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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Tuesday, July 17, 1984

23-Across : Command to shake a leg

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,670
Across
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Eatery : CAFE
5
Identical : SAME
9
Utter : SPEAK
14
Body of knowledge : LORE
15
Soho buggy : PRAM
16
Terra follower : COTTA
17
Seed coat : ARIL
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Roomy vessels : ARKS
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Stage extension : APRON
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"___ Not Unusual," Tom Jones hit : ITS
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Lake west of Shanghai : TAI
22
Current unit : AMPERE
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Command to shake a leg : MAKEITSNAPPY
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Bee: Comb. form : API
28
U.K. time : GMT
29
Mar. follower : APR
32
Mulish : OBSTINATE
36
Crucifix inscription : INRI
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Accepting with good humor : MAKINGTHEBESTOF
40
"The fat ___ the fire" : ISIN
41
Trapeze whiz : AERIALIST
42
Half a score : TEN
43
European salamander : OLM
44
Refrain bit : TRA
45
Succeed : MAKEONESMARK
51
Dailies : PAPERS
54
Use a darning egg : SEW
55
Bon ___ (stylishness) : TON
56
Antelope : ELAND
57
Scissors case : ETUI
58
Yours, to Yves : ATOI
59
Show joy : SMILE
60
Ragged : TORN
61
Large fishhook : GAFF
62
Falcon feature : TALON
63
In ___ (distracted) : AFOG
64
Goidelic language : ERSE
Down
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Allege : CLAIM
2
Ventricle outlet : AORTA
3
Gambol : FRISK
4
Teleost fish : EEL
5
Having a tiff : SPATTING
6
Gobelin, e.g. : ARRAS
7
Exploiting : MAKINGTHEMOSTOF
8
Picas : EMS
9
Little devil : SCAMP
10
Opium source : POPPY
11
Balzac's "to be" : ETRE
12
Ending for comment : ATOR
13
Batman's creator : KANE
22
Fitting : APT
24
Pucker, in sailmaking : EATIN
25
Szechwan city : IPIN
26
Meccan mogul : AMEER
29
Prefix with freeze : ANTI
30
Virtuosi : PROS
31
Rock fissure : RIFT
32
Leave out : OMIT
33
Diamond item : BASE
34
Pelt : SKIN
35
Start of a Dickens title : ATALE
36
Moslem religion : ISLAM
38
Kind of dental X-ray : BITEWING
39
Rabbit ___ (TV antennae) : EARS
43
Approves : OKS
45
___ Park, Edison's workplace : MENLO
46
"As You Like It" site : ARDEN
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Nerve: Prefix : NEURO
48
Rose extract : ATTAR
49
Santa's "runways" : ROOFS
50
Bowie ___ : KNIFE
51
Gnat, e.g. : PEST
52
Diva Gluck : ALMA
53
Sandbox toy : PAIL
57
Tea anagram : ETA
58
Mature : AGE

Answer summary:
3 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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