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Kevin Boyle
Kevin Boyle

New York Times, Saturday, March 27, 1993

1-Across : "As a beauty I'm not a ___": Euwer

Author:
Kevin Boyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.76, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 106, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
Kevin Boyle has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,845
Across
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"As a beauty I'm not a ___": Euwer : GREATSTAR
10
Dull gray fabrics : DRABS
15
Grounds : RATIONALE
16
Seaport in S Israel : EILAT
17
Extraneous : INORGANIC
18
Curving outward, as furniture : BOMBE
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Andy Gump's wife : MIN
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Halt in respiration : APNEA
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Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger, to Tonto) : SABE
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Bind : KNIT
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Heyerdahl's pet duck : SINBAD
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0 : NIL
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Town NE of Agra : ETAH
29
Make parallel : COLLIMATE
31
A 14-line poem, in Pamplona : SONETO
34
Plays over : REENACTS
35
Author Bontemps : ARNA
37
M.R.I. display : SCAN
38
The X-coordinate of a point : ABSCISSA
42
Islamic spiritual leader: Var. : KHALIF
46
Handbook : VADEMECUM
48
Patriarch : NASI
49
Astronomical Altar : ARA
50
Put away : STORED
52
Org. : ASSN
53
Gambler's gratuity : TOKE
55
Home-improvement projects : REDOS
57
Veneration : AWE
58
Battery terminal : ANODE
60
Vociferous preacher : BOANERGES
62
Old Testament juniper : RETEM
63
Sheds light on : ILLUMINES
64
Capital of Nidwalden : STANS
65
Lace into : CASTIGATE
Down
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Abolitionists Sarah and Angelina : GRIMKES
2
Broadsided, e.g. : RANINTO
3
Bond, Eden or Orwell : ETONIAN
4
Kind of pocket or hole : AIR
5
Galba's gown : TOGA
6
Passes the breaking point : SNAPS
7
Bitter, as some red wines : TANNIC
8
One who transfers property : ALIENOR
9
Telegraphs again, in a way : RECABLES
10
Society gal : DEB
11
Bravo and Grande : RIOS
12
Yearly conspectus : ALMANAC
13
Sinclair Lewis novel : BABBITT
14
Addison's partner and family : STEELES
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" ... auspicious as / ___ of spades": Wilbur : THEACE
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Smart follower : ALECK
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Jacob's daughter by Leah : DINAH
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The indefinite future : MANANA
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Pursues a neutral policy : TRIMS
33
Assault : ONSET
36
___ acid (vitamin C) : ASCORBIC
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Personifications of principles : AVATARS
39
Title created by James I : BARONET
40
Pierre's st. : SDAKOTA
41
Encircling ring of light : AUREOLA
43
Pasta dish : LASAGNA
44
"All love ___": Shelley : ISSWEET
45
Savoir-faire : FINESSE
47
Some exonumia : MEDALS
51
Toroidal pastry : DONUT
54
Land west of Nod : EDEN
56
Tractor-trailer : SEMI
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Printers' muttons : EMS
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Tractor-trailer : RIG

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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