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Peter G. Snow
Peter G. Snow

New York Times, Monday, July 24, 1989

17-Across : Star comedians

Author:
Peter G. Snow
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Peter G. Snow has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,503
Across
1
Yearn : ACHE
5
Ornamental scheme : DECOR
10
Spoken : ORAL
14
Small pond : POOL
15
Irregular : EROSE
16
Pilaf ingredient : RICE
17
Star comedians : TOPBANANAS
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Site of the Taj Mahal : AGRA
20
Adolescents : TEENS
21
Take part in a winter sport : SKI
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At that time : THEN
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Oolong, e.g. : TEA
25
Cravat : ASCOT
27
Hazelnuts : FILBERTS
32
Put in sod : TURFED
35
Opposite of aweather : ALEE
36
Mink's cousin : OTTER
38
A Gershwin : IRA
39
Prison term : LIFE
40
Extort : BLEED
41
Ardor : HEAT
42
Posed : SAT
43
Famous woman of Troy : HELEN
44
Otherwise : ELSE
45
A Kennedy : EDWARD
47
Caused to remember : REMINDED
50
Notions : IDEAS
52
Young child : TOT
53
Group of musicians : BAND
55
Shoshonean : UTE
57
Rib : TEASE
61
Advocate : URGE
62
Low-lying fields along a watercourse : BOTTOMLAND
65
Lascivious look : LEER
66
Trial's partner : ERROR
67
Actor Ray : ALDO
68
Taverns : BARS
69
Judges : DEEMS
70
Aerie, e.g. : NEST
Down
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Appropriate : APT
2
Foolish one : COOT
3
Hospital ship : HOPE
4
River to the North Sea : ELBE
5
More compact : DENSER
6
Stat for Gooden : ERA
7
Those against : CONS
8
Japanese seaport : OSAKA
9
Put up a struggle : RESISTED
10
Eloquent public speaker : ORATOR
11
Position Mel Ott played : RIGHTFIELD
12
43,560 square feet : ACRE
13
Tilt : LEAN
18
Prefix for penultimate : ANTE
24
Coral island : ATOLL
26
Mongrel : CUR
27
Bogus : FALSE
28
A series of disasters : ILIAD
29
Radical : LEFTWINGER
30
Spelling contest : BEE
31
Guide : STEER
33
Wipe out : ERASE
34
Passé : DATED
37
Doctrine : TENET
40
Overdecorated : BEDAUBED
41
Layer : HEN
43
Charlemagne's realm: Abbr. : HRE
46
Vipers : ADDERS
48
Goes by auto : MOTORS
49
List part : ITEM
51
Put away : STORE
53
Underground bud : BULB
54
Length x width, perhaps : AREA
56
French being : ETRE
58
Alda or Ladd : ALAN
59
Special offering : SALE
60
Partners of odds : ENDS
63
Watson of the P.G.A. : TOM
64
Dowry : DOT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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