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Martin Ashwood-Smith
Martin Ashwood-Smith

New York Times, Friday, July 19, 1991

66-Across : Willard of boxing fame

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 344 (avg 1.82)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Martin Ashwood-Smith has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 80 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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M
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C
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K
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O
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Z
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G
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B
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L
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N
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,228
Across
1
These "have ears" : WALLS
6
Walden, e.g. : POND
10
Epsilon follower : ZETA
14
Part of A.E.S. : ADLAI
15
Buck chaser : AROO
16
Young hawk : EYAS
17
Start of a Samuel Johnson quotation : THATFELLOWSEEMS
20
Quotation: Part II : TOMETOPOSSESS
21
Sugar sources : CANES
22
Type of pressure : PEER
23
Voodoo : HEX
26
Purfle : TRIM
28
Fix a freeway : REPAVE
30
Rove : GAD
33
Dieters' no-nos : SNACKS
36
Rose's attribute : ODOR
37
Nev. neighbor : ARIZ
39
Fever reading : IOI
40
Burgos bull : TORO
41
Moselle's former capital : METZ
42
Form a fist : CLENCH
45
Floss coating : WAX
46
Passover cracker : MATZAH
48
Collar : GRAB
50
Suffix with vision : ARY
51
Shylock specialty : LOAN
54
" ... not ___ mouse" : EVENA
57
Quotation: Part III : BUTONEIDEAAND
61
End of quotation : THATISAWRONGONE
63
Eye, to Heine : AUGE
64
Checkup : EXAM
65
Violinist Mischa : ELMAN
66
Willard of boxing fame : JESS
67
Infection suppressants : SERA
68
Rousseau was one : DEIST
Down
1
Scottish inventor : WATT
2
Kind of committee : ADHOC
3
Andean animal : LLAMA
4
Hidden : LATENT
5
Bakers' utensils : SIFTERS
6
Insect's organ : PALP
7
Lowest deck : ORLOP
8
Springe part : NOOSE
9
Well wishers? : DOWSERS
10
Sleepy characters? : ZEES
11
Makeup for lids : EYESHADOW
12
Highlands hat : TAM
13
Jenny : ASS
18
Dye used in cosmetics : EOSIN
19
Desertlike : SERE
24
Historic Portuguese city : EVORA
25
Reproduce material, in a way : XEROX
27
Knight's necessity : MAIL
29
Crucible : POT
30
Kind of ray : GAMMA
31
Behind : AREAR
32
Sailors' etuis : DITTYBAGS
34
Runner Sebastian : COE
35
Deck dynast : KING
38
See 10 Down : ZZZ
42
Selects : CHOOSES
43
Set of beliefs : CREDO
44
Sheltered, as a boat : HAVENED
47
Countertenors : ALTI
49
Darwin's ship : BEAGLE
52
Have ___ to grind : ANAXE
53
A Mongoloid Nepalese : NEWAR
55
One of the Judds : NAOMI
56
Former coins of India : ANNAS
58
All-purpose trks. : UTES
59
Ms. La Douce : IRMA
60
Fender bender : DENT
61
Muslim cap : TAJ
62
Cry's companion : HUE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 8 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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