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Bernard Meren
Bernard Meren

New York Times, Saturday, June 30, 1990

66-Across : Create

Author:
Bernard Meren
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J K Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Bernard Meren has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,844
Across
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Part : COMPONENT
10
Segment at La Scala : SCENA
15
Cocktail at 7 A.M.? : EYEOPENER
16
Capitations : TAXES
17
Peach of a fruit? : NECTARINE
18
Northern rte. : ALCAN
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Pony : TROT
20
Duants : DEES
22
Ange part : AILE
23
Educated guesses at LAX or ORD : ETAS
26
Oenologist, at times : TASTER
28
Razor-billed auks : MURRES
31
Gait, in Paris : MARCHE
33
Wipes clean : ERASES
34
On a grand scale : EPIC
35
Davis or Hyman : MAC
38
Score dir. : RIT
39
Ship's cargo capacity : TONNAGE
41
Waste watcher's org. : EPA
42
Explorer Johnson : OSA
43
Ashtabula's lake : ERIE
44
H. C. Andersen's birthplace : ODENSE
46
Rich cakes : TORTES
48
Forwarded : SENTON
49
In short supply : SPARSE
51
A-one : BEST
52
Star of "Mon Oncle" : TATI
53
"Portrait of Gala" painter : DALI
56
Envious ensign : IAGO
60
Famed furrier : ASTOR
62
Kind of progression : GEOMETRIC
65
Banal : STALE
66
Create : ESTABLISH
67
Abhorred : HATED
68
They rate zero on the "credit-ability" scale : DEADBEATS
Down
1
Piggy-bank item : CENT
2
Terminer's cohort : OYER
3
Musician Monardo : MECO
4
Ceramic craftsmen : POTTERS
5
Fed. regulatory agency : OPA
6
Saul's grandfather : NER
7
Bagnold namesakes : ENIDS
8
Hawaiian goose : NENE
9
Hamadryad's be-all and end-all : TREE
10
Penn., e.g. : STA
11
Two-wheeled carriage : CALASH
12
What some speed demons crave : EXCITEMENT
13
English hymnist : NEALE
14
M. T. Moore's boss: 1970-77 : ASNER
21
Covered with bristles : STRIGOSE
24
Wavers on the brink : TEETERS
25
Mixed : ASSORTED
27
Gives the nod to : ACCEDES
28
Large grouper : MERO
29
"Battle Cry" author : URIS
30
Rapid drum beat : RATATATTAT
31
First Egyptian king : MENES
32
Paraguay-Brazil river : APA
36
Lhasa ___ : APSO
37
Capital of Calvados : CAEN
40
Never, in Bonn : NIE
45
Give one a claim to : ENTITLE
47
Troupial : ORIOLE
49
Hiding place : STASH
50
Neapolitan noodles : PASTA
51
Regional plant and animal life : BIOTA
54
___ P, Dickens character : AGED
55
___-majesté : LESE
57
"Eri tu," for one : ARIA
58
Nub : GIST
59
Operatic baron : OCHS
61
Tape or letter preceder : RED
63
Senseless : MAD
64
Dwindle : EBB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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