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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Tuesday, July 14, 1992

35-Across : Neither masc. nor fem.

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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G
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O
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P
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D
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,589
Across
1
Luxuriant : LUSH
5
"Per aspera ad ___" : ASTRA
10
Bugler's "good night" : TAPS
14
Arrow poison : INEE
15
Auto metal : STEEL
16
Prognostication : OMEN
17
Stag or cob : MALE
18
Tooth adjunct : CANAL
19
___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
20
French followers : BULLDOGDRESSING
23
Location : SITE
24
Hood's rod : GAT
25
Desserts served at the Bastille's fall? : BOMBES
28
Maxims : PRECEPTS
33
Bakers' helpers : ICERS
34
Stadium sound : ROAR
35
Neither masc. nor fem. : NEUT
36
Former : LATE
37
Low-cut shoes : PUMPS
38
American author-voyager: 19th century : DANA
39
Ancient Italian town : ELEA
40
Assist an arsonist : ABET
41
Any Edmonton hockey player : OILER
42
Pilchards : SARDINES
44
Refer (to) : ADVERT
45
Brother's title : FRA
46
Pochard : SMEE
47
French companions : DOORSCHOPPASTRY
55
Dugout, in Dijon : ABRI
56
Weird : EERIE
57
Pa. port : ERIE
58
Surf sound : ROTE
59
Betulaceous tree : ALDER
60
Tante translation : AUNT
61
Headland : NESS
62
English potter : SPODE
63
Middle: Comb. form : MEDI
Down
1
Arm or leg : LIMB
2
A sloth : UNAU
3
Vend : SELL
4
French suites : HEELSBREADFRIES
5
Ties : ASCOTS
6
Wild West transport, for short : STAGE
7
Look after : TEND
8
Rise high : REAR
9
People making statements : ALLEGERS
10
French connections : TOASTENDIVESEAM
11
Both: Prefix : AMBI
12
Drudge : PEON
13
Warmly comfortable : SNUG
21
Expires : DIES
22
Bursa : SAC
25
Ill tempers : BILES
26
Fla. city : OCALA
27
Longfellow concern : METER
28
Quinces, e.g. : POMES
29
Absorbed : RAPT
30
Washington's portraitist : PEALE
31
Radio-receiver part : TUNER
32
Origin : START
34
Hayseed : RUBE
37
Cure-alls : PANACEAS
41
Music halls : ODEA
43
It thrives on Apr. showers of Form 1040 : IRS
44
French physicist : AMPERE
46
Emulated Hari : SPIED
47
Mend with thread : DARN
48
A woodwind : OBOE
49
Fragments for Fido : ORTS
50
Employee : HELP
51
Church calendar : ORDO
52
Align : TRUE
53
Cheese covering : RIND
54
Himalayan mystery monster : YETI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 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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