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Sterner
Sterner

New York Times, Saturday, May 9, 1981

43-Across : Plunkett's "bombs"

Author:
Sterner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Sterner has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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M
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K
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H
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D
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,505
Across
1
Not temp. : PERM
5
Kind of tool : RASP
9
See : LOOK
13
Music halls : ODEA
14
Lamb : ELIA
15
Stuffed ___, delicacy : DERMA
16
Dutch cheese : EDAM
17
May celebration : MOTHERSDAY
19
Late pop singer : MAMACASS
21
Person's characteristic disposition : NATURE
22
Nice wood : BOIS
23
Chaucer's "The House of ___" : FAME
24
A.T.&T., familiarly : MABELL
27
Female gangster : MABARKER
31
Tapestry : ARRAS
32
Precipitation : HAIL
33
Lehar work: 1911 : EVA
34
Energetic one : DOER
35
Ilk : GENRE
36
Pith : MEAT
37
Landlady, in León : AMA
38
Otherwise : ELSE
39
Dramatist who wrote "An Ideal Husband" : WILDE
40
Marjorie Main role : MAKETTLE
43
Plunkett's "bombs" : PASSES
44
Leader who fought Mikhailovitch : TITO
45
Something to hold : FORT
46
Font of knowledge : ORACLE
49
Kind of inheritance : MATERNAL
53
Rich vein of ore : MOTHERLODE
55
Loosen or lessen : EASE
56
Fencing swords : EPEES
57
So be it : AMEN
58
Laundry cycle : SPIN
59
Requirement : NEED
60
Attention-getting sound : PSST
61
McCullough's "The Path Between the ___" : SEAS
Down
1
Anne Sexton creation : POEM
2
Icelandic epic : EDDA
3
Quantity of paper : REAM
4
Fairy-tale character : MAMABEAR
5
Send again : REMAIL
6
At ___ (perplexed) : ALOSS
7
Relieves parents : SITS
8
Exclamation of disgust : PAH
9
Maddox or Pearson : LESTER
10
Turkish army corps : ORDU
11
General Bradley : OMAR
12
Actor Stubby : KAYE
15
Hellman's "The Children's Hour," e.g. : DRAMA
18
Make effective : ENABLE
20
Mil. officers : COLS
23
Laissez-___ : FAIRE
24
Title similar to Mrs. : MADAM
25
Bouquet : AROMA
26
Short recess : BREAK
27
Clergyman's residence : MANSE
28
Parts of ships : KEELS
29
Dodge : EVADE
30
Grades : RATES
32
"___, Ma Baby" : HELLO
35
Go-___ (lively one) : GETTER
36
Woman who heads a household : MISTRESS
39
Word with glass or enamel : WARE
41
Imprinted with acid : ETCHED
42
Playing pieces : TILES
43
Strong : POTENT
45
Dims : FADES
46
Augury : OMEN
47
Lasso : ROPE
48
To ___ (perfectly) : ATEE
49
___ apple pie : MOMS
50
Nucha : NAPE
51
Its northernmost point is Cape Chelyuskin : ASIA
52
Contact ___ : LENS
54
Circuit : LAP

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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