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Margaret W. Huskey
Margaret W. Huskey

New York Times, Tuesday, June 12, 1990

27-Across : Fit for plowing

Author:
Margaret W. Huskey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F H K Q }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Margaret W. Huskey has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,826
Across
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Young girl : LASS
5
Movie dog : BENJI
10
Trust, with "on" : RELY
14
Again : ANEW
15
Inventor Howe : ELIAS
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Rara ___ : AVIS
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Unconscious state : COMA
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Flintstone's wife : WILMA
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Coin for brother to spare : DIME
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Inexplicable occurrences : ENIGMAS
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Tom of Coventry was one : TAILOR
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A Handel composition : ORATORIO
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Fit for plowing : ARABLE
31
Perón and Gabor : EVAS
32
Guests at U.S.O. buildings : GIS
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Uncovered : BARED
36
Disable : MAIM
37
Soothe : EASE
38
Invention of Arthur Wynne: 1913 : CROSSWORDPUZZLE
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They supported A.E.S. : DEMS
42
Olympic apple-tosser : ERIS
43
In a difficult position : TREED
44
Baseball stat : ERA
45
Design : PLAN
46
Initiates : STARTS
47
Tax-collection point before a bridge : TOLLGATE
49
Machine for cutting curves, etc. : JIGSAW
52
The spice of life : VARIETY
57
___ breve : ALLA
58
Pungent vegetable : ONION
61
Garfield's buddy : ODIE
62
Swift animal : DEER
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Decorated again : REDID
64
Volunteer St. : TENN
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Preceders of wyes : EXES
66
Lacks : NEEDS
67
Formic-acid sources : ANTS
Down
1
Mix with liquor : LACE
2
Prolific auth. : ANON
3
Kind of circle : SEMI
4
Festoon : SWAG
5
Watch out! : BEWARE
6
Cherubini opera : ELISA
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Nothing : NIL
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Traffic snarl : JAM
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"The Lady ___," 1937 song : ISATRAMP
10
Message receiver and sender : RADIO
11
Vicious : EVIL
12
Plush transportation : LIMO
13
North Sea tributary : YSER
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Shapes : MOLDS
23
Three-toed sloths : AIS
25
Speedster's action : TEARING
26
Roman poet and namesakes : OVIDS
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Alphabetical beginners : ABCDE
28
More uncommon : RARER
29
Distinctive fragrance : AROMA
30
Mrs. Truman : BESS
32
"The Star-___," Harsanyi book about Galileo : GAZER
33
Ait : ISLET
34
Vegetable producers : SEEDS
36
Ethical : MORAL
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Old Testament book : EZRA
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Threadbare : WELLWORN
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Express : UTTER
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Blue-grass genus : POA
46
Booths : STANDS
47
Autocrats : TSARS
48
Shun : AVOID
49
Shade of green : JADE
50
Holly : ILEX
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Mirth : GLEE
53
Small quantity : IOTA
54
Anthony or Barbara : EDEN
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Color slightly : TINT
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Fanciful desires : YENS
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Wedding-report word : NEE
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Fish or suffix : IDE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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