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William E. Heinemann
William E. Heinemann

New York Times, Wednesday, March 17, 1982

60-Across : Young herring

Author:
William E. Heinemann
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William E. Heinemann has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,817
Across
1
Tip, as a hat : DOFF
5
Like sassy lassies : PERT
9
Spill the beans : BLAB
13
N.Y. island : ELLIS
15
Legendary Irish beauty : EMER
16
Chanteuse Horne : LENA
17
Crept : SLUNK
18
Descartes or Coty : RENE
19
Among : AMID
20
This earned many dollars for Anne Nichols : ABIESIRISHROSE
23
Greek war cry : ALALA
24
Cloth resembling velvet : PANNE
25
Quickly : PRONTO
28
Let : LEASE
30
Cow catcher : LASSO
31
Mil. leaders : CDRS
32
Jolly boat : YAWL
36
Letters often rolled in brogue : ARS
37
Beginning for cosmic : NEO
39
Orphan Annie's Oriental friend : ASP
41
Word to a black sheep : BAA
42
Affirmatives : YEAS
44
Dozes : NAPS
46
Paradise nymph : HOURI
48
"___ la vista!" : HASTA
50
Hit a high ball : LOFTED
51
___-fire : CEASE
53
He has taking ways : THIEF
55
Music by Shamus O'Connor: 1917 : MACNAMARASBAND
59
Soon : ANON
60
Young herring : BRIT
61
Major Hoople's expletives : EGADS
63
Fly alone : SOLO
64
Hibernian export : LACE
65
Middle East peninsula : SINAI
66
Ending for four, six, etc. : TEEN
67
Club members : ELKS
68
Negative votes : NAYS
Down
1
___ Moines : DES
2
Pot, in Tijuana : OLLA
3
Bungle : FLUB
4
"___ Rainbow," 1947 B'way hit : FINIANS
5
Jeopardy : PERIL
6
___ Isle : EMERALD
7
Bolognese painter: 1575-1642 : RENI
8
Encroachment : TRESPASS
9
Cajolery : BLARNEY
10
Drop, of a sort : LEMON
11
Cordial flavoring : ANISE
12
Directed : BADE
14
Hoosier comedian : SKELTON
21
___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
22
"___ Anybody Here Seen Kelly?": 1909 song : HAS
25
Sean O'Casey product : PLAY
26
Like a day in June : RARE
27
Where to "pile Pelion" : OSSA
29
Lynn Nolan Ryan's annual stats : ERAS
31
Ulster, e.g. : COAT
33
Border on : ABUT
34
Follower of hard or soft : WARE
35
"Dial" backwards : LAID
38
Performing group : ENSEMBLE
40
Flycatchers : PHOEBES
43
Airport near Limerick : SHANNON
45
Famous saint, son of a Celto-Roman : PATRICK
47
Start of Finnigin's cable to Flannigan : OFFAGIN
49
___ rule (generally) : ASA
50
Lily, in Lille : LIS
51
Rob Roy or buckeye : CANOE
52
Lycée's relative : ECOLE
54
Abhors : HATES
55
Hog food : MAST
56
Russian sea : ARAL
57
Dog in a Barrie play : NANA
58
Start of Operation Overlord : DDAY
62
Fam. member : SIS

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

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