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Katherine Gould
Katherine Gould

New York Times, Monday, June 14, 1982

40-Across : Primates

Author:
Katherine Gould
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Katherine Gould has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,906
Across
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Heavenly messenger : ANGEL
6
D.C. agents : GMEN
10
Bandleader Brown : LES
13
Designer Geoffrey : BEENE
14
Comstock ___ : LODE
15
Ending with divorce or engage : MENT
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"Civilization" opener: 1947 : BONGOBONGOBONGO
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Chemical suffix : ANE
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Unpleasant : NASTY
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Passenger : RIDER
22
Checks : REINS
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Run-in : HASSLE
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Archeologist's finds : SHARDS
27
Exhausted : SPENT
29
Greek letter : IOTA
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Glaswegian nobleman : LAIRD
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Work of ___ : ART
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Eddie Cantor hit : TOOTTOOTTOOTSIE
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Riv. boat : STR
39
Impels : URGES
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Primates : APES
41
Be in line for a fine : SPEED
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Causes distaste : REPELS
44
Hollandaise and soubise : SAUCES
47
Kitchen gadget : PARER
48
Cancel : ANNUL
49
Dressler or Curie : MARIE
51
Rialto sign : SRO
54
"Form ever ___": L. H. Sullivan : FOLLOWSFUNCTION
57
And others: Lat. : ETAL
58
___ impasse : ATAN
59
Word with treasure : TROVE
60
Stout or Harrison : REX
61
Challenge : DARE
62
More rational : SANER
Down
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Rock group : ABBA
2
Kind of light : NEON
3
Energy producer : GENERATOR
4
Part of the U.K. : ENG
5
Brezhnev : LEONID
6
Sleekness : GLOSS
7
___ Blanc : MONT
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Irritable : EDGY
9
Modernist : NEO
10
Affords for a while : LENDS
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Actress Georgia : ENGEL
12
Hoard : STORE
15
Dewy : MOIST
17
Prohibits : BANS
18
"Godfather" star : BRANDO
23
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
24
Type of sandwich : HERO
25
Poses : SITS
26
Angry fan's sound : HOOT
27
Indulged fully : SATED
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Doldrums : PITS
30
Theater section : LOGE
31
Defamation : ASPERSION
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Cambodian coin : RIEL
33
Hardy heroine : TESS
35
Wood used for mallets : TUPELO
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Pyrite and stibnite : ORES
37
Record : TAPE
41
Racing boat : SCULL
42
Kind of check : RAIN
43
Builds : ERECTS
44
Morley of "60 Minutes" : SAFER
45
Make ___ of (jot down) : ANOTE
46
Gradually release tension : UNLAX
47
Dried plum : PRUNE
49
River into Lake Ilmen : MSTA
50
At a distance : AFAR
52
Wander : ROVE
53
Unique object or person : ONER
55
Pile of bills : WAD
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___-la-la : TRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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