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Bill Polvogt
Bill Polvogt

New York Times, Friday, August 6, 1993

34-Across : Espials

Author:
Bill Polvogt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 328 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Bill Polvogt has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,977
Across
1
Jeopardy : RISK
5
Bearcat : PANDA
10
Tarzan's companions : APES
14
Ambition : ASPIRATION
16
Tey's "___ Farrar" : BRAT
17
Diplomatic agent : PLENIPOTENTIARY
19
Jiff : SEC
20
Feeler : PALP
21
Ancient Roman magistrate : AEDILE
22
Tire mount : RIM
24
Slight : SLIM
26
Dry: Comb. form : XER
27
Bulgaria's capital : SOFIA
29
Plant disease : SCAB
31
Riverbank, in Roma : RIPA
34
Espials : EYINGS
36
Hamburger magnate : KROC
38
Cosmological unit of time : EON
39
Gofers : LACKEYS
41
Giant statues : COLOSSI
43
Math course : ALG
44
Con game : SCAM
46
Fines : MULCTS
47
Chervil or parsley : HERB
49
Parts of psyches : EGOS
51
German mystic: 1575-1624 : BOHME
52
Land measure : ARE
54
With the bow, to Muti : ARCO
56
Egg ___ yong : FOO
57
Fine smoke : HAVANA
60
Kalahari's Mongolian cousin : GOBI
62
Mouths : ORA
64
Auto couplings : UNIVERSALJOINTS
67
Starbuck on the Pequod : MATE
68
Novices : TENDERFEET
69
"The ___ the limit!" : SKYS
70
Leavening : YEAST
71
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
Down
1
Criticizes : RAPS
2
National park in Lake Superior : ISLEROYALE
3
Relative density : SPECIFICGRAVITY
4
Relations : KIN
5
Actress from Greece : PAPAS
6
Lagoon sites : ATOLLS
7
Quibble : NITPICK
8
Female lagomorph : DOE
9
O'Neill's Christie : ANNA
10
Tolerant one : ABIDER
11
Pioneer's wagon : PRAIRIESCHOONER
12
Fatha Hines : EARL
13
Chalazion : STYE
15
Split apart : RIP
18
Bandleader Beneke : TEX
23
Type of ranch : MINK
25
Kind of brandy : MARC
27
Word used in Psalms : SELAH
28
Grows old : AGES
30
Thrive : BOOM
32
After-the-fact discussion : POSTMORTEM
33
Liqueur flavoring : ANISE
35
Stable attendant, in India : SYCE
37
Truncheon : CLUB
40
"Volsunga ___" : SAGA
42
___ Palme, former P.M. of Sweden : OLOF
45
Fata ___ : MORGANA
48
Meets head-on : BRAVES
50
Upbraids : SCOLDS
53
Opposite of WSW : ENE
55
___ d'art : OBJET
57
Bombinates : HUMS
58
Blblical giant : ANAK
59
Pseudo-esthetic : ARTY
61
Super finale : IOR
63
The Charles's pet : ASTA
65
Holy ___, at Rome : SEE
66
Nigerian city : IFE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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