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Alex K. Justin
Alex K. Justin

New York Times, Thursday, May 21, 1992

63-Across : What you should do to stay out of trouble?

Author:
Alex K. Justin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q V X }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Alex K. Justin has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,535
Across
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Kind of ass or rabbit : JACK
5
Army strategy : SIEGE
10
Do farming : TILL
14
Hautboy : OBOE
15
Dark : UNLIT
16
Cyma recta : OGEE
17
Do the town : HITTHEHIGHSPOTS
20
Napoleon's marshal : NEY
21
Paragon : IDEAL
22
Harbach et al. : OTTOS
23
"Suds" : BEER
24
As to : INRE
26
F.Y.I. item : MEMO
29
Actor Alastair ___ : SIM
31
Rococo : ORNATE
35
Spenser's name for Ireland : IRENA
37
Arawakan people : TAINO
39
Hollywood heavy Herbert ___ : LOM
40
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Bar rocks : ICE
44
Roman chambers : ATRIA
45
Fry quickly : SAUTE
46
Winter melon : CASABA
48
Rowan : ASH
50
Aqueduct of Sylvius, e.g. : ITER
51
Indian pigeon peas : DALS
53
Linden : TEIL
55
Beat it! : SCRAM
58
Customary : USUAL
60
Kind of dance : WAR
63
What you should do to stay out of trouble? : KEEPALOWPROFILE
66
___ the finish : INAT
67
"___ for the Misbegotten": O'Neill : AMOON
68
___ de Castro, Spanish noblewoman : INEZ
69
Cushions : PADS
70
Lemon: Comb. form : CITRO
71
Frat-party wear, sometimes : TOGA
Down
1
Hancock or Henry : JOHN
2
Irish Rose's man : ABIE
3
Name in perfume : COTY
4
Yenisei people : KET
5
Soft shoe leathers : SUEDES
6
One mentioned in a will : INHERITOR
7
Man of essays : ELIA
8
Italian tenor Beniamino : GIGLI
9
Numerical suffix : ETH
10
Pops on the chart : TOPTEN
11
"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
12
Mother of Artemis : LETO
13
Minus : LESS
18
Hurry : HIE
19
"The ___ of Young Werther," Goethe novel : SORROWS
23
Fleming creation : BOND
25
Emphatic denial : NONO
26
Gorshin, for one : MIMIC
27
Author Jong : ERICA
28
Ancient Iranians : MEDES
30
Any dominating group : MAFIA
32
Resident of the Fox Islands : ALEUT
33
Vienna delicacy : TORTE
34
Kuwaiti ruler : EMEER
36
Yellowhammer State : ALABAMA
38
Comatose : INASTUPOR
41
List extender : ETAL
42
Icy particles : HAIL
47
Grows used to : ADAPTS
49
"___ evil" : HEARNO
52
Finland, to Finns : SUOMI
54
U.N. arm : ILO
55
Omit : SKIP
56
Italian supper : CENA
57
Decipher : READ
59
Study hard in Britain : SWOT
60
Bowery inhabitant : WINO
61
Give ___ up (help) : ALEG
62
___ Pahlevi : REZA
64
Product of a scale insect : LAC
65
Something thrown in anger : FIT

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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