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Young
Young

New York Times, Monday, August 29, 1983

55-Across : Old Greek coins

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
1
Elegant : POSH
5
Falters on the dais : HAWS
9
"Give ___ horse ... " : AMANA
14
Org. fostering due process : ACLU
15
A son of Isaac : ESAU
16
Halley's discovery : COMET
17
Appear : SEEM
18
Pack ___ (finish) : ITIN
19
Verb on a penny : TRUST
20
Something to pursue : HAPPINESS
22
Impudent : SASSY
23
Pismire : ANT
24
Headline spot: Apr. 1909 : NORTHPOLE
26
Jupiter or Mars : DEUS
27
Author Fleming : IAN
28
Scale notes : MIS
31
"Do unto ___ ... " : OTHERS
34
Hostel : INN
35
Carte before the course : MENU
36
Young hog : SHOAT
37
Sebastian of track fame : COE
38
Color : TINGE
39
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
63
Belgian river : YSER
Down
1
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
9
Takes steps concerning : ACTSON
10
Having good character : MORAL
11
Pleasure : AMUSEMENT
12
Headland : NESS
13
___ Gen. at D.C. : ATTY
21
Sluggish : INERT
25
Hook's foe : PAN
26
The Grateful ___, rock group : DEAD
29
"Picnic" playwright : INGE
30
Brought to court : SUED
31
A European capital : OSLO
32
"Younger ___ Springtime" : THAN
33
Holiday for a blissful pair : HONEYMOON
34
Particle in a cyclotron : ION
35
Sixtieth of a talent : MINA
37
Mountain vehicle : CABLECAR
38
Common U.S. weed : TANSY
40
Pro : FOR
41
Temples in Taiwan : PAGODAS
43
Of sodium chloride : SALINE
44
Contribute one's two cents : INJECT
46
Israeli port : EILAT
47
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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