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Charles Engler
Charles Engler

New York Times, Monday, May 14, 1984

57-Across : Sky diver's specialty

Author:
Charles Engler
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Charles Engler has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
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G
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,606
Across
1
Fall behind : LAG
4
Broadway hit: 1982 : CATS
8
Husk of wheat : BRAN
12
Scotch companion : SODA
13
Ancient Greek physician : GALEN
14
Soft, light fabric : LENO
15
Author Hunter : EVAN
16
Love, in Livorno : AMORE
17
Persons : ONES
18
Of a king : REGNAL
20
Bremen in the Middle Ages, e.g. : FREECITY
22
Plunderers : FREEBOOTERS
24
Diamond cover, for short : TARP
25
Fan out : SPREAD
30
Collar part : TAB
33
Rookery residents : SEALS
36
State flower of N.M. : YUCCA
37
Surrounded by : AMID
39
Red deer's mate : ROE
40
Attenuate : THIN
41
Kitchen pest : ROACH
43
Chinese societies : TONGS
46
Verse form : ODE
47
Interwoven, series : TISSUE
49
___ bene : NOTA
51
Without a care : FREEASABIRD
57
Sky diver's specialty : FREEFALL
61
Ancient water jar : HYDRIA
62
Master : LORD
63
Flexible leather : SUEDE
65
Unsightly : UGLY
66
It flows into the Wash : OUSE
67
U.S. philosopher : EDMAN
68
Signals : CUES
69
Hammer part : PEEN
70
Control : REIN
71
Printing measures : ENS
Down
1
"Scratch a ___, and find a foe" : LOVER
2
Old saying : ADAGE
3
Booby's cousin : GANNET
4
Rotating machine part : CAM
5
Where eagles go : ALOFT
6
___ Haute : TERRE
7
Shows contempt : SNEERS
8
Coalition : BLOC
9
Italian painter: 1575-1642 : RENI
10
Dill of the Bible : ANET
11
Prying : NOSY
12
Thrall : SERF
13
Abundantly : GALORE
19
Arab robes : ABAS
21
Spot : ESPY
23
Style of painting : OPART
26
Furrow : RUT
27
Kind of chamber : ECHO
28
Silicic ___ : ACID
29
Karl of silents : DANE
30
Cutting : TART
31
"Help!" in Dijon : AMOI
32
Propensity : BIAS
34
Old card game : LOO
35
Medicinal herb : SENNA
38
Elec. currents : DCS
42
Resentment : HUFF
44
Land of plenty : GOSHEN
45
Guy : STAY
48
Teacher's tool : ERASER
50
Draw away, as a limb : ABDUCE
52
Escape : ELUDE
53
An oleoresin : ELEMI
54
Zionist underground group : IRGUN
55
Vexes : RILES
56
May and Memorial : DAYS
57
Broadway bomb : FLOP
58
Rake : ROUE
59
Gaelic : ERSE
60
Genesis scene : EDEN
64
Rather : DAN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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