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Kevin Boyle
Kevin Boyle

New York Times, Saturday, April 10, 1993

15-Across : Maltreat excessively

Author:
Kevin Boyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 100, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Kevin Boyle has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,859
Across
1
Reveler : BACCHANAL
10
Agreeable, in Avignon : AMENE
15
Maltreat excessively : OVERABUSE
16
Broadcasting pioneer : PALEY
17
Like most library books : RENEWABLE
18
Rubbish : TRIPE
19
Tolkien's Fangorn et al. : ENTS
20
Stratum : TIER
21
Fills up : SATES
22
Regrets : RUES
23
Dregs : LEES
25
Chinese: Comb. form : SINO
26
Sun. speech : SER
27
King of the hill : TOPDOG
29
Riv. boat : STR
30
Honolulu's location : OAHU
32
Abominate : LOATHE
34
Followers of Hippocrates : HEALERS
37
Pulls off : AVULSES
38
French physicist: 1775-1836 : AMPERE
39
Kismet : FATE
40
Hammer's style : RAP
41
Become hindbound : OSSIFY
44
"___ Boot" : DAS
47
Points of no return? : ACES
49
Mata ___ : HARI
50
Succeeded as a hitchhiker : RODE
51
Campus happening in the 60's : SITIN
53
Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea : MOAB
55
"___ soit qui mal y pense" : HONI
56
Certain ancient Egyptian : SAITE
57
Earthworm or leech : ANNELIDAN
59
Candy and Kett of comics : ETTAS
60
Bending downward : RECLINATE
61
Sibyls : SEERS
62
Callers' three-digit numbers : AREACODES
Down
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Augers : BORERS
2
Means of access : AVENUE
3
Ford was one at Michigan : CENTER
4
Crucifer-family plant : CRESS
5
Nictitating membrane : HAW
6
Blind as ___ : ABAT
7
Indefinite : NUBILOUS
8
In the arms of Morpheus : ASLEEP
9
Glanced sideways : LEERED
10
Some rms. : APTS
11
City NE of Adana : MARAS
12
Snobs : ELITISTS
13
Drink causing forgetfulness of sorrow : NEPENTHE
14
A sty and a sty? : EYESORES
24
Belgian chemist Ernest ___: 1838-1922 : SOLVAY
27
Flail : THRESH
28
Spurt : GOUT
30
Corrida cheer : OLE
31
Sol or nautical preceder : AERO
33
Collier's cooler : ALE
34
Hectors : HARASSES
35
Make abnormally thin : EMACIATE
36
Natural desire : APPETITE
37
Betroth : AFFIANCE
42
Fruit of the elm : SAMARA
43
Laundry worker : IRONER
44
Gadget : DOODAD
45
Congenitally attached : ADNATE
46
Trawler equipment : SEINES
48
Raga-time instrument? : SITAR
50
British moolah : RHINO
52
Monster's watery lair : NESS
54
Banjoist Fleck : BELA
58
Driver's ID : LIC

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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