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Jim Modney
Jim Modney

New York Times, Friday, May 1, 1981

21-Across : Most devious

Author:
Jim Modney
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jim Modney has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,497
Across
1
Jolt : SHOCK
6
Harsh speech : TIRADE
12
Sweet yeast bread : STOLLEN
14
Fools : DONKEYS
15
Loot : PILLAGE
16
Trees, to a botanist : ARBORES
17
New York island : ELLIS
18
Ford, Adams or Grant : ACTOR
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Chalcopyrite, ___ of copper : ORE
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Most devious : SLYEST
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Arrested : RANIN
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Davenport's location : IOWA
27
Cut ivories : TEETHE
31
Word with white or head : EGG
34
Loud noise on the Day of Judgment : CRACKOFDOOM
36
Movie plantation : TARA
38
Ukulele ___ (Cliff Edwards) : IKE
39
Emulated Tracy Caulkins : SWAM
40
Daybreak : CRACKOFDAWN
45
Org. supported by many hunters : NRA
46
Cross : HYBRID
47
Greek peak : OSSA
48
Provide income : ENDOW
50
Like Nike : WINGED
55
Aircraft housing : POD
58
Topi's relative : ELAND
60
Singer Liza's half-sister : LORNA
61
Howard Hughes was one : AVIATOR
63
Apocope : ELISION
65
Licenses : PERMITS
66
Roman legion subdivision : MANIPLE
67
Capers : ANTICS
68
Fairy-tale heavies : OGRES
Down
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Kind of photo : STILL
2
American ___, state tree of Del. : HOLLY
3
Stan's partner : OLLIE
4
Treasured work : CLASSIC
5
Powder holder : KEG
6
Where to see a Blue Jay : TORONTO
7
Succinctly : INBRIEF
8
Famous movie studio initials : RKO
9
Beginning for sphere or space : AERO
10
He wrote "Your Erroneous Zones" : DYER
11
To be, to Caesar : ESSE
12
Goddess of hope : SPES
13
Govt. aid to opera, drama, etc. : NEA
14
Computer fodder : DATA
19
Newly appointed disciplinarian's measure : CRACKDOWN
22
Craggy hill : TOR
24
Buntline and Calmer : NEDS
26
Abandoned tot : WAIF
28
Lewis's Gopher Prairie : TOWN
29
Frost : HOAR
30
Madame Bovary : EMMA
31
Impress clearly in the mind : ETCH
32
Great Lakes city : GARY
33
Seize : GRAB
35
New Zealand parrots : KEAS
37
Land unit : ACRE
41
Pertaining to motion : KINETIC
42
Small blocks of stock : ODDLOTS
43
Dir. from Albany to Binghamton : WSW
44
Carpenter's activity : NAILING
49
Sculls : OARS
51
Private's reply : NOSIR
52
Beef : GRIPE
53
Organic compounds : ENOLS
54
Sometimes it's Great : DANE
55
The O.M. : PAPA
56
Hot spot : OVEN
57
Scandal-sheet contents : DIRT
59
Rep.'s opponent : DEM
62
Buddy in Boulogne : AMI
64
Southeast Asian : LAO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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