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Jesse Roarke
Jesse Roarke

New York Times, Friday, August 2, 1985

56-Across : Refute

Author:
Jesse Roarke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F H J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jesse Roarke has 48 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,051
Across
1
Tinge; shade : CAST
5
"Paradise Lost" playwright : ODETS
10
Chronic complainer : CRAB
14
___ d'amore : OBOE
15
Chronicler of Don Juan : BYRON
16
Ethereal : AERY
17
Uproot : DERACINATE
19
Green tea of Paraguay : MATE
20
Maude of stage fame : ADAMS
21
Meeting : ASSEMBLY
23
Ragout of game : SALMI
25
Nothing, to Napoleon : RIEN
26
"___ we forget" : LEST
29
Sole : LONE
31
Krupa's companions : DRUMS
34
Writer ___ y Gasset : ORTEGA
36
Framework of parallel bars : GRID
38
Extinct flightless bird : MOA
39
Small raisin : CURRANT
41
Poe's treasure finder : GOLDBUG
43
A news agcy. : UPI
44
Picot feature : LOOP
46
Saint of Ávila : TERESA
47
Booth : STALL
49
Indonesian boat : PROA
51
One of Atalanta's suitors : ARES
52
Binge : TOOT
54
Salts or Downs : EPSOM
56
Refute : DISPROVE
58
Sight from Buzzards Bay : CANAL
62
Resort NNE of Santa Fe : TAOS
63
Corrective : AMENDATORY
65
Cutaneous affliction : ACNE
66
Weaver of chair bottoms : CANER
67
Danube feeder : ISAR
68
Headland : NESS
69
Gateway : ENTRY
70
Wavy molding : CYMA
Down
1
Musical ending : CODA
2
In one's bunk : ABED
3
Marsh rail : SORA
4
Haul of Fame candidate? : TEAMSTER
5
Wakayama waistband : OBI
6
Generator : DYNAMO
7
Activity at a board : ERASING
8
Drams : TOTS
9
Derisive look : SNEER
10
Arch a bit : CAMBER
11
Arithmetical unit : REALNUMBER
12
Bohemian : ARTY
13
Tournament position : BYE
18
Jeff Davis's gp. : CSA
22
Mean : MIDDLE
24
Venezuelan grazing land : LLANO
26
Situation : LOCUS
27
Act like Vesuvius : ERUPT
28
These are groovy : STRIATIONS
30
Black eye : ERG
32
Algeria's Grand ___ Oriental : MOUSE
33
Adventure stories : SAGAS
35
Horse's gait : GALLOP
37
Jots : IOTAS
40
Spinner : TOP
42
Striking : DRAMATIC
45
Obviate : PREVENT
48
Debits : LOSSES
50
Hand at poker : OPENER
53
Soupçon : TRACE
55
Edible wood sorrel : OCA
56
Freshwater fish : DACE
57
Arabian sultanate : OMAN
59
Like a quidnunc : NOSY
60
Ancient Syria : ARAM
61
Polar constellation : LYRA
62
Convert to leather : TAN
64
Unproductive : DRY

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

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