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McKeon
McKeon

New York Times, Wednesday, March 4, 1987

45-Across : Asked for boldly

Author:
McKeon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
McKeon has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,630
Across
1
Crush : CROWD
6
Taunt : TWIT
10
Reduce : PARE
14
Rajah's wife : RANEE
15
Garden lifeline : HOSE
16
The same, to Seneca : IDEM
17
Last of a series : OMEGA
18
Otherwise : ELSE
19
Pentastich, e.g. : POEM
20
Word of honor : PAROLE
22
Interchangeable : FUNGIBLE
24
Head, in Le Havre : TETE
26
Grave : EARNEST
27
Anthony's goal : SUFFRAGE
31
Combo date : GIG
32
Baseball's Matty, Felipe and Jesus : ALOUS
33
Tore : RACED
35
Prepare : GET
38
Privy to : INON
39
Actor Burton of "Roots" : LEVAR
40
Ardor : FIRE
41
"And many a lightfoot ___": Housman : LAD
42
"The ___ Babies": Kingsley : WATER
43
Radioactivity unit : CURIE
44
Cio-Cio-___ : SAN
45
Asked for boldly : DEMANDED
47
In the spotlight : ONSTAGE
51
Cleanse : WASH
52
Start of an 1880 song title : FUNICULI
54
Suppresses : CHOKES
58
Tizzy : FLAP
59
Appends : ADDS
61
"A ___-out Case": G. Greene : BURNT
62
Actress Sommer : ELKE
63
Directions for Dobbin : GEES
64
Script notation : ASIDE
65
Mantas : RAYS
66
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
67
Plant again : RESOW
Down
1
Trim : CROP
2
Hindu epic hero : RAMA
3
Unique person : ONER
4
"Ain't ___?": 1921 song : WEGOTFUN
5
Casino group : DEALERS
6
Article : THE
7
Lobo, e.g. : WOLF
8
Publication : ISSUE
9
Pop-rock authority : TEENAGER
10
"___ Down the Valley Wild": Blake : PIPING
11
Building material : ADOBE
12
Whirls : REELS
13
Irish patriot : EMMET
21
Airport abbr. : ETA
23
Network of lines : GRID
25
Cattle or snowy ___ : EGRET
27
Mizzen, e.g. : SAIL
28
Radius's neighbor : ULNA
29
Provender : FOOD
30
Having overhangs : EAVED
34
Poet who wrote "A Rapture" : CAREW
35
Encircle : GIRD
36
Lake or canal : ERIE
37
___ off (angry) : TEED
39
Body follower : LANGUAGE
40
Midway stop : FUNHOUSE
42
Brit. servicewoman : WAAC
43
Refreshment stand : CASHBAR
44
Insect part : STIPES
46
Singer Davis : MAC
47
Tender : OFFER
48
Ravine : NULLA
49
Sinuous : SNAKY
50
One of the Plinys : ELDER
53
Notion : IDEA
55
Actor Kristofferson : KRIS
56
Within: Comb. form : ENDO
57
Fret : STEW
60
Fast plane : SST

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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