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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Tuesday, August 10, 1982

63-Across : Take cover

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K V X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,963
Across
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___ out (abolish) : STAMP
6
Type of steak : CUBE
10
Trudge along : PLOD
14
Kitchen gadget : TIMER
15
Cruising : ASEA
16
Banc wear : ROBE
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List of candidates : SLATE
18
"___ Window," Stewart vehicle : REAR
19
Hep to : INON
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Dwellers on Pennsylvania Ave. : THEFIRSTFAMILY
23
Article in a Berlin paper : DER
24
Certainly! : SURE
25
Dance step : PAS
28
Harsh sound : RASP
31
Most recent : LATEST
35
Soviet police before N.K.V.D. : OGPU
37
Wharf : QUAY
39
Addition to a bill : RIDER
40
Old TV series, with "The" : PARTRIDGEFAMILY
43
Get together : UNITE
44
Shareholder's order : SELL
45
Shade trees : ELMS
46
Decorative disk : PATERA
48
Spill over : SLOP
50
Nosh : EAT
51
Litter's littlest : RUNT
53
Dust-up : ROW
55
Old TV series : ALLINTHEFAMILY
62
Cut of meat : LOIN
63
Take cover : HIDE
64
Like stormy seas : AROAR
66
Warbled : SANG
67
Camelot lass : ENID
68
Street of fiction : DELLA
69
Billfold bills : ONES
70
"Miracle team" of 1969 : METS
71
Author Gardner and namesakes : ERLES
Down
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Baker and Fleet: Abbr. : STS
2
Arcade no-no : TILT
3
Eastern nurse : AMAH
4
Doled out : METED
5
Like better : PREFER
6
Vocalist Vikki : CARR
7
Functions : USES
8
Police routes : BEATS
9
Juicy bit of gossip : EARFUL
10
8 P.M.-to-11 P.M. on the tube : PRIMETIME
11
One of the Andersons : LONI
12
Greek coin of yore : OBOL
13
Gainsay : DENY
21
Baghdad native : IRAQI
22
Brazilian bird : ARARA
25
Diamond fly : POPUP
26
Guam's capital : AGANA
27
Small spar : SPRIT
29
Lather : SUDS
30
Senate runners : PAGES
32
Roman magistrate : EDILE
33
Author Lagerlöf : SELMA
34
Meeting of lovers : TRYST
36
Remarks : UTTERINGS
38
Shout : YELL
41
Summer tube offering : RERUN
42
Plants of a region : FLORA
47
Ayn Rand novel : ANTHEM
49
Scalp ointment : POMADE
52
Biblical pronoun : THINE
54
Electrician, at times : WIRER
55
As well as : ALSO
56
Money borrowed : LOAN
57
Occupation : LINE
58
Redact : EDIT
59
Government agts. : FEDS
60
Lounge about : LOLL
61
Home of the Bulldogs : YALE
65
Headland : RAS

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

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