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Emanuel Berg
Emanuel Berg

New York Times, Wednesday, March 7, 1990

17-Across : In a balanced way

Author:
Emanuel Berg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Emanuel Berg has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,729
Across
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Elec. units : AMPS
5
Italian isle : CAPRI
10
Finger ends : TIPS
14
Julie Christie role : LARA
15
Gray : ASHEN
16
Fit for service : ONEA
17
In a balanced way : PROPORTIONATELY
20
Silence! : SSH
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Mort, the comedian : SAHL
22
Flagpoles : STAFFS
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H2O, at times : ICE
25
Banker's Sallie ___ : MAE
27
North Pole denizen : ELF
28
Elephant boy of films : SABU
30
House style : RANCH
32
Open ranking, e.g. : SEED
35
Squirm : WRITHE
37
___ is to say : THAT
39
Vineyard: Fr. : CRU
40
Describing certain athletics : INTERSCHOLASTIC
43
XIII quadrupled : LII
44
Sun, e.g. : STAR
45
Gap : LACUNA
46
Thirteen popes : LEOS
48
Facing a glacier : STOSS
50
Hops dryer : OAST
51
Old horse : NAG
53
Menton is one : SPA
54
Temple U. mascot : OWL
55
Transparencies : SLIDES
58
"Tell ___ the Marines" : ITTO
60
Ark builder, to Antonio : NOE
63
Unenchanted state : DISILLUSIONMENT
66
Essen elder : ALTE
67
Access : ENTRY
68
Where Bhutan is : ASIA
69
Touch gently : KISS
70
Gives medicine to : DOSES
71
He wrote "Moses": 1951 : ASCH
Down
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Maritime or Pennine ___ : ALPS
2
Fourth-from-the-sun planet : MARS
3
Volstead supporters : PROHIBITIONISTS
4
Undermine : SAP
5
Irene of "Fame" fame : CARA
6
Breathing disorder : ASTHMA
7
Benevolent people : PHILANTHROPISTS
8
Old car : REO
9
British ___ of Court : INNS
10
Demolishes : TOTALS
11
Useless condition : INEFFECTUALNESS
12
Riches : PELF
13
What Simon does : SAYS
18
Sugar suffix : OSE
19
Corroded : ATE
24
Shrewd : CUTE
26
Sound repetition : ECHO
28
Hogwash : SWILL
29
Corbin Bernsen role in "L.A. Law" : ARNIE
30
Head and arm followers : RESTS
31
Concert places : HALLS
33
Actresses Moran and Gray : ERINS
34
Show ticket : DUCAT
36
Pts. of days : HRS
38
Chinese pagoda : TAA
41
Broadway hit : CATS
42
Clumsy boat : SCOW
47
Thompson and Hawkins : SADIES
49
Literary form : SATIRE
52
Set : GEL
54
Ball or bass ending : OON
55
Mount Rushmore site : SDAK
56
Caron role : LILI
57
Rosebud, e.g. : SLED
59
Attic things : TOYS
61
Chemical suffix : ONIC
62
Peary's winter headquarters : ETAH
64
Número ___ : UNO
65
Meadow sound : MAA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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