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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Thursday, June 17, 1993

50-Across : Type of gun

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,927
Across
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Emulated Niobe : WEPT
5
Locations : SITES
10
Seal seams : CALK
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Say it's so : AVER
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Fabric fold : PLEAT
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Greenish blue : AQUA
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Neapolitan night : SERA
18
Main artery : AORTA
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When les étoiles appear : NUIT
20
Start of a quip : SUPERVISIONIS
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Ah, to be in Paris! : ETRE
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Like some martinis : DRY
25
"At ___," Simon and Garfunkel song : THEZOO
28
South African grassland : VELD
30
Ninny : ASS
33
Port preceder : HELI
34
More of the quip : WHATYOUGET
37
"This ___" (packaging phrase) : ENDUP
39
Commotion : ADO
40
Siesta sound : SNORE
41
Still more of the quip : FROMEATING
44
End of the Fed? : ERAL
45
Kind of ear : TIN
46
Come down in sheets : TEEM
47
State in SE Mexico : OAXACA
49
Evergreen tree : FIR
50
Type of gun : BURP
51
End of the quip : ALOTOFCARROTS
57
Resort in SW Calif. : OJAI
58
Feeling ennui : BORED
59
One's behalf : SAKE
61
Salty letters? : NACL
62
"If ___ a Rich Man" : IWERE
63
Sartre's "No ___" : EXIT
64
Former spouses : EXES
65
Yearbook group : CLASS
66
Sup : DINE
Down
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Looked up? : WAS
2
Arden and Plumb : EVES
3
Machu Picchu land : PERU
4
Quadrilateral plane figure : TRAPEZIUM
5
Grosbeak's kin : SPARROW
6
"___ Lucy" : ILOVE
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Garr of "Mr. Mom" : TERI
8
Hash-house sign : EATS
9
In a calm manner : STAIDLY
10
Clever : CANNY
11
"Here, Carlos!" : AQUI
12
Tiant of pitching fame : LUIS
13
Herriman's "Krazy ___" : KAT
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Ike's post : ETO
22
Church calendars : ORDOS
25
Pilferage : THEFT
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Artist Matisse : HENRI
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Mo. city : ELDON
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Bardot's first mate : VADIM
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Kind of collar : ETON
30
Where Greek met Greek : AGORA
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Glacial ice pinnacle : SERAC
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Stone pillar : STELA
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Misanthrope's word : HATE
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Yet to be seen : UNEXPOSED
38
___ jury : PETIT
42
Type of exercise : AEROBIC
43
Haitian money : GOURDES
48
Shortcoming? : ARR
49
Thwarts : FOILS
50
Max and Buddy of boxing : BAERS
51
A Greek warrior : AJAX
52
Oxford's tie : LACE
53
Poultry : FOWL
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Spanish linen : CREA
55
Place for hack work : TAXI
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It gives you total coverage : SKIN
57
Fin, less four : ONE
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Hiver, plus six months : ETE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 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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