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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Tuesday, June 30, 1981

27-Across : "___ Bull," 1980 film

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,557
Across
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Fisherman's spear with barbed prongs : GIG
4
Shopper's need : BAG
7
Culinarian Claiborne : CRAIG
12
Rover's relative : FIDO
13
Part for Boomer : ROLE
14
Eskimo's best friend : HUSKY
15
Georgia city : ADEL
16
Gobs : ALOT
17
"___ You've Gone" : AFTER
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Live like Lassie? : LEADADOGSLIFE
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Scale trio : SOLATI
22
Item fitted into a thole : OAR
23
Certain Lions: Abbr. : RTS
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Nav. officer : ENS
27
"___ Bull," 1980 film : RAGING
30
Erelong : SOON
31
Kind of spaniel : WATER
32
Honshu seaport : AKITA
33
Cynophile's adage : LOVEMELOVEMYDOG
38
Saying "th" for "s" : ALISP
39
Peter, and Mr. Wolfe : NEROS
40
Corn or Bible follower : BELT
41
Handgun : PISTOL
43
Patriotic org. : SAR
46
Mediator Linowitz : SOL
47
" ... hame to my ___ countree!": Cunningham : AIN
48
Dravidian language : TELUGU
50
"Mad Dogs ___," Noel Coward verse : ANDENGLISHMEN
54
Epic poem : ILIAD
56
Pop singer Clapton : ERIC
57
Christie or Lucasta : ANNA
58
Short adventure tale : CONTE
59
Upholstered couch : SOFA
60
The Dukhobors, e.g. : SECT
61
Lightened : EASED
62
Beatles' ___ Pepper : SGT
63
Suffix with diction or vision : ARY
Down
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Name on a Bible : GIDEON
2
Models : IDEALS
3
Meir : GOLDA
4
Type of machete : BOLO
5
Like a bump on ___ : ALOG
6
Mounts or fares : GETSON
7
Preside over a meeting : CHAIR
8
Collar or sandpiper : RUFF
9
Very small planet : ASTEROID
10
He was Mamie's man : IKE
11
Spiral: Prefix : GYR
12
Kind of arrest or address : FALSE
13
Beam : RADIATE
19
"The Lady Is ___" : ATRAMP
20
Fall behind : LAG
24
Dorothy's dog : TOTO
25
Hosiery mishap : SNAG
28
Set : GEL
29
Firedogs : IRONS
30
"The ___ the limit!" : SKYS
31
Horse-opera setting : WEST
32
Soap plants : AMOLES
33
Some retrievers, familiarly : LABS
34
Bread spread : OLEO
35
Dognappers et al. : VILLAINS
36
Malemute's medic : VET
37
X-rated literature : EROTICA
41
Reward for a feline trio : PIE
42
U.S. painter George : INNESS
43
Diplomat-author Welles: 1892-1961 : SUMNER
44
Means : AGENCY
45
Attack : RUNAT
47
Supplementary : ADDED
49
___ apso, long-haired canine : LHASA
51
Archibald of the Celtics : NATE
52
British tar's ration : GROG
53
"I ___ my lamp ... " : LIFT
54
Ferber's "___ Palace" : ICE
55
Mauna ___ : LOA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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