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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, April 22, 1982

53-Across : ___ Passos

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,853
Across
1
Medics : DOCS
5
O.T. term of unknown meaning : SELAH
10
Word with way or step : DOOR
14
Send out : EMIT
15
Martini fruit : OLIVE
16
Fairy-tale start : ONCE
17
Flappers' drink : BATHTUBGIN
19
Actress Anna : STEN
20
Kilmer poem : TREES
21
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
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U.S. naval strategist : MAHAN
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___ Vegas : LAS
25
Native animal : INDIGENE
27
British Columbia neighbor : ALBERTA
31
Again : ANEW
32
Diving bird : LOON
33
Mandarin, e.g. : ORANGE
36
Swiss river : AAR
39
Nick's pooch : ASTA
40
Mend the shirring : RESEW
41
Flirt : OGLE
42
Tennis unit : SET
43
Pub : BISTRO
44
"___ Indigo," 1931 song : MOOD
45
Capital of Aisne, France : LAON
47
Sunday in Cádiz : DOMINGO
49
Found the mean : AVERAGED
53
___ Passos : DOS
54
Cuts into cubes : DICES
55
Undies item : BRA
57
Blue Nile lake : TSANA
61
Tibeto-Burman tongue : LOLO
62
Still man : MOONSHINER
64
Hebrew month : ELUL
65
On one's own : ALONE
66
Plains Indian : OTOE
67
He wrote "In the Boom Boom Room" : RABE
68
Mature : RIPEN
69
The Darlings' dog : NANA
Down
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National ___ : DEBT
2
Sharif or Khayyám : OMAR
3
Call to court : CITE
4
Exile locale: 1815-21 : STHELENA
5
Old French coin : SOU
6
Exile locale: 1814-15 : ELBA
7
Wood: Comb. form : LIGNI
8
Pertaining to birds : AVIAN
9
"Hickety, pickety, my black ___" : HEN
10
Prescription measure : DOSAGE
11
Off the sauce : ONTHEWAGON
12
Vast amount : OCEAN
13
Dancer or Prancer, to Pierre : RENNE
18
Nicholas or Alexander : TSAR
22
Explosive device : MINE
24
Activity in a warehouse : STORING
26
Sandwich of a sort : DAGWOOD
27
Wellaway! : ALAS
28
Mislay : LOSE
29
After-hours place for imbibing : BOTTLECLUB
30
Protector of Hector : ARES
34
Inquired, in Dogpatch : AST
35
Lout: Slang : NERD
37
As easy as falling off ___ : ALOG
38
Decorate anew : REDO
41
Something left out : OMISSION
43
Anthropologist Franz : BOAS
46
Interstice : AREOLE
48
Flame seeker : MOTH
49
Larry or Polly : ADLER
50
Stringed instrument : VIOLA
51
"Christ Stopped at ___": Levi : EBOLI
52
Sag : DROOP
56
Last Stuart monarch : ANNE
58
Pier, to an architect : ANTA
59
Kind of sign : NEON
60
Figure in a title search : AREA
62
Spoil : MAR
63
D.C. V.I.P. : SEN

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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