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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Thursday, April 29, 1993

33-Across : Commits a capital sin

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,878
Across
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Actor Vigoda : ABE
4
Hay bundle : BALE
8
Actress Garr : TERI
12
An Arnaz : DESI
14
Comedian King : ALAN
15
Sign akin to "For Sale" : TOLET
16
Hart : STAG
17
Caesura : REST
18
Spring zodiacal sign : ARIES
19
22
Incense : IRE
23
Vein yield : ORE
24
32
Parisienne's friends : AMIES
33
Commits a capital sin : LUSTS
34
Out, to Burns : OOT
36
Related : TOLD
37
Eliot's Marner : SILAS
38
"Not on ___ life!" : YOUR
39
Long in the tooth : OLD
40
Stage; period: Sp. : ETAPA
41
___ Sap, Cambodian lake : TONLE
42
45
CI : IOI
46
Coffee-hued: Abbr. : BRN
47
55
Waste maker : HASTE
56
Caviars, e.g. : ROES
57
Shoebox ltrs. : EEEE
59
Inward, to anatomists : ENTAD
60
Section near the narthex : NAVE
61
Bellow : ROAR
62
Olio: Abbr. : MISC
63
"___ Funny That Way" : SHES
64
New Deal agcy. : NRA
Down
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TV spots : ADS
2
Playwright Henley : BETH
3
Sib of Jacob : ESAU
4
Unproductive : BARREN
5
Not aweather : ALEE
6
Scottish miss : LASS
7
Inner: Comb. form : ENTO
8
Rich cakes : TORTES
9
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
10
Spool : REEL
11
___-bitsy (wee) : ITSY
13
Lit : IGNITED
15
Successor to 18 Across : TAURUS
20
Very, in Versailles : TRES
21
Pillages : LOOTS
24
Pact acronym : NATO
25
Plant used as soap : AMOLE
26
A memorable Radner : GILDA
27
"Doubt truth to be ___": Shak. : ALIAR
28
Mea ___ : CULPA
29
Hayes or Stern : ISAAC
30
Diving birds : LOONS
31
"___ Never Walk Alone" : YOULL
35
Deuce's topper : TREY
37
Impassive : STOIC
38
Less aged : YOUNGER
40
Drew forth : EVOKED
41
Ripped : TORN
43
___-toe (game) : TICTAC
44
Wading birds : IBISES
47
Sci-fi film of 1954 : THEM
48
Punjabi princess : RANI
49
Performers: Suffix : ISTS
50
Samovars : URNS
51
Noted navigator : NOAH
52
Firn : NEVE
53
Author Uris : LEON
54
Leap follower : YEAR
58
Edwardian, e.g. : ERA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 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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