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George Madrid
George Madrid

New York Times, Thursday, February 19, 1987

50-Across : Apt anagram for 20 Across

Author:
George Madrid
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 14, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
George Madrid has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,617
Across
1
Cookies : SNAPS
6
"___ the Great," Dumm cartoon : ALEC
10
Campus in Dallas, Tex. : SMU
13
Leg bone : TIBIA
14
Prepares to plaster : LATHS
16
Kind of end or team : TAG
17
___ provocateur : AGENT
18
Look forward to : AWAIT
19
Like Abner : LIL
20
Spot for some sun worshipers : THENUDISTCOLONY
23
Exist : ARE
24
Till : HOE
25
Elements : GOLDANDSILVER
32
Miss Piggy, to Miss Piggy : MOI
33
Ornament : ADORN
34
Former spouses : EXES
36
Outstanding person : DILLY
38
An area of Italy : TOE
39
"Give a man a horse ___ ride" : HECAN
40
Snicker-___ : SNEE
41
Cake, in Madrid : TORTA
43
Suffix with cook or rook : ERY
44
Apt anagram for 25 Across : GRANDOLDEVILS
48
Preacher ___, ex-pitcher : ROE
49
Author Deighton : LEN
50
Apt anagram for 20 Across : NOUNTIDYCLOTHES
59
Act like a human : ERR
60
Conform : AGREE
61
Snow, in Savoie : NEIGE
62
Kind of roll : EGG
63
Fits of pique : SNITS
64
Begin : ENTER
65
Archil or puccoon : DYE
66
Polish partner : SPIT
67
Solid: Comb. form : STERE
Down
1
Datum, for short : STAT
2
Almost : NIGH
3
Busy as ___ : ABEE
4
Of part of the ear : PINNAL
5
"Juke Box ___ Night" : SATURDAY
6
Jai ___ : ALAI
7
Concerns of judges : LAWS
8
Utah, to René : ETAT
9
Arty : CHICHI
10
Norman battle site : STLO
11
Chief : MAIN
12
Surly : UGLY
15
Seat at a bar : STOOL
21
___ Sea (part of Jordan's boundary) : DEAD
22
White House reception : LEVEE
25
Progress : GOING
26
Houston N.F.L. player : OILER
27
"Theirs ___ reason why": Tennyson : NOTTO
28
Nonsense : DROOL
29
Bergen's Mortimer : SNERD
30
Shine : EXCEL
31
Rises high : REARS
32
Hosp. workers : MDS
35
Shipbuilder's concern : SNY
37
Hear : LEARN
39
___ hands full (be pressed) : HAVEONES
42
Tattle : TELL
45
"___ a Stranger": Thompson : NOTAS
46
Condescends : DEIGNS
47
Aim : INTENT
50
Penury : NEED
51
Wild time : ORGY
52
Yen : URGE
53
Nerd : DRIP
54
Asian Bigfoot : YETI
55
"___ la guerre" : CEST
56
Kathy ___, pro golfer : HITE
57
Historic Hungarian city : EGER
58
Parched : SERE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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