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Gayle Dean
Gayle Dean

New York Times, Thursday, July 30, 1987

39-Across : Joseph in Egypt

Author:
Gayle Dean
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Gayle Dean has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,778
Across
1
Long N.F.L. pass : BOMB
5
Roman earth goddess : TERRA
10
Crazy : MAD
13
Asseverate : AVER
14
Young ox : STEER
15
Challenge : DARE
16
Appellation : NAME
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Stage : PHASE
18
Fitzgerald or Raines : ELLA
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Ponder with pleasure : GLOAT
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Start of a quote by Aristotle : EDUCATION
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Thunder god : THOR
25
Tra-___ : LALA
26
Quote: Part II : ISTHEBEST
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Crown : TIARA
34
Teachers' org. : NEA
35
Tidy : NEAT
36
This once went far : DOLLAR
37
Carp or flounder : FISH
39
Joseph in Egypt : SLAVE
41
Poses : SITS
42
All : ENTIRE
44
Streamlet : RILL
46
Life story, for short : BIO
47
Della from Detroit : REESE
48
Quote: Part III : PROVISION
50
Freshwater duck : TEAL
52
Liberal side : LEFT
53
End of quote : FOROLDAGE
57
"The ___ Sanction": Trevanian : EIGER
61
Stravinsky or Gorin : IGOR
62
Concerning : ANENT
64
Hub : NAVE
65
Homophone for sleigh : SLAY
66
British money : PENCE
67
Singer Campbell : GLEN
68
Countdown starter : TEN
69
Put at bay : TREED
70
Play area : YARD
Down
1
Loud noise : BANG
2
Ellipsoidal : OVAL
3
Note : MEMO
4
Respiration : BREATH
5
Cookbook abbr. : TSP
6
Heavenly : ETHEREAL
7
Study : READ
8
Outcome : RESULT
9
Betel-nut palm : ARECA
10
African country : MALI
11
Woody's boy : ARLO
12
Cathedral official : DEAN
15
Particulars : DETAILS
20
At that time : THEN
22
A chorister : ALTO
24
Of ample girth : OBESE
26
Construe : INFER
27
Pont Neuf waterway : SEINE
28
Sample : TASTE
29
Kay or Ringo : STARR
31
Excuse in a whodunit : ALIBI
32
Relative magnitude : RATIO
33
Heated crime : ARSON
36
Ferret : DELVE
38
Forte of S. E. Morison : HISTORY
40
Extremely rough action : VIOLENCE
43
Rod's adjunct : REEL
45
"___ With Father" : LIFE
48
Shop tool : PLANER
49
Like Scrooge : STINGY
51
Adjust : ADAPT
53
Stallone movie : FIST
54
Eye amorously : OGLE
55
Sorrel's cousin : ROAN
56
Hackman or Wilder : GENE
58
Fete : GALA
59
At all : EVER
60
Tear : REND
63
Kennedy or Williams : TED

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