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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Tuesday, August 14, 1990

1-Across : Destroys with a ray gun

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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A
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P
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S
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A
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B
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N
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D
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P
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N
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E
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I
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C
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A
J
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K
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K
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T
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B
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W
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O
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,889
Across
1
Destroys with a ray gun : ZAPS
5
"___ of angels ... " : ABAND
10
Sheet of stamps : PANE
14
"___ a man ... " : IMET
15
Spiteful : CATTY
16
Greek warrior : AJAX
17
"___ deserves the fair": Dryden : NONEBUTTHEBRAVE
20
Common spice : CINNAMON
21
Ireland, to a Gael : EIRE
22
___ Nevis, highest peak in Great Britain : BEN
23
Increases : EKES
25
"___ on the Keys" : KITTEN
29
Pulitzer Prize cartoonist: 1967 : OLIPHANT
33
Not windward : ALEE
34
Ignited : AFIRE
35
Scrooge interjection : BAH
36
"Faint heart ___" (old saying quoted by Cervantes) : NEERWONFAIRLADY
40
Make lace : TAT
41
Boleyn and Bancroft : ANNES
42
Article : ITEM
43
German poet: 1759-1805 : SCHILLER
45
Longfellow subject : REVERE
47
Charon's river : STYX
48
Precollege exam : SAT
49
Rubik's ___ : CUBE
51
Imputation : INNUENDO
56
"To err is human, ___": Pope : TOFORGIVEDIVINE
59
Stravinsky : IGOR
60
Eared seal : OTARY
61
"When I was ___ ... ": Gilbert : ALAD
62
Org. : ASSN
63
Sells : VENDS
64
Mtg. : SESS
Down
1
An element : ZINC
2
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
3
Sean or William : PENN
4
British gun : STEN
5
Shrewdness : ACUMEN
6
Relay rod : BATON
7
Business-letter abbr. : ATTN
8
___ degree : NTH
9
Color : DYE
10
Boston Celtics star : PARISH
11
What a closed door is not : AJAR
12
Wheel hub : NAVE
13
Devon river : EXE
18
Naïve person : BABE
19
Electronic signaler : BEEPER
23
Inventor Howe : ELIAS
24
___ Te Kanawa, famed soprano : KIRI
25
German philosopher's family : KANTS
26
Pertaining to the ileum : ILEAC
27
Canines, e.g. : TEETH
28
Thrice: Comb. form : TER
29
Bid : OFFER
30
Lessen : ABATE
31
Consumer advocate : NADER
32
Garden herb : THYME
34
Addition : ANNEX
37
Cronkite or Hampden : WALTER
38
Simply : ONLY
39
Actress Ullmann : LIV
44
"A Star ___" : ISBORN
45
Boxer Turpin and singer Travis : RANDYS
46
Sewing case : ETUI
48
McCarthy's cousin : SNERD
49
Gear teeth : COGS
50
E.T.'s vehicles? : UFOS
51
Terrible czar? : IVAN
52
Gabor and Le Gallienne : EVAS
53
Blue or White river : NILE
54
Genetic materials : DNAS
55
Ref. books : OEDS
56
Aunt, in Avila : TIA
57
Cuomo of N.Y. : GOV
58
Inhabitant of: Suffix : ITE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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