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June A. Boggs
June A. Boggs

New York Times, Thursday, September 12, 1985

67-Across : Hub

Author:
June A. Boggs
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
June A. Boggs has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,092
Across
1
Soph, formerly : FROSH
6
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
10
Mitts : PAWS
14
A Montague : ROMEO
15
Monstrous lizard : GILA
16
Loretta's teaser on "M*A*S*H" : ALAN
17
Serene Spielberg? : EVENSTEVEN
19
O'Hara's place : TARA
20
Mean : DENOTE
21
In a decline : ABATING
23
Depend : RELY
25
Seabees' branch : NAVY
26
Sport's club : BAT
29
Make a call : DIAL
31
Outmoded : ROCOCO
35
Husband of Jezebel : AHAB
37
Connors cart? : CHUCKWAGON
39
"Ora pro ___" : NOBIS
41
Yoko : ONO
42
Takes the top off : SKIMS
43
Convivial Mudd? : JOLLYROGER
46
Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
47
Verdi work : OTELLO
48
Waxed cheese : EDAM
50
Time abbr. : EST
51
Political coalition : BLOC
53
Hit, biblical style : SMIT
55
Netman René : LACOSTE
58
He wrote "Sodome et Gomorrhe" : PROUST
62
Atmosphere : AURA
63
First man's sweeting? : ADAMSAPPLE
66
Roman way : ITER
67
Hub : NAVE
68
Be reprimanded : GETIT
69
Pigeon follower : TOED
70
Showdown action : DRAW
71
Subject to ablation : ERODE
Down
1
Flintstone or Allen : FRED
2
Be footloose : ROVE
3
Augur : OMEN
4
Mister, in San Cristóbal : SENOR
5
Led a talk show : HOSTED
6
Historical period : AGE
7
Ullmann : LIV
8
N.Y. city : OLEAN
9
Kind of beetle or oak : TANBARK
10
Duke dessert? : PATTYCAKE
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Admonish : WARN
13
Hose run : SNAG
18
Purposive : TELIC
22
Acknowledges : AVOWS
24
Lout : YAHOO
26
Knee instrument, in a song : BANJO
27
___ and a holler : AHOOT
28
Tennis preceder : TABLE
30
Fencing maneuver : LUNGE
32
Rocket nose : OGIVE
33
Lake and Perry : COMOS
34
Start : ONSET
36
Cosby two-by-four? : BILLBOARD
38
College girls : COEDS
40
Wd. divisions : SYLLS
44
___ branch (entirely) : ROOTAND
45
Inclines : RAMPS
49
Desert sight : MIRAGE
52
Juniper : CEDAR
54
Companion of John Barleycorn : TOPER
55
Café au ___ : LAIT
56
Durant or LaSalle : AUTO
57
Manitoban Indian : CREE
59
Words with par and snuff : UPTO
60
Make skid marks, perhaps : SLID
61
Place for a chapeau : TETE
64
Biography by D. Hanna: 1960 : AVA
65
Clowder sound : MEW

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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