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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Tuesday, September 11, 1990

23-Across : Sieve

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,917
Across
1
Hooey : BLAH
5
Cuts short : CROPS
10
Tempo : PACE
14
Places : LOCI
15
An Asian capital : HANOI
16
Producer-director Tors : IVAN
17
Like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar : TALL
18
Negatively charged atom : ANION
19
Army post : FORT
20
Bit of alliteration from "The Tempest" : FULLFATHOMFIVE
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Sieve : SIFT
24
Church official : ELDER
25
Swift : RAPID
28
Entertain : AMUSE
31
In the sack : ABED
32
Undeveloped : LATENT
34
An arm of H.U.D. : FHA
37
Home field of the Denver Broncos : MILEHIGHSTADIUM
40
Asta, to Nora : PET
41
Melodious : ARIOSO
42
"___ Want for Christmas ... " : ALLI
43
Mission head? : TRANS
44
How some musicians play : BYEAR
45
Wing support : STRUT
48
Peck role : AHAB
50
In all ways, with "the" : WHOLENINEYARDS
56
Constellation name : URSA
57
Slur over : ELIDE
58
Every's partner : EACH
60
Dresden denial : NEIN
61
Ruhr valley city : ESSEN
62
Jai ___ : ALAI
63
Autry or Kelly : GENE
64
Soviet First Lady : RAISA
65
Tenderhearted : KIND
Down
1
A sandwich, for short : BLT
2
What slugabeds do : LOAF
3
Rights org. : ACLU
4
Slope : HILLSIDE
5
Grain husks : CHAFF
6
Attacked : RANAT
7
Step ___ (hurry) : ONIT
8
Milne's Winnie the ___ : POOH
9
Pertaining to China: Comb. form : SINO
10
Nonsense : PIFFLE
11
Shun : AVOID
12
Slice : CARVE
13
Join a contest : ENTER
21
Cover : LID
22
"Hostess With the Mostes" : MESTA
25
Inclined walkway : RAMP
26
His Rose was Irish : ABIE
27
Skin : PELT
28
A Musketeer : ATHOS
29
Jumble : MESS
30
"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
32
Milano money : LIRA
33
Not "fer" : AGIN
34
Office cabinet : FILE
35
Luau entertainment : HULA
36
Muslim prince : AMIR
38
Poker Flat's creator : HARTE
39
Dawn : DAYBREAK
43
New Orleans campus : TULANE
44
Barnyard bleat : BAA
45
Enjoyed a hammock : SWUNG
46
Trey : THREE
47
Purchase for Perlman : ROSIN
48
Deadly mosquito : AEDES
49
Aardwolf look-alike : HYENA
51
___-do-well : NEER
52
Ingrid, in "Casablanca" : ILSA
53
Unless, in law : NISI
54
Miró contemporary : DALI
55
Examine quickly : SCAN
59
Obscured : HID

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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