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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Monday, July 30, 1990

45-Across : Shiny cloth

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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A
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L
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C
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T
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B
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B
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L
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A
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,874
Across
1
Information : DATA
5
Kind of school : PREP
9
Young salmon : PARRS
14
"___ a man with ... " : IMET
15
Molten rock : LAVA
16
Expect an arrival : AWAIT
17
Suit part : VEST
18
Imitated : APED
19
Lift : RAISE
20
Story by A. Conan Doyle : ASTUDYINSCARLET
23
Blushing : RED
24
Summer refreshment : ADE
25
Kind of oil : CASTOR
29
Weary : TIRE
31
Large container: Abbr. : BBL
34
Bone: Comb. form : OSTEO
35
Brewing grain : MALT
36
Other things, to Cato : ALIA
37
Another Doyle story : THESPECKLEDBAND
40
Golfers' needs : TEES
41
Track needs : TIES
42
Wood splitter's need : WEDGE
43
Venomous one : ASP
44
Attenuated : THIN
45
Shiny cloth : SATEEN
46
Mine product : ORE
47
Kind of vessel: Abbr. : STR
48
Another story by Doyle : THEVALLEYOFFEAR
57
Auriculate : EARED
58
In the year of: Lat. : ANNO
59
Additional : ALSO
60
County in W Ireland : CLARE
61
Anglo-Saxon bard : SCOP
62
Remainder : REST
63
Partygivers : HOSTS
64
Kennedy and Williams : TEDS
65
Apportion : METE
Down
1
Prima donna : DIVA
2
Iowa college town : AMES
3
Exam : TEST
4
Island off Alaska : ATTU
5
Gary of the P.G.A. : PLAYER
6
Fast : RAPID
7
Tied : EVEN
8
Protective cushions : PADS
9
Marching exhibit : PARADE
10
Cognizant : AWARE
11
Way or road preceder : RAIL
12
Stand up : RISE
13
Proofreader's mark : STET
21
Begin to fade : DROOP
22
A la ___ : CARTE
25
Ecclesiastical surplice : COTTA
26
Combustion result : ASHES
27
Expensive : STEEP
28
Hardy heroine : TESS
29
Occupied, as a seat : TAKEN
30
Troubles : ILLS
31
Dashing fellow : BLADE
32
Spree : BINGE
33
Carrying cargo : LADEN
35
Twelfth-century date : MCII
36
Actively support a felon : ABET
38
Waters or Merman : ETHEL
39
Unusually small : DWARF
44
Swaps : TRADES
45
Front steps : STOOPS
46
Manifest : OVERT
47
Church-governing council : SYNOD
48
"Ramblin' wreck from Georgia ___" : TECH
49
Circle of light : HALO
50
Memorable periods of time : ERAS
51
Tail end : LAST
52
Suffix with persist : ENCE
53
Soil tiller's land : FARM
54
Gen. Robert ___ : ELEE
55
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
56
Mechanical repetition : ROTE

Answer summary:
3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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