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Jones
Jones

New York Times, Friday, April 6, 1984

68-Across : Partner of fits

Author:
Jones
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { H K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Jones has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,568
Across
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Aglets : TAGS
5
Recipient of a McKinley message : GARCIA
11
___ stump (perplexed) : UPA
14
Resuming activities : UPANDAROUND
16
Pet's hold-out : PAW
17
Succeed, as plans : COMEUPROSES
18
Word with type or horn : TIN
19
Drift along : SLIDE
20
Devilkin : IMP
21
Fumes : ODORS
23
Page's "In ___ Virginia" : OLE
24
Mazel ___ (Hebrew congratulations) : TOV
26
Stowe's "dismal" tale: 1856 : DRED
27
Standard : NORM
29
Colorful brassica : REDCABBAGE
34
Oft-reported phenomenon : UFO
36
Revealed : IMPARTED
37
Pope, circa 140-55 : PIUSI
40
Nickname of Onassis : ARI
41
Ranks : TIERS
42
Ambitious : ASPIRING
44
View : SEE
45
They've been up : DESCENDERS
47
Steady with ropes at sea : FRAP
51
Plugs : TAPS
52
Ike's W.W. II post : ETO
54
Berlin's "___ Bad, Bad Man" : IMA
55
Riding for ___ : AFALL
57
Varnish ingredient : LAC
59
"Wuthering Heights" setting : MOORS
61
___ alai : JAI
62
Hard pressed : UPAGAINSTIT
65
Summit: Comb. form : ACR
66
Causes : GIVESRISETO
67
Crosses out : XES
68
Partner of fits : STARTS
69
Jewish month : ADAR
Down
1
Home of some Wildcats : TUCSON
2
___ Belvedere, Vatican statue : APOLLO
3
More risqué : GAMIER
4
Lop off, in Lanark : SNED
5
Lacuna : GAP
6
Disembark : ARRIVE
7
Woolf's "Jacob's ___" : ROOM
8
Moon's horn : CUSP
9
Ending for Paul : INE
10
Substance taken up in a lab : ADSORBATE
11
Like the late news : UPTODATE
12
Similar set : PAIR
13
Wheat "whiskers" : AWNS
15
A tuneful twosome : DUET
22
Confer officially with a returned astronaut : DEBRIEF
25
Spanish gold : ORO
26
Cast a fly : DAP
28
"Annie" or "Evita" : MUSICAL
30
Lament : DIRGE
31
Half of MDCCCII : CMI
32
Eur. land : GER
33
Asner and Ames : EDS
35
Hydrants : FIREPLUGS
37
Cushion : PAD
38
Japanese bay : ISE
39
To which some are kicked : UPSTAIRS
40
Ampersand : AND
43
Electees : INS
44
Fast plane : SST
46
Provide new actors : RECAST
48
Ran amok : RIOTED
49
Hindu's ambrosial drink : AMRITA
50
A shepherd, originally : PASTOR
53
Prefix for potent : OMNI
55
Greek hero : AJAX
56
Confront : FACE
57
Etnean output : LAVA
58
Dyer's device : AGER
60
Pelion's support : OSSA
63
Cherry core : PIT
64
Collectors in Apr. : IRS

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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