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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Wednesday, June 1, 1983

56-Across : I.B.T. member

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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K
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C
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A
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,258
Across
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Seaport on Osaka Bay : KOBE
5
Turnpike vehicles : SEMIS
10
___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
14
Author Haley : ALEX
15
Lopez from Dallas : TRINI
16
The Bard's home : AVON
17
White or Blue ___ : NILE
18
Shelf : LEDGE
19
Strauss of dungaree fame : LEVI
20
Excessive : TOOTOO
22
Verse that's not the cat's meow : DOGGEREL
24
United : WED
25
Old name in film production : LOEW
26
___ Anne de Beaupré : STE
27
Engaged : BETROTHED
31
Precognition : ESP
33
"Th" in Anglo-Saxon days : EDH
34
Current: Comb. form : RHEO
35
Loose : UNTIED
38
Deceived : LIED
40
___ as the eye can see : ASFAR
42
Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
43
Patronized a restaurant : ATEOUT
45
Buster Brown's pooch : TIGE
47
Rocketeer Willy ___ : LEY
48
Double pts. : QTS
49
Flails : THRESHERS
51
Dallas inst. : SMU
53
Ireland, once : EIRE
55
Coward's "___ About the Boy" : MAD
56
I.B.T. member : TEAMSTER
58
Sunday talk : SERMON
61
Show biz's Johnson : ARTE
62
Love, Italian style : AMORE
64
Tease : RIDE
65
Stravinsky : IGOR
66
Reluctant : LOATH
67
___ du Vent (the Windwards) : ILES
68
"___ Mable," Streeter work : DERE
69
Judge's command : ORDER
70
Card game : SKAT
Down
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German metaphysician : KANT
2
Mixture : OLIO
3
Where to find the Southern Hemisphere : BELOWTHEEQUATOR
4
Devonshire county seat : EXETER
5
Place in the news: 1944 : STLO
6
Prior, to Browning : ERE
7
Where a moderate stands : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
8
___ time (before long) : INGOOD
9
Blockade of a kind : SIEGE
10
Bundle : BALE
11
Where not to cry : OVERSPILLEDMILK
12
Commandment verb : COVET
13
Old-womanish : ANILE
21
Bouquet : ODOR
23
Verdon of musicals : GWEN
27
Lugosi or Bartók : BELA
28
Blue-pencil : EDIT
29
"___ Old Black Magic" : THAT
30
Males : HES
32
B.&O. stop : STA
35
Importune : URGE
36
Constantly : EVER
37
Doris and Clarence : DAYS
39
Dowry : DOT
41
Word with field or force : AIR
44
Takes advantage of : USES
46
Salinger girl : ESME
49
Vibration : TREMOR
50
Franco of the Steelers : HARRIS
51
Decorous : STAID
52
Traffic sign : MERGE
54
Memorable airman ___ Balbo : ITALO
57
Only : MERE
58
___ gut (O.K., in Leipzig) : SEHR
59
Ancient theaters : ODEA
60
Haunt : NEST
63
Travel-map abbr. : RTE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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