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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

New York Times, Thursday, September 24, 1992

51-Across : Truant, possibly

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,661
Across
1
Exergues, e.g. : SPACES
7
Math can be "a garble" : ALGEBRA
14
Bumper coating : CHROME
15
More tempestuous : STORMIER
16
Crosse : RACKET
17
Headquarters : HOMEBASE
18
Revolutionary general: 1720-81 : ASHE
19
"___ There Eyes," 1930 song : THEM
21
Bridge seats : EASTS
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S China river : PEI
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Affable : PLEASANT
25
It is, to Livy : EST
26
Irish sea god : LER
27
Cozy seat for two : SETTEE
31
Kind of mania : EGO
33
Bedizen : DECK
36
Flow along : LAVE
37
Streaked, as with color : LACED
39
Japanese outcast : ETA
40
Wild : FERAL
41
Functions : ACTS
42
Fetor : ODOR
43
Author Tarbell: 1857-1944 : IDA
44
Jai-alai baskets : CESTAS
46
Misdirect : ERR
48
Emerize : NAP
51
Truant, possibly : ABSENTEE
54
Prefix with pod : TRI
55
Loos or Louise : ANITA
58
Vespiary : NEST
59
Josephine or Henry : HULL
60
Pledge : DEDICATE
62
Menotti heroine : AMELIA
64
Cleansed of parasites : DELOUSED
65
Formalist : PEDANT
66
English poet: 1552-99 : SPENSER
67
French presidential palace : ELYSEE
Down
1
Curette : SCRAPE
2
Lunar dichotomies : PHASES
3
Bezaleel et al. : ARCHITECTS
4
Type of oven : COKE
5
A friend in Fife : EME
6
Resolve : SETTLE
7
Minute quantities : ATOMS
8
Actor Herbert : LOM
9
He wrote "A Burnt-Out Case" : GREENE
10
Fortified : EMBATTLED
11
Diagonal : BIAS
12
Balance : REST
13
A Brother of Hebe : ARES
15
Anagram of 18 Across : SHEA
20
Drove : HERDED
23
Trudge : PLOD
24
Beseech : ASK
28
Hairy arachnids : TARANTULAS
29
Actress Tanguay : EVA
30
Slippery one : EEL
32
Period of slow development : GESTATION
34
Third Army's area : ETO
35
Insertion marks : CARETS
37
Varnish ingredient : LAC
38
Spot on a die : ACE
40
Incite or excite : FIRE
42
Donovan's gp. : OSS
45
Soroban : ABACUS
47
Bind anew : RETAPE
49
Judge of Hollywood : ARLINE
50
Roman procurator of Judea : PILATE
52
Inscribe : ENTER
53
Exigency : NEED
55
Subjoins : ADDS
56
Turnip, in Lambeth : NEEP
57
Monty Python's Eric ___ : IDLE
59
Actress Lamarr : HEDY
61
Enzyme suffix : ASE
63
Tillis or Gibson : MEL

Answer summary:
2 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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