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Elaine George
Elaine George

New York Times, Tuesday, February 23, 1988

29-Across : Material for a highway

Author:
Elaine George
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Elaine George has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,986
Across
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Whittle : SHAVE
6
Proper : PRIM
10
Victor or Sonny : BONO
14
Spikes the punch : LACES
15
Mystique : AURA
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Mothers of lambs : EWES
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Upset the boat : OVERTURNED
19
Crossword wild ox : ANOA
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Leaving a valid will : TESTATE
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Usher's job : SEATING
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Brain passages : ITERS
25
Danish city : ODENSE
26
Olympic trio : GRACES
29
Material for a highway : PAVING
31
Hayworth and Moreno : RITAS
32
Plebe, e.g. : CADET
33
Cry of disgust : UGH
36
Hero : IDOL
37
Type of race horse : PACER
38
Nimble : SPRY
39
Enclose : PEN
40
Sea eagles : ERNES
41
Clown : CUTUP
42
Make beloved : ENDEAR
44
Palpitates : THROBS
45
Pepys or Butler : SAMUEL
47
Ladle : SPOON
49
Invade : OVERRUN
51
Pertains : RELATES
55
Cribs : BINS
56
Degradation : DEBASEMENT
58
Town SW of Padua : ESTE
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He was: Lat. : ERAT
60
Gaucho's lasso : REATA
61
Movie maker Hunter : ROSS
62
Resentful : SORE
63
Resource : ASSET
Down
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Keyhole : SLOT
2
Possess : HAVE
3
High cards : ACES
4
Opposite of horizontal : VERTICAL
5
Manors, e.g. : ESTATES
6
Kitchen utensil : PARER
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___ of the mill : RUN
8
Infuriates : IRES
9
Renovated : MADEOVER
10
Defeated : BEATEN
11
Confessing : OWNINGUPTO
12
City lights : NEONS
13
Okla. tribe : OSAGE
18
All-purpose vehs. : UTES
22
Miner's access : ADIT
24
Parts of typewriters : SPACERS
26
Handhold : GRIP
27
Jockey : RIDE
28
Reparations : ATONEMENTS
30
Fruity quaffs : ADES
32
Biblical town : CANA
34
Uproot : GRUB
35
Pts. of triangles : HYPS
37
Overtures : PRELUDES
38
Cognomens : SURNAMES
40
German reservoir dam : EDER
41
Deadly disease : CHOLERA
43
Ministers to : NURSES
44
"Tootsies" : TOES
45
Staid or subdued : SOBER
46
Dispatch boat : AVISO
48
Babble : PRATE
50
Infamous fiddler : NERO
52
Receptions : TEAS
53
Being, in Barcelona : ENTE
54
Immediately, to a pharmacist : STAT
57
Tavern : BAR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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