
American naval officer: 1806-63 : FOOTE
31
Love, to Pierre : AMOUR
32
Cries out, as in pain : YELPS
34
Stuff in certain dumps : AMMO
35
Investigate : CHECKUPON
37
A New Zealander : MAORI
38
Mild cigar : CLARO
43
Bother maliciously : MOLEST
44
In some degree : PARTLY
45
Macho types : HEMEN
46
Garden herb : BASIL
47
Deceive : FOOL
48
___ Major : URSA
49
___-do-well : NEER
50
Donated : GAVE
51
___ other than : NONE
52
Overlove : DOTE
53
Logos: Abbr. : TMS
56
Reel's companion : ROD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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