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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Monday, June 23, 1980

33-Across : City and college in Mich.

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { G J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,185
Across
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Isinglass : MICA
5
Leeway : ROPE
9
Homophone for seams : SEEMS
14
West of Hollywood : ADAM
15
Imperfect goods: Abbr. : IRRS
16
Grant : ADMIT
17
Octopuses have many : TENTACLES
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Zodiac sign: 9/23-10/22 : LIBRA
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Lunch : EAT
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He has a top job : ROOFER
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He was, in old Rome : ERAT
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Kind of secret : STATE
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Biographer Edwards : ANNE
28
Needle: Comb. form : ACU
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Initials of 1944 : ETO
30
Sacred sanctuary : TABERNACLE
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City and college in Mich. : ALMAS
35
Planes, e.g. : TREES
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Heavy, unmusical clang : TONK
37
Show disapproval : HOOT
39
Nomads' stops : OASES
42
As clear ___ : ASMUD
44
He reads the riot act : DUTCHUNCLE
48
Scale notes : RES
50
Sixty minutes in Milano : ORA
51
"And so live ___ ... ": Keats : EVER
52
Runagates : HOBOS
54
Donizetti heroine : RITA
56
Melodic : ARIOSE
59
German interjection : ACH
60
Eye: Comb. form : OCULO
62
Heart chamber : VENTRICLE
64
Former stage star Lenore : ULRIC
65
Suffix with sermon : ETTE
66
Vehicle for Ethan Frome : SLED
67
___ through (persevere) : SEEIT
68
This must go on : SHOW
69
Dame Myra : HESS
Down
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Ducks and drakes : MATES
2
Fancy; conceive : IDEATE
3
Choral composition : CANTATA
4
Pt. or qt. : AMT
5
Puerto ___ : RICO
6
Plinth : ORLO
7
Like some houses, for short : PREFAB
8
Early cenobite : ESSENE
9
Maglie or Mineo : SAL
10
An Adams : EDIE
11
Warm welcome : EMBRACE
12
Something literally wonderful : MIRACLE
13
Formal garden features : STATUES
18
"Some ___ born great ... ": Shak. : ARE
22
Brit. sea unit : RNR
25
Ancient Mexican : TOLTEC
27
Insect: Comb. form : ENTOM
30
Hosiery shade : TAN
31
Make inquiries : ASK
32
Maestro Toscanini : ARTURO
34
Dayan of Israel : MOSHE
37
Shakespearean prince : HAL
38
Suffix with malt : OSE
39
Fragrant : ODOROUS
40
Outer part of the ear : AURICLE
41
Basketball recruiter's consideration : STATURE
43
Overwhelming defeat : DEBACLE
45
Grape : UVA
46
Hysteria : NERVES
47
" ... him that ___ in the wilderness": Isa. 40:3 : CRIETH
49
Column bases : SOCLES
52
Part of H.R.H. : HER
53
Bunkhouses : SHEDS
55
Others: Lat. : ALII
57
Not duped by : ONTO
58
Ragout or burgoo : STEW
61
One of 12: Abbr : OCT
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Ending for fool : ISH

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

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