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Stanley Glass
Stanley Glass

New York Times, Monday, March 16, 1992

14-Across : Type of exam

Author:
Stanley Glass
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Stanley Glass has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,469
Across
1
Nasty remark : BARB
5
College town in Colo. : LAMAR
10
Derisive comment : HAHA
14
Type of exam : ORAL
15
Residence : ABODE
16
Astronaut Bean : ALAN
17
Israeli port : ACRE
18
Raison ___ : DETRE
19
Tilt sideways : LIST
20
English liquor holder? : HENRYTHEFIFTH
23
"___ Rheingold" : DAS
24
Mal de ___ (seasickness) : MER
25
Atty.'s org. : ABA
28
Comparative connector : THAN
31
Money back : REBATE
36
Optician's product : LENS
38
Mesabi product : IRON
40
U.S.N.A. part : NAVAL
41
Spanish fight attendant? : PHILIPTHESECOND
44
Abhors : HATES
45
Type of opera : SOAP
46
Commit check fraud : KITE
47
Garland : ANADEM
49
Enclose : WRAP
51
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
52
Field role : RAE
54
Snooze : NAP
56
Outstanding Russian rabbit? : PETERTHEGREAT
63
Not taped : LIVE
64
Discourage : CHILL
65
Grad : ALUM
67
Plow pullers : OXEN
68
Merchants' guild : HANSE
69
Solicitude : CARE
70
___ Land in Antarctica : BYRD
71
Done : ENDED
72
Clue : HINT
Down
1
Elongated squeezer : BOA
2
Cunning : ARCH
3
Lightly cooked : RARE
4
Merge : BLEND
5
Rank for Bea Lillie : LADYSHIP
6
Assist an arsonist : ABET
7
Scourge of clothing : MOTH
8
To the point : ADREM
9
Closefitting jacket : REEFER
10
Fifty percent : HALF
11
Came down : ALIT
12
Jumble : HASH
13
Picnic visitor : ANT
21
Traitor : RAT
22
"Goodnight, ___" : IRENE
25
First of a series : ALPHA
26
Irish playwright : BEHAN
27
Singer Baker : ANITA
29
Some are fine : ARTS
30
Not at all : NOHOW
32
"___ to the Future" : BACK
33
Shun : AVOID
34
Aunt, in Arles : TANTE
35
A Pliny : ELDER
37
Luge : SLED
39
Approach : NEAR
42
Rhone feeder : ISERE
43
Glittered, in a way : SPANGLED
48
Historical region of central France : MARCHE
50
Golf standard : PAR
53
Allen of Vt. : ETHAN
55
Nectarine, e.g. : PEACH
56
Sprite : PIXY
57
At any time : EVER
58
Incline : TEND
59
Female deer : HIND
60
Otherwise : ELSE
61
Jai ___ : ALAI
62
Rotate : TURN
63
Tennis stroke : LOB
66
America's La Scala : MET

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

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