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Stanley A. Kurzban
Stanley A. Kurzban

New York Times, Friday, June 4, 1976

19-Across : Place for a superstar

Author:
Stanley A. Kurzban
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Stanley A. Kurzban has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,792
Across
1
Game for riders : POLO
5
Did in : SLEW
9
Indiscreet : RASH
13
Compare : LIKEN
14
Word with mutuel : PARI
15
"Tell ___ the judge!" : ITTO
16
Like beaten egg-whites : STIFF
17
Remove : OUST
18
Large: Fr. : GROS
19
Place for a superstar : THETOPOFTHEHEAP
22
Garden worker : HOER
23
Places a bet : ANTES
24
Musical work : SONATA
27
Royal name in Oslo : OLAF
28
President Idi of Uganda : AMIN
29
Place for a bitt : SHIP
32
Singer Mel : TORME
36
Place for a candidate : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
39
Commit robbery : STEAL
40
Place for flowers : VASE
41
Dialer's go-ahead : TONE
42
Appellation : NAME
44
Furnace cleaner : ASHMAN
46
"I ___ idea!" : HADNO
48
Small: Suffix : ETTE
49
Place for a fullback : BOTTOMOFTHEPILE
55
Stage org. : ANTA
56
Essay name : ELIA
57
Hindu title : RANEE
58
Neighbor of Minn. : NDAK
59
Kind of tide : NEAP
60
Flynn : ERROL
61
Fruit part : CORE
62
Carry : TOTE
63
Type of gun : STEN
Down
1
Helmet material : PITH
2
Dust-Bowl migrant : OKIE
3
"Give with the ___ with the right" : LEFTHANDANDTAKE
4
Way to get somewhere : ONFOOT
5
Animal track : SPOOR
6
Course, in Germany : LAUF
7
Kind of while : ERST
8
Nevertheless : WITHAL
9
Words for an actor : RIGHTFORTHEPART
10
Up ___ : ATREE
11
Porticoes : STOAS
12
Place for the ill: Abbr. : HOSP
13
W.W. II craft : LST
20
Kind of porridge : PEASE
21
Growing out : ENATE
24
U.S. missiles : SAMS
25
Leave out : OMIT
26
Group of pheasants : NIDE
27
Makes a choice : OPTS
30
Moved into place : HOVE
31
"___ meet a body ... " : IFA
33
Place to swing a cat : ROOM
34
Force, in Hawaii : MANA
35
British P.M. : EDEN
37
Terrain in South America : LLANO
38
Terrain in Scotland : HEATH
43
Short time : MOMENT
45
Measures : STERES
46
Old name for Honshu : HONDO
47
Perfume : ATTAR
48
Military camp : ETAPE
49
Place for a judge : BANC
50
Spread : OLEO
51
Decree : FIAT
52
Concerning : INRE
53
Ponce de ___ : LEON
54
Slippery one : EEL

Answer summary:
3 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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