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Daniels
Daniels

New York Times, Monday, August 8, 1983

36-Across : Dull sounds

Author:
Daniels
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Daniels has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,326
Across
1
Victim of pillage : PREY
5
Slaves of yore : SERFS
10
Nigerian people : IBOS
14
Roof overhang : EAVE
15
Solzhenitsyn, e.g. : EXILE
16
Nothing more than : MERE
17
Shultz's bailiwick : STATEDEPARTMENT
20
Initiate a flow : TAP
21
Shoe accessory : LACE
22
Trims : PRUNES
23
U.S. playwright: 1906-63 : ODETS
25
Trotsky : LEON
26
Search for provisions : FORAGE
28
Exchange thoughts : CONVERSE
32
Eared seal : OTARY
33
Laminated rock : SLATE
34
Suffix with labor or favor : ITE
35
Evaluate : RATE
36
Dull sounds : THUDS
37
City in Hungary : EGER
38
Indian of Colo. : UTE
39
Tarkenton and Allison : FRANS
40
Member of an Iranian sect : BAHAI
41
Kibitzer's activity : MEDDLING
43
Make a certain chess move : CASTLE
44
Motored : RODE
45
Mediterranean state : MALTA
46
Famous silversmith : REVERE
49
Supervisor : BOSS
50
Scottish negative : NAE
53
Former head of 17 Across : ALEXANDERHAIGJR
56
Fen footing : MIRE
57
Josh : TEASE
58
Expression of woe : ALAS
59
Chime : PEAL
60
Muscular link : SINEW
61
The one that follows : NEXT
Down
1
Nuisance : PEST
2
Pro ___ (proportionally) : RATA
3
Vanished : EVAPORATED
4
Nevertheless : YET
5
Calm : SEDATE
6
V.P.'s, e.g. : EXECS
7
Ready for harvesting : RIPE
8
Sen. Hawkins' state : FLA
9
Medusa's tresses : SERPENTS
10
Resistant to disease : IMMUNE
11
Homophone for bin : BEEN
12
English Channel feeder : ORNE
13
Hardens : SETS
18
Sorrowful poem : ELEGY
19
Valuable discovery : TROVE
24
Have courage : DARE
25
A lot : LOADS
26
Roman marketplace : FORUM
27
Giant grass : OTATE
28
Adhered : CLUNG
29
Formation of two lines at 90 degrees : RIGHTANGLE
30
Terrific buy : STEAL
31
Strange : EERIE
33
Movie classic: 1953 : SHANE
36
Scepters for Poseidon and Neptune : TRIDENTS
37
Orient : EAST
39
Fauna's partner : FLORA
40
Light wood : BALSA
42
Philadelphia institution : DREXEL
43
Type of nut : CASHEW
45
Code name : MORSE
46
Boston Garden pathway : RAMP
47
Author Wiesel : ELIE
48
Miles from Okla. : VERA
49
Soy or Roy : BEAN
51
Trojan War hero : AJAX
52
Formerly, once : ERST
54
Jupiter and Mars : DEI
55
John, in Glasgow : IAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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