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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Tuesday, June 7, 1983

50-Across : Fun for Ford

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, 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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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,264
Across
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Cutting : SHARP
6
Risky venture on Wall St. : SPEC
10
Beatles film : HELP
14
Describing a route from N.A. to London : POLAR
15
"Welcome ___," Altman film : TOLA
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Family insignia : COATOFARMS
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U.S. portrait painter : NEEL
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Mar. follower : APR
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Chap : GENT
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Ancient hymn of praise : TEDEUM
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Raised : BRED
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Charo's "aye, aye" : SISI
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Overseas : ABROAD
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Rowan and Martin, once : PARTNERS
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Depression : GLOOM
34
Surrealist painter : MIRO
35
Valise : GRIP
36
Bounce : OUST
37
Originate : BEGIN
38
Emanation from Etna : LAVA
39
Lively dance : REEL
40
O.A.S. and NATO : ORGS
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Fireman, at times : HOSER
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Kind of line at Detroit : ASSEMBLY
44
Refuges : HAVENS
45
Deride : GIBE
46
Field mouse : VOLE
47
Punch-drunk (in two senses) : GROGGY
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Fun for Ford : GOLF
51
Brit. V.I.P.'s : MPS
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Be nomadic : ROVE
55
Sissy : PANTYWAIST
58
Afghan bigwig : AMIR
59
Dies ___ : IRAE
60
Model : IDEAL
61
Night spots for tots : BEDS
62
Word with cast or reel : NEWS
63
Silverheels or Todd role : TONTO
Down
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Offshoot of a N.Y. group formed in 1866 : SPCA
2
Animal trainer's prop : HOOP
3
Winged : ALAR
4
Squeal : RAT
5
Ball-park purchase : PROGRAM
6
"___ Up and Cheer" : STAND
7
Boston, for one : PORT
8
Shade tree : ELM
9
Like some stomachs : CASTIRON
10
Intimately : HANDINGLOVE
11
Robert ___ : ELEE
12
Stead : LIEU
13
Raffia source : PALM
18
Graze : FEED
23
Bragger's suffix : EST
24
Volstead Act violators : BOOTLEGGERS
25
Memsahib's wardrobe : SARIS
26
Marketplace of old : AGORA
27
Jazz style : BLUES
28
Thorny subjects of a Gilroy hit : ROSES
29
Tot's toe : PIGGY
30
Remove from a tape : ERASE
31
Split : RIVEN
32
Coast Guard group : SPARS
34
Truman biographer Miller : MERLE
37
Spit-curl aid : BOBBYPIN
41
Dodo : HALFWIT
43
Russ. aircraft : MIG
44
Divine : HOLY
46
U.N. declarations : VOTES
47
Snatch : GRAB
48
Harold of Tin Pan Alley : ROME
49
"Metamorphoses" poet : OVID
50
Nibble : GNAW
51
Aspect : MIEN
52
Test for Jrs. : PSAT
53
Norman town : STLO
56
Exist : ARE
57
___ Annie of "Oklahoma!" : ADO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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