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Larry Goldhirsch
Larry Goldhirsch

New York Times, Friday, September 12, 1986

60-Across : "Iacta ___ est"

Author:
Larry Goldhirsch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Larry Goldhirsch has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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L
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A
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L
4
L
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L
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O
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C
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H
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W
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R
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A
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T
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H
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O
L
I
O
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A
A
R
E
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R
I
S
H
I
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B
E
A
U
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S
T
U
B
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I
C
H
O
R
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A
N
N
I
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T
H
E
R
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E
T
H
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R
E
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R
E
G
E
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N
T
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T
I
R
E
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L
O
O
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P
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D
R
A
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W
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L
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E
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D
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S
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T
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O
O
D
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R
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E
E
S
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A
E
R
O
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T
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L
U
S
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A
R
A
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A
T
T
A
R
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A
L
A
I
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F
I
N
N
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M
E
S
T
A
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R
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V
E
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L
E
R
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S
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O
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A
R
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A
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R
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W
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O
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R
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D
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N
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V
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A
L
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A
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A
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Y
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D
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T
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M
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O
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E
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E
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X
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G
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R
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,457
Across
1
Pronounce l's as w's : LALL
5
Awe or Tay : LOCH
9
Fury : WRATH
14
Miscellany : OLIO
15
Rhine feeder : AARE
16
Hindu sage : RISHI
17
Courter : BEAU
18
Counterfoil : STUB
19
Venus's venous fluid : ICHOR
20
Years: Lat. : ANNI
21
Words of consolation : THERETHERE
23
University officer : REGENT
25
Exhaust : TIRE
26
Picot feature : LOOP
28
Spoke like Scarlett : DRAWLED
33
Tolerated : STOOD
36
Ruffs' counterparts : REES
38
Sol preceder : AERO
39
Anklebone : TALUS
40
Parseghian : ARA
41
Product of petals : ATTAR
42
Soviet mountain range : ALAI
43
Sawyer's chum : FINN
44
"Hostess with the mostest" : MESTA
45
Celebrant : REVELER
47
Evening, in Essonne : SOIR
49
"Un bel di," for one : ARIA
51
Say differently : REWORD
55
Illusory : NEVERNEVER
60
"Iacta ___ est" : ALEA
61
Comedian Schreiber : AVERY
62
"___ Dinah," Frankie Avalon hit : DEDE
63
Wigwam's relative : TIPI
64
Morning, in Metz : MATIN
65
Person who is sui generis : ONER
66
At any time : EVER
67
Anglo-Saxon kingdom : ESSEX
68
Novelist Romain : GARY
69
Count (on) : RELY
Down
1
Having rounded projections : LOBAR
2
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
3
Tael : LIANG
4
The Kingsmen's 1964 hit : LOUIELOUIE
5
" ... the ___ lay the old aside": Pope : LASTTO
6
Vow : OATH
7
Glass bottle : CRUET
8
Certain Scots : HEBRIDEANS
9
"Who casts to ___ living line ... ": Jonson : WRITEA
10
Buddy, the drummer : RICH
11
Wimbledon champ: 1975 : ASHE
12
Air Force missile : THOR
13
Take on hands : HIRE
22
Goes astray : ERRS
24
Droops : NODS
27
Communal rodent : PRAIRIEDOG
29
"___, everywhere": Coleridge : WATERWATER
30
"___ Make a Deal" : LETS
31
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
32
Dickens's ___ Spenlow : DORA
33
Procyon, e.g. : STAR
34
Lie, perhaps : TALE
35
Norwegian saint : OLAV
37
West ender : ERN
41
Sand, to Chopin : AMIE
43
"___ Hill," D. Thomas poem : FERN
46
Voice box : LARYNX
48
Solar-system model : ORRERY
50
Oat genus : AVENA
52
Yellow green : OLIVE
53
Fend off : REPEL
54
Kind of farm : DAIRY
55
Designate : NAME
56
Gabor and Braun : EVAS
57
Examines expertly : VETS
58
Pa. port : ERIE
59
Westphalian river : EDER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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