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Goldmann
Goldmann

New York Times, Friday, September 5, 1980

56-Across : Metallic element

Author:
Goldmann
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Goldmann has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,259
Across
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Feet for W. S. Gilbert : IAMBS
6
"That's one small ___ for a man ... " : STEP
10
Word in a Hope-Crosby film title : ROAD
14
Unexpected delight : TREAT
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Contemporary of Haydn : ARNE
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Indian of a New York region : ERIE
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Obliterate : ERASE
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___ qua non : SINE
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Pinnacle : ACME
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Hawthorne slept here : MANSE
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First king of Israel : SAUL
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El Centro's gift to entertainment : CHER
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Penultimate G. & S. opera : UTOPIALIMITED
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Gurth, in "Ivanhoe" : SERF
27
Yalies : ELIS
28
Venus or Mars : ORB
31
Memorable singer: 1936-73 : DARIN
34
Come in : ENTER
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"'Twas ever ___" : THUS
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OPEC member : QATAR
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Author of a famous elegy : GRAY
42
Became strengthened, with "up" : TONED
44
Decorative stroke on a letter : SERIF
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Part of "to be" : ARE
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Former N.Y.C. newspaper : TRIB
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Applaud : CLAP
51
Antepenultimate G. & S. opera : THEGONDOLIERS
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Metallic element : IRON
57
Stand on line : WAIT
58
Bonnie or John of singing fame : RAITT
60
One of the Roosevelts : SARA
61
Puccini heroine : MIMI
62
With 43 Down, undignified : INFRA
63
Object to : MIND
64
With, in Tours : AVEC
65
Famous Swiss mathematician : EULER
66
Koko's weapon : SNEE
67
Suffix with sweet or low : NESS
68
Paellas, e.g. : STEWS
Down
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Piece of news : ITEM
2
Chilean pianist : ARRAU
3
Had in mind : MEANT
4
Hines and Moll : BASSOS
5
Brewed tea : STEEPED
6
Tree yielding a flavoring agent : SASSAFRAS
7
"The ___," Orson Welles film: 1962 : TRIAL
8
Boredom : ENNUI
9
"___ a grape" (Mae West line) : PEELME
10
Responding to a stimulus : REACTING
11
Mehta leads one : ORCHESTRA
12
Directed, as a missile : AIMED
13
Does, for instance : DEER
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Where the Euphrates flows : IRAQ
25
___ de la Cité : ILE
28
Pittsburgh catcher : OTT
29
Greek letter : RHO
30
"Fleshly poet" of "Patience" : BUNTHORNE
32
Suffix with Brooklyn or Bronx : ITE
33
Serious social problem : NARCOTICS
35
Sound receiver : EAR
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"A pocket full of ___" : RYE
38
Schubert favorite : SERENADE
40
Small stream : RILL
43
See 62 Across : DIG
45
Women's chorus in "Iolanthe" : FAIRIES
48
Archer : BOWMAN
50
What G. W. Carver converted into axle grease : PEANUT
51
Prepare for a bout : TRAIN
52
Simple : NAIVE
53
Ma Bell's collection : DIMES
54
Weapon for a jaeger : RIFLE
55
Spread about : STREW
56
Certain theories : ISMS
59
Men's chorus in "Pinafore" : TARS

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

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