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Kevin Boyle
Kevin Boyle

New York Times, Saturday, September 15, 1990

38-Across : Doing the impossible

Author:
Kevin Boyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Kevin Boyle has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,921
Across
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Israel's seventh ruler : AHAB
5
"Return of the Jedi" creatures : EWOKS
10
Hatred: Comb. form : MISO
14
Retinal photoreceptor : CONE
15
Bungo, e.g. : CANOE
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Over : ANEW
17
Do the impossible : TRISECTTHEANGLE
20
Allodium : ESTATE
21
Site of valuable deposits : OILFIELD
22
Soundproofs : DEADENS
24
Forest ranger's degree : MSF
25
Garment for Calpurnia : STOLA
27
Steamed : IRATE
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Character in TV's "Grand" : EDDA
36
"Ubu ___," Jarry play : ROI
37
Oversight : SLIPUP
38
Doing the impossible : DOUBLINGTHECUBE
41
Like numerals 0-9, e.g. : ARABIC
42
Stat for Clemens : ERA
43
Start of N.C.'s motto : ESSE
44
Buck and tom : MALES
45
Psychoanalyst Erich : FROMM
47
Fool, to a Fräulein : TOR
49
Human being or lemur : PRIMATE
54
Gustatory cell site : TASTEBUD
59
Ruminant's third stomach : OMASUM
60
Do the impossible : SQUARETHECIRCLE
62
Influence : PULL
63
" ... 'vanity, sets love ___ like that'": Hunt : ATASK
64
Shake : LOSE
65
Purpose : SAKE
66
Cods' kin : HAKES
67
Zaniah or Zosma : STAR
Down
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Emulated Cronyn or Tandy : ACTED
2
Rosinante, e.g. : HORSE
3
Singer Baker : ANITA
4
" ... remember and ___": Rossetti : BESAD
5
Bizarre : ECCENTRIC
6
Angkor ___ (Cambodian ruins) : WAT
7
Wise about : ONTO
8
Capital of Nagaland : KOHIMA
9
Closes a falcon's eyes : SEELS
10
Gershwin's "The ___ Love" : MANI
11
Photographer Morath : INGE
12
Convince : SELL
13
Was in the red : OWED
18
Savoie seasons : ETES
19
Sharpen, once : AFFILE
23
Shortly : SOON
26
Hybrid feline : LIGER
28
Wedding staple : RICE
29
Southern constellation : APUS
30
Vats : TUBS
31
Blois blade : EPEE
32
Town on the IJsselmeer : EDAM
33
Dickens's ___ Spenlow : DORA
34
Twofold : DUAL
35
Ecclesiastic title : ABBE
37
Trefoils : SHAMROCKS
39
Founder of antiseptic surgery : LISTER
40
De ___ (superfluous) : TROP
45
Prugna, mela, ciliegia, etc. : FRUTTA
46
Puccini heroine : MIMI
48
Voodoo cousin : OBEAH
50
Fertilizes with loam : MARLS
51
Neckwear : ASCOT
52
Tony Randall's birthplace : TULSA
53
Muslim prince : EMEER
54
Recipe abbr. : TSPS
55
Pastel shade : AQUA
56
Brood : SULK
57
Account : TALE
58
Asian tree : DHAK
61
Suffix for Canton or legal : ESE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 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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