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June A. Boggs
June A. Boggs

New York Times, Friday, September 18, 1987

43-Across : Nude

Author:
June A. Boggs
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q W }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0
June A. Boggs has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,828
Across
1
"Gypsy Girl" painter : HALS
5
Instrument for Friml : PIANO
10
Japanese Prime Minister: 1941-44 : TOJO
14
Auricular : OTIC
15
Arrant : UTTER
16
Its capital was Susa : ELAM
17
Child's wish : BONAPPETIT
19
Gate receipts : TAKE
20
Begin firing : OPENUP
21
Grunter's grunt : UGH
22
Uniform : EVEN
23
Vehicle for Hildgartner : SLED
25
Israeli round dance : HORA
27
Thick head of hair : MOP
30
Printer's direction : STET
32
Worn away : EATEN
35
Type of clay : ADOBE
37
Political upheaval : COUPDETAT
40
Bog : MIRE
41
Heavyweight Liston : SONNY
42
Bishop Desmond : TUTU
43
Nude : AUNATUREL
45
Closet wood : CEDAR
46
Lament : MOURN
47
Mimic Little : RICH
49
Ouphe : ELF
50
Miners' bars : GADS
52
Hood : THUG
54
Harass freshmen : HAZE
57
Crack flier : ACE
59
Stage ham : EMOTER
63
Fellers' needs : AXES
64
Mark Twain, e.g. : NOMDEPLUME
66
Blind lath : SLAT
67
Public announcer : CRIER
68
Egyptian dancing girl : ALMA
69
Soccer great : PELE
70
Passage : ENTRY
71
Wagon tongue : NEAP
Down
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Tramp : HOBO
2
On the crown : ATOP
3
Calling : LINE
4
Reads cursorily : SCANS
5
Punch, for one : PUPPET
6
Graph ending : ITE
7
Aleutian island : ATTU
8
Paddock sound : NEIGH
9
Study of pronunciation : ORTHOEPY
10
Private chat : TETEATETE
11
Kingly Norse name : OLAV
12
Hunky-dory : JAKE
13
Augur : OMEN
18
Heart throb : PULSE
24
Scheme, as of a stage set : DECOR
26
Half a diam. : RAD
27
Frequent first word : MAMA
28
Obloquy : ODIUM
29
Smutty flicks, e.g. : PORNO
31
Beauty-salon item : TONER
33
Musical composition : ETUDE
34
City in Brazil : NATAL
36
Gracious act : BEAUGESTE
38
Like some hallways : UNLIT
39
Race track : TURF
41
Plains Indian ceremony : SUNDANCE
44
Refrain syllable : TRA
45
Fall guy : CHUMP
48
Bright : CHEERY
51
Utter disdain : SCORN
53
Middle East's ___ Heights : GOLAN
54
Trunk device : HASP
55
Wheel spindle : AXLE
56
Passion : ZEAL
58
Discharge : EMIT
60
Tall bulrush : TULE
61
Austen novel : EMMA
62
Get in return : REAP
65
"___ Zauberberg": Mann : DER

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