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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Thursday, August 13, 1992

36-Across : Having a narrow slit

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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S
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O
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N
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P
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,619
Across
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Part of S.A.R. : SONS
5
Hippies' haunts : PADS
9
Anything whatever : AUGHT
14
Arabian gulf : ADEN
15
Zelle's alias : HARI
16
Intimate actress? : CLOSE
17
"___ Smile Be Your Umbrella" : LETA
18
Algerian port : ORAN
19
Overact : EMOTE
20
Not homemade : STOREBOUGHT
23
Aiming high : ASPIRING
24
Barbary sheep : AOUDAD
29
New Deal agcy. : NRA
30
Female lobster : HEN
32
Fen : MIRE
33
Pet of Elizabeth II : CORGI
36
Having a narrow slit : STENOPAIC
38
___ Guo-feng, Chinese leader : HUA
39
Utmost extent : NTH
41
One of a B-52 crew : NAV
42
U.S. power agcy. : REA
43
Flagrant : EGREGIOUS
46
Pastoral composition : IDYLL
48
Penn pronoun : THEE
49
French possessive : MON
50
Atmosphere: Comb. form : AER
51
It may have tweeters : STEREO
53
Free samples : HANDOUTS
58
Battlewagon : DREADNOUGHT
60
Capacitance unit : FARAD
64
Exec's car : LIMO
65
Kind of club : GLEE
66
Rocket stage : AGENA
67
Innisfail : ERIN
68
Pelt : HIDE
69
Zulus' kin : XOSAS
70
Movie pooch : ASTA
71
Tyrant : TSAR
Down
1
Latin music : SALSA
2
"Waiting for Lefty" playwright : ODETS
3
Colonist's greeting to an Indian : NETOP
4
Trapper's activity : SNARING
5
Intense fear : PHOBIA
6
Brother of Moses : AARON
7
The act of drinking : DRAUGHT
8
Spill the beans : SING
9
Acid: Comb. form : ACETO
10
German city on the Danube : ULM
11
Sticky stuff : GOO
12
Follower of F.D.R. : HST
13
Curler's mark : TEE
21
Sinning : ERRING
22
Boss in McKinley's day : HANNA
25
Diamond fig. : UMP
26
Pepys's legacy : DIARY
27
"Tempest" spirit : ARIEL
28
Design transfer : DECAL
31
Shelley's sundowns : EENS
33
Newscaster Huntley et al. : CHETS
34
___ to (should) : OUGHT
35
Peep show : RAREE
36
Buzz off! : SHOO
37
City of NW Spain : OVIEDO
40
Island of the Lesser Sundas : TIMOR
44
Ballad ending : EER
45
Cleans hides for tanning : UNHAIRS
47
Extended shortage : DROUGHT
50
Custard apple : ANNONA
52
Icelandic literary works : EDDAS
54
Own up : ADMIT
55
Jamaican citrus fruits : UGLIS
56
Silent films' Bara : THEDA
57
Guide : STEER
59
Ancient Greek town in Italy : ELEA
60
Transmit electronically : FAX
61
In the past : AGO
62
Legal matter : RES
63
Actress Alicia : ANA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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