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Benson
Benson

New York Times, Wednesday, May 21, 1980

44-Across : Does a grammar exercise

Author:
Benson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Benson has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,152
Across
1
Catch flies : SHAG
5
Fun's companion : GAMES
10
Actor Richard, from S.F. : EGAN
14
Campbell of the Oilers : EARL
15
Author Jong : ERICA
16
Branch chosen by J.F.K., G.R.F. and J.E.C. : NAVY
17
Date of Columbus's last voyage : MDII
18
Claw : TALON
19
Word with clothes or shoe : TREE
20
He wrote "The Fire Next Time" : JAMESBALDWIN
23
Nieuwe ___, Rotterdam's river : MAAS
24
Draw forth : ELICIT
26
De Niro : ROBERT
29
Black Sea port : ODESSA
31
Rare individuals : ONERS
32
Lessen : ABATE
35
Onto the jive : HEP
36
"___ is more": Browning : LESS
37
Bridge parts : SPANS
38
Mil. groups : DETS
39
Kindled : LIT
40
Poor : NEEDY
41
A.F.B. in Texas : REESE
42
Bowdler was one : EDITOR
44
Does a grammar exercise : PARSES
45
Unpaid debt : ARREAR
47
Mrs., in Poland : PANI
48
He wrote "Invisible Man" : RALPHELLISON
52
Dry : ARID
54
Of a certain time period : HORAL
55
Start of a plot : IDEA
57
Hamlet, e.g. : DANE
58
Silly : INANE
59
Weskit : VEST
60
Cake ingredients : EGGS
61
Allotted : METED
62
U.S. satellite : ESSA
Down
1
Theological inst. : SEM
2
Pilgrimage : HADJ
3
Part of an opera : ARIA
4
Dim perceptions : GLIMMERS
5
Influences by bribery : GETSAT
6
Some members of OPEC : ARABS
7
"___ 18," Uris book : MILA
8
Elève's milieu : ECOLE
9
Young hitters' haunts : SANDLOTS
10
Lure : ENTICE
11
Attaches a debtor's property or wages : GARNISHEES
12
Galba's greeting : AVE
13
American humorist : NYE
21
Sonar, to a destroyer : EARS
22
Word with angle or eyed : WIDE
25
African fly : TSETSE
26
Esther of "Good Times" : ROLLE
27
N.Y. county, city, lake or river : ONEIDA
28
Rousing : BESTIRRING
30
Church parts : APSES
32
Mimic : APE
33
Like Leroy Brown : BAD
34
"___ Wednesday," Robards vehicle : ANY
37
Heavenly beings : SERAPHIM
38
Scornful : DERISIVE
40
Coward : NOEL
41
Rajah's mate : RANI
43
Occupations : TRADES
44
Wearied : PALLED
46
River of Europe : RHONE
47
Carpenter's tool : PLANE
49
Quod ___ faciendum : ERAT
50
Lyrical literature : ODES
51
Monster's milieu, perhaps : NESS
52
Cool drink : ADE
53
Joplin composition : RAG
56
___ loss for words : ATA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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