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Jones
Jones

New York Times, Tuesday, September 3, 1985

64-Across : "___ silly question ... "

Author:
Jones
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jones has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,083
Across
1
Relate : TELL
5
Chicago 11 : BEARS
10
Rebuff : SLAP
14
Sector : AREA
15
Jessel was one : EMCEE
16
Leander's lover : HERO
17
Joe and Gus of baseball : TINKERBELL
19
"Give ___ a horse ... " : AMAN
20
Sights on roofs : ANTENNAS
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Amnesiac's lack : MEMORY
23
Ending for mob or road : STER
24
Old Nick : SATAN
25
Polite negative : NOSIR
28
A Carson : KIT
30
Slant : ANGLE
33
Dodged : EVADED
35
Weed out : CULL
37
Hied : RAN
38
Sarazen or Tunney : GENE
39
" ... poor dog ___" : ABONE
41
Part of h.c.l : COST
42
Indian bean : URD
43
Comparative conjunction : THAN
44
Drool : SLAVER
46
Haute couture : STYLE
48
"Good deed" org. : BSA
50
An abrasive : EMERY
51
Nun's scarf : BARBE
53
Righetti or Winfield : DAVE
55
Poker expert : SCARNE
57
Guardianship : TUTELAGE
61
Actress Anderson : LONI
62
Seaver and Eddie of baseball : TOMCOLLINS
64
"___ silly question ... " : ASKA
65
Get to second in a hurry : STEAL
66
Persia today : IRAN
67
Mizzen : MAST
68
Streisand film : YENTL
69
"___ forgive ... " : ASWE
Down
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Bye-bye : TATA
2
Mavourneen's milieu : ERIN
3
Fast time : LENT
4
Summer-cottage site : LAKESIDE
5
He wrote "Games People Play" : BERNE
6
Start a cruise : EMBARK
7
Pilots like Rickenbacker : ACES
8
Bro., e.g. : REL
9
March locale: 1965 : SELMA
10
Amerind priest : SHAMAN
11
Bob and Lefty of baseball : LEMONGROVE
12
Sandarac tree : ARAR
13
Tiny chorine : PONY
18
___ nous : ENTRE
22
Et cetera's cousin : ETAL
24
Daze : STUN
25
Sugared wine drink : NEGUS
26
Obvious : OVERT
27
Koufax and Ernie of baseball : SANDYBANKS
29
Images : ICONS
31
Powerful beam : LASER
32
Contestant : ENTRY
34
Dit partner : DAH
36
Mary Ford's Paul : LES
40
Sultan of Swat : BABE
41
Flower named for a Jesuit : CAMELLIA
43
Sea swallow : TERN
45
Carpenter's tool : LEVEL
47
Lasso : LARIAT
49
"Dead, for ___ ... ": Hamlet : ADUCAT
52
Seamstress Ross : BETSY
54
Coral island : ATOLL
55
Bridge score : SLAM
56
___ Nostra : COSA
57
U.S. agents : TMEN
58
Makes public : AIRS
59
Chew : GNAW
60
Laborer of yore : ESNE
63
Suffix with Capri : OTE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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