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Ann Jenkins
Ann Jenkins

New York Times, Tuesday, June 20, 1978

31-Across : Wayne or Samuel

Author:
Ann Jenkins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Ann Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,538
Across
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Course for some thoroughbreds : TURF
5
Hang fire : PEND
9
Oases : WADIS
14
Spicy hodgepodge : OLIO
15
Plant akin to tequila : ALOE
16
Xanthippe's marketplace : AGORA
17
Picasso colleague : DALI
18
Grand ___ home run : SLAM
19
Solons of the Fifth Republic : SENAT
20
Singles : ONEBASEHITS
23
Satisfied a certain pang : ATE
24
Banker's advance : LOAN
25
Warmed by the fire : TOASTED
27
Stress, in music or poetry : ACCENT
30
Textile dyeing method : BATIK
31
Wayne or Samuel : MORSE
32
Stripes on a diamond : BASELINES
36
According to : ALA
37
Solid figure dispersing light : PRISM
38
Take steps : ACT
39
Johnny Bench guards it : HOMEPLATE
42
Abba's contemporary : MOSHE
44
Divulges secret data : LEAKS
45
First-rate : TIPTOP
46
Stunned : INADAZE
49
Cornmeal cake : PONE
50
Mo. for a Scorpio, mostly : NOV
51
Potential scorers : BASERUNNERS
56
Prefix for graph or type : STENO
58
Target for Dr. J. : HOOP
59
Planter's shoot : SLIP
60
Slipped a cog : ERRED
61
Wave on the Seine : ONDE
62
Stamp on a butcher's offering : USDA
63
Petulant : TESTY
64
In ___ (actually existing) : ESSE
65
Beyond : PAST
Down
1
Uproar : TODO
2
___ Bator, Mongolian capital : ULAN
3
Nettle : RILE
4
Minor shortcomings : FOIBLES
5
Make a ___ (try to pitch woo) : PASSAT
6
Novelist Glasgow : ELLEN
7
Early shipbuilder : NOAH
8
Cup for espresso : DEMITASSE
9
Revelers' spree : WASSAIL
10
"___ cannot wither her": Shak. : AGE
11
He played Mr. Chips : DONAT
12
Fuming : IRATE
13
Full : SATED
21
A Lloyd's rating : AONE
22
Clan's emblem : TOTEM
26
Take to the slopes : SKI
27
Rani's baby sitter : AMAH
28
Mt. Elbert's loc. : COLO
29
Pack : CRAM
30
Hectors or heckles : BAITS
32
Slow-down device on a car : BRAKESHOE
33
Famed caricaturist : NAST
34
Nymph who loved and lost : ECHO
35
Degree : STEP
37
"___ Suite" : PLAZA
40
Days of yore : ELD
41
Institute in Baltimore : PEABODY
42
Gopher State: Abbr. : MINN
43
Speaks freely : OPENSUP
45
Hairpiece : TOUPEE
46
Feature of an atlas : INSET
47
___ Dame : NOTRE
48
Claims to be a fact : AVERS
49
Nudges : PRODS
52
Millennia : EONS
53
Mrs. Laughton : ELSA
54
Frees (of) : RIDS
55
Vocal set-to : SPAT
57
Separator at Wimbledon : NET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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