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Vaughn Keith
Vaughn Keith

New York Times, Saturday, April 2, 1988

54-Across : Aeschylean tragedy

Author:
Vaughn Keith
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 105, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Vaughn Keith has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,025
Across
1
Cotton candy : SPUNSUGAR
10
"California Dreamin'" Mama : CASS
14
One-hundredth of a balboa : CENTESIMO
15
Sacred song : MOTET
16
Righteous Brothers hit: 1965 : UNCHAINEDMELODY
18
Composer Delibes : LEO
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The "M" in E = MC2 : MASS
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"Twenty Questions" category : ANIMAL
21
Dance position : PLIE
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Recluse : EREMITE
24
Indian weight : TOLA
25
Derbies : HORSERACES
28
Unclosed, to the Bard : OPED
29
Work : OPUS
30
Cincinnati nine : REDS
31
___ throat : STREP
33
Tanguay and Le Gallienne : EVAS
37
Collection: Suffix : IANA
38
Fork part : TINE
39
Erythrocytes : CORPUSCLES
45
Initials at Annapolis : USNA
46
Virgilian lake : AVERNUS
47
Sgts. : NCOS
48
Phoenician, e.g. : SEMITE
49
___ B'rith : BNAI
53
Parisian affirmative : OUI
54
Aeschylean tragedy : PROMETHEUSBOUND
57
Modify : ALTER
58
Asymmetry : IMBALANCE
59
Certain whiskies : RYES
60
Compact cases for recordings : CASSETTES
Down
1
Polyclitus was one : SCULPTOR
2
Classical symbol of patience : PENELOPE
3
Straightened, as a snake : UNCOILED
4
To the ___ degree : NTH
5
Baseball part : SEAM
6
Govt. info agency : USIA
7
Traps : GINS
8
Singing brothers : AMES
9
Poet McKuen : ROD
10
Mexican volcano : COLIMA
11
Kind of energy : ATOMIC
12
Tranquilize or tranquil : SEDATE
13
Fashions : STYLES
15
To lead: Fr. : MENER
17
Stable female : MARE
22
Diving-bell inventor : EADS
23
Ancient Jewish ascetic : ESSENE
25
It follows Dan. : HOS
26
Branch of physics : OPTICS
27
Bucolic : RURAL
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___ seul (ballet solo) : PAS
33
Vingt-___ (gambling game) : ETUN
34
Baron's superior : VISCOUNT
35
Promulgate : ANNOUNCE
36
Beaches : SEASIDES
39
Mr. Milquetoast : CASPAR
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Too : OVERLY
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Kind of control : REMOTE
42
Coaches : PRIMES
43
___ den Linden : UNTER
44
Candle ingredient : SUET
49
Ancient Greek rostrum : BEMA
50
Small pieces : NUBS
51
Namesakes of a biblical king : ASAS
52
Suffix with access : IBLE
55
___ jacet : HIC
56
Pilcorn : OAT

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

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