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Young
Young

New York Times, Monday, August 29, 1983

53-Across : What hedonists pursue

Author:
Young
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Young has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,347
Across
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Elegant : POSH
5
Falters on the dais : HAWS
9
"Give ___ horse ... " : AMANA
14
Org. fostering due process : ACLU
15
A son of Isaac : ESAU
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Halley's discovery : COMET
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Appear : SEEM
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Pack ___ (finish) : ITIN
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Verb on a penny : TRUST
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Something to pursue : HAPPINESS
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Impudent : SASSY
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Pismire : ANT
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Headline spot: Apr. 1909 : NORTHPOLE
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Jupiter or Mars : DEUS
27
Author Fleming : IAN
28
Scale notes : MIS
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"Do unto ___ ... " : OTHERS
34
Hostel : INN
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Carte before the course : MENU
36
Young hog : SHOAT
37
Sebastian of track fame : COE
38
Color : TINGE
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Cry from a crow's-nest : LAND
40
Winnow : FAN
41
Gasped after a sprint : PANTED
42
"___ more time!" : ONE
43
Kind of story : SOB
44
Suffix with Boswell : IANA
45
Young horses : YEARLINGS
48
Decorator's concern : HUE
51
Dravidian language : TAMIL
53
What hedonists pursue : ENJOYMENT
55
Old Greek coins : OBOLI
56
Prompted a thespian : CUED
57
N.Y. Philharmonic, for one : ORCH
58
Sound of grief : GROAN
59
Ancient chest : ARCA
60
Trunk : BOLE
61
"A votre ___!" : SANTE
62
Soaks flax : RETS
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Belgian river : YSER
Down
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Ali ___ : PASHA
2
View from Plymouth : OCEAN
3
Rested : SLEPT
4
Dromedary feature : HUMP
5
Abominable : HEINOUS
6
Flowers with a starry name : ASTERS
7
Kind of line : WAIST
8
One source of pleasure : SUNSHINE
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Takes steps concerning : ACTSON
10
Having good character : MORAL
11
Pleasure : AMUSEMENT
12
Headland : NESS
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___ Gen. at D.C. : ATTY
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Sluggish : INERT
25
Hook's foe : PAN
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The Grateful ___, rock group : DEAD
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"Picnic" playwright : INGE
30
Brought to court : SUED
31
A European capital : OSLO
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"Younger ___ Springtime" : THAN
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Holiday for a blissful pair : HONEYMOON
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Particle in a cyclotron : ION
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Sixtieth of a talent : MINA
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Mountain vehicle : CABLECAR
38
Common U.S. weed : TANSY
40
Pro : FOR
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Temples in Taiwan : PAGODAS
43
Of sodium chloride : SALINE
44
Contribute one's two cents : INJECT
46
Israeli port : EILAT
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Harden : INURE
48
Poor boys : HEROS
49
Sam or Tom : UNCLE
50
Clear sky : ETHER
51
Outfit : TOGS
52
Girl in "East of Eden" : ABRA
54
"___ Dick" : MOBY

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

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