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Patricia A. Cevaal
Patricia A. Cevaal

New York Times, Thursday, September 14, 1989

34-Across : Formal wear, informally

Author:
Patricia A. Cevaal
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q V }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Patricia A. Cevaal has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,555
Across
1
Honor-society letter : BETA
5
Lattice piece : LATH
9
Command to Dobbin : WHOA
13
Gil's creator : ALAIN
14
Metchnikoff or Wiesel : ELIE
15
Bireme equipment : OARS
16
Red-Major partnership : BUTTONSANDBOWES
19
Juárez and Mussolini : BENITOS
20
Anti : AGAINST
21
Hurry-scurry : ADO
22
Light bulb, in comics : IDEA
24
Wayfarer's stop : INN
25
Loretta-Marvin partnership : YOUNGANDGAYE
30
Shackles : CHAINS
33
Falls behind : LAGS
34
Formal wear, informally : TUX
35
Pitch in : HELP
36
Duffer's quest : PAR
37
A spy, perhaps : MOLE
38
Nest-egg plan : IRA
39
Benison : BOON
41
Iced some doughnuts : GLAZED
43
Johnny-Macdonald partnership : CASHANDCAREY
46
"Where the Boys ___" : ARE
47
Writer Berne : ERIC
48
U.N. financial agency : IMF
51
Compelled : OBLIGED
55
Chanter : INTONER
57
Dan-Billy partnership : DAILEYANDSUNDAY
59
Thin coin : DIME
60
Latin list-shortener : ETAL
61
Controls : REINS
62
Bob or dog chaser : SLED
63
Moist : DEWY
64
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
Down
1
Applied hair color : BLUED
2
"Jack Sprat could ___ fat" : EATNO
3
S.A. monkey : TITI
4
" ... ___ craz'd": Shak. : ANOTION
5
Abate : LESSEN
6
Miss. neighbor : ALA
7
A Sinatra : TINA
8
Uncertain bettor's activity : HEDGING
9
Courting : WOOING
10
Goldie of films : HAWN
11
Mine finds : ORES
12
D.A.'s helper : ASST
13
Swedish rock group : ABBA
17
Knotty situation : NODUS
18
The Dorseys' ensembles : BANDS
23
"Ten thousand saw I at ___": Wordsworth : AGLANCE
25
Kennel sound : YIP
26
Bern's river : AAR
27
The whole bit : ATOZ
28
Type of log : YULE
29
Crossed out : EXED
30
Stylish : CHIC
31
Zeus's wife : HERA
32
Dolorous exclamation : ALAS
36
Seed container : POD
37
Has permission : MAY
39
Nile sight : BARGE
40
Like some face cards : ONEEYED
41
Big smiles : GRINS
42
Sermonize : LECTURE
44
Flagged down : HAILED
45
In a dry manner : ARIDLY
48
Where Rushdie's roots are : INDIA
49
Intended : MEANT
50
Playwright Christopher's family : FRYS
51
Track stats : ODDS
52
Get-out-of-jail money : BAIL
53
Jello flavor : LIME
54
Calendar item : DATE
56
Lulu : ONER
58
Slangy denial : NAW

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