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R. S. Jones
R. S. Jones

New York Times, Saturday, September 26, 1987

44-Across : Collapsed

Author:
R. S. Jones
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0
R. S. Jones has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,836
Across
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First half of the alphabet : ATOM
5
Wild : FERAL
10
Oily bait : CHUM
14
Melon or pumpkin : PEPO
15
Phantom's milieu : OPERAHOUSE
17
Angered : IRED
18
Visibly embarrassed : REDASABEET
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Sea raptor : ERN
20
Cycles : AGES
21
Iraqi port : BASRA
22
Zola and Berliner : EMILES
24
"The ___," Zola novel : SOIL
26
Soda water, often : CHASER
27
Items in a moving van : CHATTELS
31
Swiss stream : AARE
32
Lob or smash : STROKE
34
Thurber's "___ Your Mind Alone" : LET
35
Pugs' fists : DUKES
37
Sculler : OAR
38
Ocean, to a Tibetan : DALAI
40
"Lumière d'___," 1943 film : ETE
41
Nurse's activity : CARING
44
Collapsed : GAVE
45
Quadrangle : TETRAGON
47
Honors highly : ADORES
49
"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto : ALAS
50
Sabot's kin : BROGAN
51
Emulate Henry Moore : CARVE
54
Obstruct : CLOG
55
Ending for percent or tact : ILE
57
Estrangement : ALIENATION
60
Extraordinary fellow : ONER
61
Hubert Humphrey was one : MINNESOTAN
62
"___ is more": Browning : LESS
63
Iron molds : PIGS
64
Strass : PASTE
65
Ovid's basic verb : ESSE
Down
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Cap-___ (from head to foot) : APIE
2
Dreiser's hometown : TERREHAUTE
3
Capitalistic concern : OPENMARKET
4
TV's "The ___ Squad" : MOD
5
Their checks should be checked : FORGERS
6
They have 35" blades : EPEES
7
Beatty's 1981 movie : REDS
8
Altar above us all : ARA
9
___ Cruces, N.M. : LAS
10
Shade of blue : COBALT
11
Rainbow features : HUES
12
Addict : USER
13
Prefix for phrase or physical : META
16
Clothed, as a monk : HABITED
20
Stout : ALE
23
What "video" means : ISEE
24
Fleeced : SHORN
25
Artificial fly : OAK
26
Younger son : CADET
27
Actress Jeanne : CRAIN
28
Star of "Phantom Lady": 1944 : ELLARAINES
29
Like Passover bread : LEAVENLESS
30
Swine's confines : STIES
33
Corrida cattle : TOROS
36
Oblique, as a cone : SCALENE
39
Joyfully eager : AGOG
42
___ Khan : AGA
43
Bordeaux's river : GARONNE
46
Prowls hungrily : RAVENS
48
Affenpinscher, e.g. : DOG
50
Puff up : BLOAT
51
Something to break : CAMP
52
Et ___ : ALII
53
Grommet : RING
54
Townsmen, for short : CITS
56
Tongue for Brian Boru : ERSE
58
Slithery slayer : ASP
59
___ Alta, town SW of San Juan : TOA
60
Comedian Olsen : OLE

Answer summary:
8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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