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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Tuesday, March 6, 1990

39-Across : Fall back

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,728
Across
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Christie or Karenina : ANNA
5
Mosque priest : IMAM
9
Certain phantom's haunt : OPERA
14
Good soil : LOAM
15
Houston-based Govt. agency : NASA
16
He couldn't pass the bar : TOPER
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Ancient Roman road : APPIANWAY
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Trick's alternative : TREAT
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City near Vesuvius : NAPLES
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Hold up : ROB
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Spreads hay : TEDS
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Laundry appliance : DRYER
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Precede : FOREGO
27
Kin of hurrahs : OLES
29
Disprove : REFUTE
33
Simians : APES
37
Munched : ATE
38
Spat : GAITER
39
Fall back : RELAPSE
41
Kind of race : HARNESS
42
Intern's milieu : CLINIC
43
Highland headgear : TAM
44
Bone: Comb. form : OSTE
45
Insect's eye : STEMMA
46
Monad : ATOM
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"I go to prepare ___ ... ": John 14:2 : APLACE
50
Race tracks : OVALS
55
N.C. cape : FEAR
58
Formicary dweller : ANT
59
Writ no longer legal in England : ELEGIT
60
Exec. branch of the U.S. Govt. : ADMIN
62
Famous street in Rome : VIAVENETO
64
Roi's mate : REINE
65
Chase, the author : ILKA
66
Lulu : ONER
67
Fund : ENDOW
68
Meadows : LEAS
69
Twain or Hopkins : MARK
Down
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Jerrold's "___ of Plenty" : ALAND
2
Stock term : NOPAR
3
Downy : NAPPY
4
"A miss is as good as ___" : AMILE
5
Taverns : INNS
6
Fowl's crop : MAW
7
"Red ___ is she": Coleridge : ASAROSE
8
Public official : MAYOR
9
Giant of a Giant : OTT
10
Italian Riviera resort : PORTOFINO
11
Foil's cousin : EPEE
12
Perused : READ
13
Crafts' partner : ARTS
18
Drome preceder : AERO
22
City NE of Milano : BERGAMO
25
Celebration of a sort : FETE
26
First, second or reverse : GEAR
28
Milano's opera house : LASCALA
30
Shoshone Indians : UTES
31
Assay : TEST
32
Old tongue : ERSE
33
Curves : ARCS
34
Hide : PELT
35
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
36
Oldest independent country in Europe : SANMARINO
40
Procurer : PIMP
41
Execrate : HATE
43
Tangible : TACTILE
47
Double agent : MOLE
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"___ Chorus" in "Il Trovatore" : ANVIL
51
Poison : VENOM
52
Rocket stage : AGENA
53
Metric measure : LITER
54
Mute bird : STORK
55
Diet : FARE
56
Place west of Nod : EDEN
57
Surrounded by : AMID
59
Gabor and Le Gallienne : EVAS
61
Modern : NEW
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Alias : AKA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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