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Fred Toole
Fred Toole

New York Times, Wednesday, July 10, 1985

49-Across : Agnew

Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Fred Toole has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,028
Across
1
Wading bird : IBIS
5
Entwines : COILS
10
Smell ___ (suspect something) : ARAT
14
Corner : NOOK
15
Rose essence : ATTAR
16
Get one's goat : RILE
17
Start of a typing exercise : NOWISTHETIMEFOR
20
Purse ___ (street thief) : SNATCHER
21
Aquatic mammal : OTTER
22
Former Mideast org. : UAR
23
Biblical word on a wall : MENE
25
Faddish : TRENDY
29
Stick on again : REPASTE
32
Wine: Comb. form : OENO
33
Kind of boom : SONIC
34
Exercise: Part II : ALL
36
Exercise: Part III : GOODMENTOCOMETO
40
Sicken : AIL
41
Ancient Greek dialect : ELEAN
42
Keyed up : AGOG
43
Girls : LASSIES
45
Industrial town on the Oise : CHAUNY
47
Russian ruler : TSAR
48
Exercise: Part IV : THE
49
Agnew : SPIRO
52
Advertises : PROMOTES
57
End of exercise : AIDOFTHEIRPARTY
60
Require : NEED
61
Van Dine sleuth : VANCE
62
Decays : ROTS
63
Gaelic : ERSE
64
Llama's habitat : ANDES
65
Galley word : STET
Down
1
Caravansaries : INNS
2
Benefit : BOON
3
Des Moines is here : IOWA
4
Comic bit : SKIT
5
China. in literature : CATHAY
6
Turn the ___ cheek : OTHER
7
Roman road : ITER
8
Seminary subj. : LAT
9
___ Lanka (Ceylon) : SRI
10
Sharp ridges : ARETES
11
Schism : RIFT
12
Medicinal plant : ALOE
13
Atlas abbr. : TERR
18
Sail before the wind : SCUD
19
Rainier's land : MONACO
23
"Three ___ a Horse" : MENON
24
Majestic : EPIC
25
Roman robe : TOGA
26
Lubricate again : REOIL
27
___ Gay, historic plane : ENOLA
28
Doze : NOD
29
Registers; rosters : ROTAS
30
Important city in S. Korea : TAEGU
31
___ John, singer : ELTON
33
Express disdain : SNEER
35
Sluggish : LOGY
37
"... for a ___ potage" : MESSOF
38
Famed pen name : ELIA
39
Pasture sound : MAA
44
Took long steps : STRODE
45
Tasks : CHORES
46
Rope fiber : HEMP
48
Instant : TRICE
49
Of sound mind : SANE
50
Harbor sight : PIER
51
"Beware the ___ of March" : IDES
52
Await decision : PEND
53
Sculls : OARS
54
Pleasant pace : TROT
55
Feminine suffix : ETTE
56
Meth. : SYST
58
Pride of Sen. Norris : TVA
59
Solo of "Star Wars" : HAN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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