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I. Judah Koolyk
I. Judah Koolyk

New York Times, Thursday, May 1, 1980

59-Across : River to the English Channel

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,132
Across
1
Rhyme scheme : ABAB
5
U.K. network : BBC
8
Aspen transports : TBARS
13
Dryden's milieu : SOHO
14
Macaws or screw pines : ARAS
16
Indian wherewithal : RUPEE
17
Wood knot : KNAR
18
Low caste Hindu : TELI
19
Mayor and Menor, to Madrileños : URSAS
20
Lincolnian fast food : ABRAHAMBURGER
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Small bills : ONES
24
Chemical compound : ENOL
25
"___ Like Alice," 1956 film : ATOWN
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O'Hara estate : TARA
30
Bridge seat : EAST
34
Prepare leftovers : REHEAT
36
Currency for 65 Across : LIRA
38
Half a ballroom dance : CHA
39
Elian entree : CHARLESLAMBCHOP
42
Poetic contraction : EER
43
Japanese beverage : SAKE
44
Magician's cache : SLEEVE
45
"Monopoly" set component : DEED
47
Cosecant's reciprocal : SINE
49
Birch's relative : ALDER
50
___ out (supplemented) : EKED
52
Level : RAZE
54
P.G.A. man's wine : LEEELDERBERRY
59
River to the English Channel : SOMME
60
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
61
Notes of a sort : IOUS
63
What Macbeth "murdered" : SLEEP
64
California export : DATE
65
Man from Izmir : TURK
66
Hospital divisions : WARDS
67
Popeye, for one : TAR
68
Himilayan creature : YETI
Down
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Invite : ASK
2
___ fide : BONA
3
Ishmael's captain : AHAB
4
Victim of a certain shark : BORROWER
5
Use the tub : BATHE
6
Kind of swimming stroke : BREAST
7
Prestorm condition : CALM
8
Town in Nova Scotia : TRURO
9
Emulate a second-story man : BURGLE
10
Church part : APSE
11
Kind of admiral : REAR
12
His: Fr. : SES
15
Soviet place of exile : SIBERIA
21
History : ANNALS
22
Renders harmless : UNARMS
25
Curved : ARCED
26
Titter : TEHEE
27
Kennedy's Midwest counterpart : OHARE
29
Keaton costar : ALLEN
31
Felt compassion : ACHED
32
Push roughly : SHOVE
33
What pyramids and steeples do : TAPER
35
Nap-raising plant : TEASEL
37
Like Chicago in 1871 : ABLAZE
40
Lost control at Indy : SKIDDED
41
Cheetah's asset : CELERITY
46
Judged : DEEMED
48
Proofreaders' corrections : ERRATA
51
For ___ (permanently) : KEEPS
53
More competent : ABLER
54
"Damn Yankees" role : LOLA
55
Retired: Abbr. : EMER
56
"L'___ c'est moi" : ETAT
57
Rake : ROUE
58
Light, round tent : YURT
59
Compass point : SSW
62
Emulate Killy : SKI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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