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Troxell
Troxell

New York Times, Tuesday, March 13, 1984

53-Across : Lurches

Author:
Troxell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Troxell has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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L
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,544
Across
1
Where hippies bed down : PADS
5
Construction item : HBEAM
10
Garden growth : MOSS
14
An early Red : ERIC
15
Nutty palm : ARECA
16
Killer whale : ORCA
17
Western city : LOSANGELES
19
At hand : NEAR
20
Most browned : TANNEST
21
Western peak : SHASTA
23
Perform again : REDO
24
Fear : DREAD
26
Yang counterpart : YIN
27
Mauna ___ : LOA
28
Facilitates : EASES
32
Soft drink : COLA
34
Western university : SANTACLARA
36
Altar above : ARA
37
Polly and Pittypat : AUNTS
38
Op. ___ : CIT
39
Fault in the West : SANANDREAS
42
Type of way : FREE
43
"___ to bed": Pepys : ANDSO
44
Sea eagle : ERN
45
Lapsang souchong, e.g. : TEA
46
Payments of a sort : TOLLS
48
U.S.N. V.I.P.'s : ADMS
50
___ Beach, Western city : LAGUNA
53
Lurches : CAREENS
56
"L'___ c'est moi" : ETAT
57
Subject of this puzzle : CALIFORNIA
60
Only : SOLE
61
Recent Broadway musical : EVITA
62
A.B.A. member : ATTY
63
Box : SPAR
64
Dissuade : DETER
65
Deprivation : LOSS
Down
1
Skin : PELT
2
Bellowing : AROAR
3
Western attraction : DISNEYLAND
4
Medieval name for a part of Europe : SCANDIA
5
Witches : HAGS
6
Author Harte : BRET
7
Moray : EEL
8
Rickenbacker, e.g. : ACE
9
En ___ (all together) : MASSE
10
Atomistic; unitary : MONADAL
11
Galena and wolframite : ORES
12
Shoo's kin : SCAT
13
Franklin's mother : SARA
18
Type of light : NEON
22
Hic, ___, hoc : HAEC
24
Family for whom a Western pass is named : DONNERS
25
Useful palm stem : RATTAN
27
Evergreen tree : LAUREL
29
Western capital : SACRAMENTO
30
Canal of songdom : ERIE
31
Glut : SATE
32
Señor's home : CASA
33
African port : ORAN
34
Deplorable : SAD
35
Simpleton : ASS
40
Wiser : ASTUTER
41
When the sun is on the meridian : NOON
42
Webster agent, e.g. : FEDERAL
45
Poi ingredient : TARO
47
Added brandy to coffee : LACED
49
Stews' cousins : SNITS
50
Ending for help or harm : LESS
51
On : ATOP
52
Festivity : GALA
53
Adduce : CITE
54
At a distance : AFAR
55
"Simon ___" : SAYS
58
Rosary bead : AVE
59
Kindled : LIT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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