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Fred Toole
Fred Toole

New York Times, Tuesday, August 27, 1991

44-Across : Lifesavers

Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Fred Toole has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,267
Across
1
___ California, Mexican peninsula : BAJA
5
A traffic-light color : AMBER
10
Light brown : ECRU
14
Adjoin : ABUT
15
Way : ROUTE
16
Bovine calls : MOOS
17
Torn : RENT
18
"___ and April showers": Anon. : MARCHWINDS
20
Silver grade : STERLING
22
Job-holding person : EARNER
23
Hay and cotton units : BALES
24
"Mary ___ little ... " : HADA
25
Late Philippine exile : MARCOS
27
Crosby was one : BARITONE
31
Accord : AMITY
32
Thickens; sets : GELS
33
E.P.A. concern : ECOL
34
Land east of Eden : NOD
35
Gives : DONATES
38
Mazel ___ (Hebrew congratulations) : TOV
39
Metal sources : ORES
41
Norms for Nicklaus : PARS
42
Plain language : PROSE
44
Lifesavers : RESCUERS
46
West Point freshmen : PLEBES
47
Funerary jars : URNS
48
Kennebunkport's locale : MAINE
49
P.L.O. leader : ARAFAT
52
Swapped : BARTERED
55
"April showers bring ___" : MAYFLOWERS
57
Rib in a fabric : WALE
58
Sinful : EVIL
59
Uncanny : EERIE
60
River to the North Sea : ELBE
61
Hawaiian goose : NENE
62
English sand hills : DENES
63
Costly : DEAR
Down
1
Excludes : BARS
2
Encourage a felon : ABET
3
Group getting "altar-ations" : JUNEBRIDES
4
Draw : ATTRACT
5
Fighting forces : ARMIES
6
Bewails : MOANS
7
Whistle-stop : BURG
8
Catchall abbr. : ETC
9
Practice, theatrically : REHEARSE
10
Type of Arab state : EMIRATE
11
Direct a helmsman : CONN
12
Went on horseback : RODE
13
Where the Ussuri flows : USSR
19
African watercourse : WADI
21
Silent-screen comedian : LLOYD
24
Stops : HALTS
25
A lord's land : MANOR
26
Love, in Livorno : AMORE
27
Grizzlies : BEARS
28
Fall fest's foamy fare : OCTOBERALE
29
Part of a lariat : NOOSE
30
Sprites : ELVES
32
Snarls : GNARS
36
Like sandals : OPENTOED
37
Banana treat : SPLIT
40
Brief fracas : SCUFFLE
43
Took up an option : RENEWED
45
___ Industrial Region, in Russia : URAL
46
Analyzes a sentence : PARSES
48
Dorsey favorite : MARIE
49
So be it : AMEN
50
Enthusiastic review : RAVE
51
Hebrew letter : AYIN
52
Swiss capital : BERN
53
Exile isle : ELBA
54
Its tail is called a flag : DEER
56
Tiny : WEE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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