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Eileen Lexau
Eileen Lexau

New York Times, Tuesday, March 26, 1991

54-Across : Stern; unyielding

Author:
Eileen Lexau
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 50, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 34.5
Eileen Lexau has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,113
Across
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Indian tourist mecca : AGRA
5
Minutes of a meeting : ACTA
9
Tried for office : RAN
12
A custard dessert: Sp. : FLAN
13
Gambling-hall cry : BINGO
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Dorothy Gale's dog : TOTO
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Lowest level : ROCKBOTTOM
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Grayish brown : ECRU
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Tune : MELODY
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Baking dish : RAMEKIN
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Look at : EYE
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Getting along : FARING
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Sulkies : CARTS
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Before: Prefix : PRE
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Ground grain : MEAL
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Disney's inventive mouse : AMOS
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Pod inhabitant : PEA
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Wheel man : FERRIS
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Dry, as wine : SEC
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Fatty : PINGUID
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___ volente : DEO
38
Turkish capital : ANKARA
40
Suffix with social : IST
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Prefix with cycle or ton : MEGA
42
Fla. county : DADE
43
O'Neill work : ILE
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Goof : BONER
45
"___, Satan!" : BEGONE
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A Mascagni opera, for short : CAV
48
Help for a troubled S.&L. : BAILOUT
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Stipend : SALARY
53
Jamaican citrus fruit : UGLI
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Stern; unyielding : ROCKRIBBED
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Sort papers : FILE
58
Symbol of slowness : SNAIL
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Floor covering, for short : LINO
60
Vaudevillian Eddie : FOY
61
Sicilian spouter : ETNA
62
Basic Latin verb : ESSE
Down
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Eur. neighbor : AFR
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Steal: Slang : GLOM
3
Ethnic group : RACE
4
Some socks : ANKLETS
5
Dwelling : ABODE
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Eugene or Gary : CITY
7
Explosive : TNT
8
Greek marketplaces : AGORAE
9
Certain flowering layout : ROCKGARDEN
10
Longfellow's bell town : ATRI
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Speech part : NOUN
14
Tentmaking poet : OMAR
15
Adolescent : TEENER
17
They will be themselves : BOYS
21
Acted without words : MIMED
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Package stamp : FRAGILE
24
Señor's home : CASA
25
Improve : AMEND
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Hybrid music : ROCKABILLY
27
Write : PEN
29
Loyal subject : LIEGE
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Actress Zadora : PIA
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Appropriate : FIT
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Emulate a lark : SOAR
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Response to "Grazie!" : PREGO
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Exploit : USE
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Type of penguin : ADELIE
41
Kind of church feast : MOVABLE
43
Chant : INTONE
44
South Pacific island : BALI
46
Cather's "One of ___" : OURS
47
Perlman role on "Cheers" : CARLA
48
Shine : BUFF
49
Premium on exchange : AGIO
50
Peel : SKIN
51
Batters' stats. : RBIS
52
Urges : YENS
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Singer Stevens from London : CAT
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Female deer : DOE

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

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