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Worthing
Worthing

New York Times, Wednesday, June 27, 1984

15-Across : Suffix with axiom

Author:
Worthing
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Worthing has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,650
Across
1
Concrete piece : SLAB
5
Romulus's father : MARS
9
Of electrical resistance : OHMIC
14
Colombian city : CALI
15
Suffix with axiom : ATIC
16
Not anybody : NOONE
17
U.S. statesman: 18th century : OTIS
18
Bright star : NOVA
19
Satisfy thirst : SLAKE
20
Pulitzer Prize novel: 1952 : THECAINEMUTINY
23
Like an excellent theory : TENABLE
24
Scottish no : NAE
25
Pulitzer Prize novel: 1931 : YEARSOFGRACE
31
Jeer : TAUNT
34
Migrant of the 30's : OKIE
35
Handle roughly : PAW
36
Telegraph : WIRE
37
A target of Sen. Sherman: 1890 : TRUST
39
Basketball team : FIVE
40
Elected ones : INS
41
Part of Q.E.F. : ERAT
42
Anchorite : LONER
43
Pulitzer Prize novel: 1949 : GUARDOFHONOR
47
"But, ___ presses to my memory": Juliet : OIT
48
Ancestry : LINEAGE
52
Pulitzer Prize novel: 1947 : ALLTHEKINGSMEN
56
Aviator Balbo : ITALO
57
Wander : ROVE
58
"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
59
Clerk, at times : FILER
60
"___ a Song Go ... " : ILET
61
Concerning : INRE
62
Boxes : SPARS
63
Actor Grant : CARY
64
Malicious look : LEER
Down
1
"Ivanhoe" author : SCOTT
2
Wood-shaping tool : LATHE
3
Stranger : ALIEN
4
Fla. bay : BISCAYNE
5
Cigar or hemp : MANILA
6
Expiator : ATONER
7
Split : RIVE
8
Con game : SCAM
9
Acting : ONSTAGE
10
___-than-thou : HOLIER
11
Lament : MOAN
12
Black : INKY
13
Arc shape : CEE
21
Aid a felon : ABET
22
Not suitable : UNFIT
26
___ Bend, Ind. : SOUTH
27
Approves : OKS
28
Neat as ___ : APIN
29
Grotto : CAVE
30
Pitcher : EWER
31
Branch extension : TWIG
32
Japanese group : AINU
33
___ Major : URSA
37
Loyalty : TROTH
38
Brit. air aim : RAF
39
Schooner part : FORESAIL
41
Newspaper heads : EDITORS
42
Kind of boat or bow : LONG
44
Hairdresser's aid : ROLLER
45
Twist : OLIVER
46
XC : NINETY
49
Hydrogen compound : AMINE
50
Type : GENRE
51
Come in : ENTER
52
Eagerly expecting : ATIP
53
Refrain sounds : LALA
54
Viking name : ERIC
55
Some kind of nut : KOLA
56
Conditions : IFS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 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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