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Albert L. Misenko
Albert L. Misenko

New York Times, Saturday, April 24, 1982

62-Across : Meddlesome

Author:
Albert L. Misenko
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 87, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Albert L. Misenko has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,855
Across
1
Finally : ATLAST
7
Suffragette Stanton's colleague : MOTT
11
Protein for Pliny : OVA
14
George Babbitt's interest : REALTY
15
Sewing box : ETUI
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Steeler all-pro linebacker : HAM
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Hire : TAKEON
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Lugubrious expression : LONGFACE
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Went wrong : ERRED
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Of a barren expanse : SAHARAN
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Reared : FOSTERED
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Ropelike length : STRAND
27
Sam Shepard's prize: 1979-80 : OBIE
28
Varieties of African hemp : IFES
30
Positions at bridge : WESTS
31
Spawning area of trout : REDD
32
Condiment : VINEGAR
34
Woad, e.g. : DYE
35
Mended the brakes : RELINED
36
Verbum ___ sapienti : SAT
39
Global area : FAREAST
40
Coll. official : REGR
41
Power source : STEAM
44
Flap, as a sail : SLAT
45
Satellite name : ECHO
46
"___ the thought!" : PERISH
48
Whip-tailed flat fish : STINGRAY
50
___ words (that is to say) : INOTHER
52
Habituate : ENURE
53
Cramped quarters : RATHOLES
55
___ Green : GRETNA
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Here, to Henri : ICI
59
Beatles' lovely meter maid : RITA
60
Spa in Belgium : OSTEND
61
Sleuth : TEC
62
Meddlesome : NOSY
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Headlands : NESSES
Down
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Uffizi display : ART
2
Congou or sunglo : TEA
3
Site for a summer camp : LAKESIDE
4
Put on guard : ALERTED
5
Mom and pop enterprise : STORE
6
Waterway in northern England : TYNERIVER
7
Brooks or Ferrer : MEL
8
Indian group : OTOS
9
A fish and a pear : TUNAS
10
Penny pincher : TIGHTWAD
11
Writers John and Mary : OHARAS
12
Unoccupied : VACANT
13
What penitents make : AMENDS
19
Journeyer : FARER
21
Ravines' kin : DEFILES
23
First and last name of an author : FORD
24
Mind : OBEY
25
Peter made three of these : DENIALS
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Having feeling : SENSATE
33
Making progress : GETTINGON
35
Shofar : RAMSHORN
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Hides away : SECRETES
37
Eastern title : AGHA
38
Homer's one-horse town? : TROY
39
Something to keep : FAITH
40
Rues the day : REGRETS
41
Life principle : SPIRIT
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A-Q or K-J holding : TENACE
43
Amatory : EROTIC
47
Bright; radiant : HELIO
49
Nutrice : NURSE
51
Makes flax more lax : RETS
54
Hear follower : SAY
56
Honolulu-Juneau dir. : NNE
57
Madison Ave. plugs : ADS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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