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S. E. Wilkinson
S. E. Wilkinson

New York Times, Thursday, March 7, 1985

24-Across : Old salt

Author:
S. E. Wilkinson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 347 (avg 1.84)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
S. E. Wilkinson has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,903
Across
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Brief breath : GASP
5
Palm off : FOIST
10
Shortcoming : FLAW
14
Second of a Latin trio : AMAS
15
Forster's "A Passage to ___" : INDIA
16
Inauguration ritual : OATH
17
Reek : FUME
18
Saltations : LEAPS
19
Tom Joad, e.g. : OKIE
20
Decoration : FLOURISH
22
Two-point football score : SAFETY
24
Old salt : SEADOG
25
Cherubini product : OPERA
27
Sculls : OARS
29
Panicky : ALARMED
33
Noncom rank : SFC
36
Indigent : NEEDY
38
Thick woolen fabric : BAIZE
39
Magician's expression : POOF
41
"The ___ jealousy heareth all things": Apocrypha : EAROF
43
"As you ___" : WERE
44
Semirural region : EXURB
46
___ T. Firefly, Groucho role : RUFUS
48
Atrabilious : SAD
49
Make reparation : EXPIATE
51
Possible prince : FROG
53
Madrid museum : PRADO
55
Tex. river : BRAZOS
59
Milquetoast : CASPAR
62
Decoration : FRETWORK
64
Wheel connection : AXLE
65
Bottom-line figure : TOTAL
67
Both: Comb. form : AMBI
68
Dread : FEAR
69
"You ___ Fair," 1937 song : ARESO
70
Footnote abbr. : IBID
71
Up-tight : EDGY
72
Take up again : RENEW
73
D.C. nine once in the A.L. : NATS
Down
1
Spars : GAFFS
2
Stubborn as ___ : AMULE
3
Pacific island group : SAMOA
4
False : PSEUDO
5
Decoration : FILIGREE
6
Numerical openers : ONES
7
The Gem State : IDAHO
8
Drink a little : SIP
9
Mortarboard decoration : TASSEL
10
Decoration : FOOFARAW
11
Geneva or Constance : LAKE
12
Keep ___ (persevere) : ATIT
13
Muffet fare : WHEY
21
Horse color : ROAN
23
Kuwaiti resident : ARAB
26
Boodle : PAYOFF
28
Desiccated : SEARED
30
Architect ___ van der Rohe : MIES
31
Pound, the poet : EZRA
32
Turn : DEED
33
Graf von ___ : SPEE
34
Comedian Redd : FOXX
35
Brilliant stroke : COUP
37
Actress Joanne : DRU
40
Decoration : FRIPPERY
42
Decoration : FURBELOW
45
Negri contemporary : BARA
47
Put in order : SORT
50
Dental calculus : TARTAR
52
Arthur's nephew : GAWAIN
54
Time after time : OFTEN
56
City in S Malawi : ZOMBA
57
Glenn's path in 1962 : ORBIT
58
Hit the ___ (fail) : SKIDS
59
Bistro : CAFE
60
Fired : AXED
61
Cinder : SLAG
63
Make an incised mark : RASE
66
Pay dirt : ORE

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

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