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Jesse Roarke
Jesse Roarke

New York Times, Friday, April 15, 1988

40-Across : And others: Abbr.

Author:
Jesse Roarke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J P Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jesse Roarke has 48 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,038
Across
1
Leo's pride : MANE
5
___ of arms : COAT
9
Rarely seen bills : TWOS
13
Draft animals : OXEN
14
Bower : ARBOR
16
Czech river : OHRE
17
Onus : LOAD
18
Secure a mountain climber : BELAY
19
Source of supply : MINE
20
Sign up : ENROLL
22
Instructed : EDUCATED
24
Anonymous Richards : ROES
26
Ray : SKATE
27
Take under advisement : CONSIDER
31
Petty officer : YEOMAN
34
Foreign : ALIEN
35
Lake in Panama : GATUN
37
First mother : EVE
38
Integument : RIND
39
Edmond Dantès's creator : DUMAS
40
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
41
Salutation from Seneca : AVE
42
"Zorba the ___" : GREEK
43
Oregon ___ : TRAIL
44
Condition giving muscular pain : TETANY
46
Cheap and gaudy : TINSELLY
48
Dodge : EVADE
50
Unmixed : NEAT
51
Endure apprehensively : SWEATOUT
54
Est originator : ERHARD
58
Fuzz : LINT
59
Diadem : CROWN
61
Operatic prince : IGOR
62
Architectural pier : ANTA
63
"Land of the morning calm" : KOREA
64
Locus : SITE
65
Nobelist in Physics: 1922 : BOHR
66
A son of 37 Across : SETH
67
Ingot : MOLD
Down
1
Burrower : MOLE
2
Nerve-cell process : AXON
3
Almost proximate : NEAR
4
Sanctioned : ENDORSED
5
Wired : CABLED
6
Galena, e.g. : ORE
7
Competent : ABLE
8
Bufos : TOADS
9
One of the nightshade family : TOMATO
10
Pewter is one : WHITEMETAL
11
River in Normandy : ORNE
12
Germ : SEED
15
Okinawa is one of these : RYUKYUS
21
Cut of beef : LOIN
23
Capital of Calvados : CAEN
25
Musical transition : SEGUE
27
Jeweler's weight : CARAT
28
Mediterranean tree : OLIVE
29
___ hole (golfers' bar) : NINETEENTH
30
Member of a clone : RAMET
32
Benefit : AVAIL
33
Nervous ___ : NELLY
36
Himalayan bovid : TAKIN
39
Place for ship's repairs : DRYDOCK
40
Excessive irritability : ERETHISM
42
Biting bug : GNAT
43
Former absolute ruler : TSAR
45
Incarnation : AVATAR
47
City on Lake Winnebago : NEENAH
49
Big kangaroos : EUROS
51
Strip of pavement : SLAB
52
Captive of the grape : WINO
53
Sped : TORE
55
Exchange premium : AGIO
56
Moslem weight : ROTL
57
___ Scott decision : DRED
60
Drenched : WET

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

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