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June A. Boggs
June A. Boggs

New York Times, Friday, May 8, 1987

44-Across : Palanquin

Author:
June A. Boggs
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
June A. Boggs has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,695
Across
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Second Israeli ambassador to U.S. : EBAN
5
Actor Hardwicke : CEDRIC
11
Mercer's "___ Love You" : PSI
14
Enameled metalware : TOLE
15
Panegyrize : PRAISE
16
Bulgarian coin : LEV
17
EAGLE : TWOBELOWPAR
19
Mindanao peak : APO
20
Polish off : EATUP
21
Farm-machinery name : DEERE
22
Quick to the helm : YAR
23
Davey of baseball : LOPES
25
" ... remembrance ___ to Banquo": Shak. : APPLY
27
Covered way : ARCADE
30
Flirt : OGLER
32
Pep-rally shout : RAH
33
Bowdler was one : EDITOR
36
Festive occasion : GALA
39
Trap starter : CLAP
41
Syrian sect member : DRUSE
42
Pretentious one : SNOB
43
Bristle : SETA
44
Palanquin : LITTER
46
U.S.S.R. security group : KGB
47
Bronchi, e.g. : TUBES
49
Famed name in jazz : DORSEY
51
Word with hot or cold : SPELL
53
Sage kin : THYME
55
Type of trumpet : EAR
56
Reverence : ADORE
59
Stinging : ACRID
63
Social-reform word : LIB
64
66
" ... many a year ___": Poe : AGO
67
British snack hour : ELEVEN
68
Mines finds : ORES
69
Put the whammy on : HEX
70
Collected : SERENE
71
Fumigate : REEK
Down
1
Marion chaser : ETTE
2
Padres' manager : BOWA
3
Oodles : ALOT
4
Galactic mass : NEBULA
5
U.S. noncom : CPL
6
Subject to ablation : ERODE
7
Vice President: 1925-29 : DAWES
8
Seasoned : RIPE
9
Danube feeder : ISAR
10
Antemeridian fare : CEREAL
11
LARK : PLAYPRANKS
12
Calyx part : SEPAL
13
Walrus dentine : IVORY
18
Horace offering : EPODE
24
HAWK : PEDDLE
26
Cribbage items : PEGS
27
Electrical bridges : ARCS
28
Auscultatory sound : RALE
29
MAGPIE : CHATTERBOX
30
Painter Jacob van ___ : OOST
31
Like a CORMORANT : GREEDY
34
Messenger of myth : IRIS
35
Cry of reproof : TUT
37
Mezzanine section : LOGE
38
A Van Buren : ABBY
40
Simon or Sorvino : PAUL
45
___ à clef : ROMAN
48
Proclaims loudly : BLARES
50
Parish head : RECTOR
51
Psalmic expression : SELAH
52
Baseball's Satchel : PAIGE
53
Valuable collection : TROVE
54
Machos : HEMEN
57
Welfare, in Soho : DOLE
58
Frankfurt river : ODER
60
Singular : RARE
61
Nancy notion : IDEE
62
Escritoire : DESK
65
___-night stand : ONE

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

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