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John Brobst
John Brobst

New York Times, Monday, July 26, 1993

23-Across : I.R.S. payback

Author:
John Brobst
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 50, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
John Brobst has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,966
Across
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Mr. Ziegfeld : FLO
4
Summit : TOP
7
Driving instructor's command : PARK
11
Oyster's home : BED
12
More bashful : SHIER
14
High nest : AERIE
15
Summertime holiday : INDEPENDENCEDAY
18
Nobel chemist Onsager: 1968 : LARS
19
Besmirch : SOIL
20
___-majesté : LESE
23
I.R.S. payback : REFUND
25
Partner of wide : FAR
28
Orals, e.g. : EXAMS
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Aladdin had one : LAMP
31
Split : RIVE
32
Carousals : SPREES
34
Salt at Maxim's : SEL
35
Kuwaiti or Omani : ARAB
36
Newman-Woodward film, with "The": 1958 : LONGHOTSUMMER
39
___ Blanc : MONT
40
Humorist Burrows : ABE
41
Yield : SUBMIT
43
Units of energy : ERGS
44
Hang fire : PEND
46
Frozen dessert : GLACE
47
Legal matter : RES
48
Eddy or Riddle : NELSON
50
An arrow poison : INEE
51
Half of MCCCII : DCLI
52
House plant : FERN
54
Uncomfortable summer period : DOGDAYSOFAUGUST
61
A Perón : EVITA
62
Genuflected : KNELT
63
Actor in "The Crying Game" : REA
64
Drilling equipment : RIGS
65
Lawn filler : SOD
66
Paddock has-been : NAG
Down
1
Agcy. that Hoover headed : FBI
2
Actor Cariou : LEN
3
Outlandish : ODD
4
Yuletide decoration : TINSEL
5
Ref. book : OED
6
Takes for granted : PRESUMES
7
Pare : PEEL
8
Suffix with dull : ARD
9
Inlet : RIA
10
Largo or West : KEY
12
Mineral spring : SPA
13
Mister, in Bonn : HERR
14
Type of rock or rain : ACID
16
Chemistry's basics : ELEMENTS
17
Perplex : NONPLUS
20
Bandleader Brown : LES
21
Examine closely : EXPLORE
22
Polynesian garments : SARONGS
24
Attaches : FASTENS
25
Stoker : FIREMAN
26
Greed : AVARICE
27
Johnny ___ of the C.S.A. : REB
29
Part, in geom. : SEG
31
Aimless : RAMBLING
33
Like a beauty queen : SHAPELY
37
Structures like the Washington Monument : OBELISKS
38
Stein's kin : MUG
39
Debussy's "La ___" : MER
42
Golf gadget : TEE
45
Removed one's hat : DOFFED
48
Basketball tourn. won by N. C.: 1993 : NCAA
49
Actress Patricia : NEAL
51
Banned sprays : DDTS
53
Groove : RUT
54
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
55
Egg: Comb. form : OVI
56
Captain's boat : GIG
57
Yoko ___ : ONO
58
Coffee maker : URN
59
Caspian or Coral : SEA
60
Label : TAG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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