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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Wednesday, August 5, 1992

16-Across : Get cracking

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,611
Across
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Tedder's W.W. II org. : RAF
4
Handled a grounder : FIELDED
11
Container for pkgs. : CTN
14
Freudian concern : EGO
15
___ as a goose : ASLOOSE
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Get cracking : HIE
17
Peace, to Ovid : PAX
18
Harte story locale : ROARINGCAMP
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Rock star Clapton : ERIC
22
Three-time N.L. batting champ : PETEROSE
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Ribs in Gothic vaulting : LIERNES
26
Holiday eve in Tel Aviv : EREB
27
Sensational headlines : SCREAMERS
30
Rye fungus : ERGOT
32
___ shrew : ERD
33
Dearie : HON
35
Ariz. city : YUMA
36
N.T. book : COR
39
Noise unit : DECIBEL
42
Network letters : NBC
43
Bird-feeder treat : SUET
45
Channel buoy : NUN
46
Mideast org.: 1958-61 : UAR
48
Bewildered : ATSEA
50
Powerful, portable radios : BOOMBOXES
55
Cotton seed pod : BOLL
56
Rate : DESERVE
57
Ripe for thievery : UNLOCKED
61
Bring down the house : RAZE
62
Indy 500 need : CRASHHELMET
65
Smart set : TON
66
Cal. time : PST
67
Some torpedoes : AERIALS
68
Defer or differ ending : ENT
69
Took sustenance : ATE
70
U.S. Open golf champ: 1988-89 : STRANGE
71
___ volente : DEO
Down
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Turns back : REPELS
2
Meadow mushroom : AGARIC
3
More devious : FOXIER
4
"Dolce ___ niente" : FAR
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Combiner with tonic : ISO
6
Slip by : ELAPSE
7
Folkways : LORE
8
Porter's "Let's ___" : DOIT
9
Anglo-Saxon laborer : ESNE
10
To the nth ___ : DEGREE
11
Pursuit ship's weapon : CHASEGUN
12
Ticking menace : TIMEBOMB
13
Fiber cluster : NEP
19
City near Erie, Pa. : CORRY
21
Canadian Indian : CREE
24
Matgrass : NARD
25
German seaport : EMDEN
28
An Afr. beast : RHINO
29
Blubber : SOB
31
Tic and toe divider : TAC
34
Plainsong notational symbol : NEUME
36
Johnny Reb's govt. : CSA
37
Eruption : OUTBURST
38
Re-echo : RESONATE
40
A Scout : CUB
41
Places for Chem. 101 students : LABS
44
Hits home : TELLS
47
Dutch river : ROER
49
Greetings from wahines : ALOHAS
51
"___ Out," 1947 film : ODDMAN
52
Not for straight arrows : XRATED
53
Greek infantryman : EVZONE
54
Taken care of : SEENTO
58
Atkins or Huntley : CHET
59
Brynner co-star: 1956 : KERR
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Famed pen name : ELIA
62
Authorized bus. overseer : CPA
63
Actress from Finland : ELG
64
Literature Nobelist's monogram : TSE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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