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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Wednesday, February 20, 1991

51-Across : Lists

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,079
Across
1
Rhyme scheme : ABBA
5
Mall unit : STORE
10
A sound of music : HIFI
14
Boxer Max : BAER
15
Frankie of rock fame : LYMON
16
Yemeni seaport : ADEN
17
Varied background : CHECKEREDCAREER
20
___ ceremony (be formal) : STANDON
21
Insipid : STALE
22
Malamutes, e.g. : DOGS
23
Nabokov's "___ Fire" : PALE
25
Garment size : PETITE
28
Turn; veer : SLUE
29
Scot's cap : TAM
32
Turkish V.I.P. : AGHA
33
Kind of oil : SHALE
34
Wrath : IRE
35
Hot dog's antics : GRANDSTANDPLAYS
39
Yet, in poesy : EEN
40
Storehouse : ETAPE
41
Where Kerman is : IRAN
42
Jeanne d'Arc's title: Abbr. : STE
43
Expose : BARE
44
Gaseous fuel : BUTANE
46
Make out : FARE
47
Meat : GIST
48
Mountains of Morocco : ATLAS
51
Lists : CAREENS
54
Caucus site? : SMOKEFILLEDROOM
58
Alleviate : EASE
59
TV group : ATEAM
60
Shade makers : ELMS
61
Hill dwellers : ANTS
62
Springe part : NOOSE
63
"Easy ___ it" : DOES
Down
1
TV network : ABC
2
Cries of contempt : BAHS
3
Root vegetable : BEET
4
Pastoral : ARCADIAN
5
Tool or vehicle : SLEDGE
6
Novices : TYROS
7
Augury : OMEN
8
Curtain holder : ROD
9
Business-letter abbr. : ENC
10
Author of "The Luck of Roaring Camp" : HARTE
11
Think-tank product : IDEA
12
Grope : FEEL
13
Anent : INRE
18
Sheepshank, for one : KNOT
19
In the arms of Morpheus : ASLEEP
23
Kind of geometry : PLANE
24
Old: Scot. : AULD
25
Leaves : PAGES
26
Wading bird : EGRET
27
Title for Macbeth : THANE
28
Configuration : SHAPE
29
Chaplet : TIARA
30
Indo-European : ARYAN
31
Middle, in law : MESNE
33
Rubberneck : STARE
36
Humble : DEBASE
37
Featured actor : STAR
38
Strewed trash : LITTERED
44
Oared galley : BIREME
45
Took advantage of : USED
46
Four-flushers : FAKES
47
Celebrations : GALAS
48
On the Ligurian : ASEA
49
Fed : TMAN
50
Pixie-led : LOST
51
An Afr. queen : CLEO
52
___ contendere : NOLO
53
Indefinite number : SOME
55
Rooter : FAN
56
"Quincy" actor : ITO
57
Novel drafts: Abbr. : MSS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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