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Roger H. Courtney
Roger H. Courtney

New York Times, Monday, September 9, 1991

20-Across : Noted train

Author:
Roger H. Courtney
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Roger H. Courtney has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,280
Across
1
Dog that debuted in a 1934 film : ASTA
5
Bow or Barton : CLARA
10
Shopper stopper : SALE
14
Sound at a stadium : ROAR
15
Tempted : LURED
16
King Harald's predecessor : OLAV
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Grown-up filly : MARE
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Actress Ekberg : ANITA
19
Cab passenger : FARE
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Noted train : PANAMALIMITED
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Matterhorn, e.g. : ALP
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Coty or Descartes : RENE
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Mendacious : FALSE
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___ out a living : EKE
30
Goose genus : ANSER
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Choler : IRE
35
Type of trip : EGO
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"I Got ___ o' Nuttin'" : PLENTY
37
Train company in a game : READINGRAILROAD
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Take long steps : STRIDE
42
Ending with north or south : ERN
43
Unclose, to the Bard : OPE
44
Highly charged : TENSE
45
Swiss river : AAR
46
More aged : RIPER
48
Canvas cover : TARP
50
U.S.A.F. command : SAC
51
Noted train : THESUPERCHIEF
57
Hired hoodlum : GOON
58
Davis or Midler : BETTE
59
"___ go bragh" : ERIN
61
Engendered : BRED
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Make tardy : LATEN
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Chinese: Comb. form : SINO
64
Furnishes a new lawn : SODS
65
Make nonexistent : ERASE
66
___ off (angry) : TEED
Down
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Inlet : ARM
2
Washstand item : SOAP
3
Scarlett's home : TARA
4
Gladiators' milieus : ARENAS
5
Gripper : CLAMP
6
Roman moon goddess : LUNA
7
Seed coating : ARIL
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Go to bed : RETIRE
9
"There Is Nothin' Like ___" : ADAME
10
Wash additive : SOFTENER
11
Wings, to Cato : ALAE
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Hog fat : LARD
13
World's first apple eater : EVE
21
Tankard's liquid : ALE
22
"___ things Thee to see": G. Herbert : INALL
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"Who's on ___?" : FIRST
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Rugged crest : ARETE
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Live and ___ : LEARN
28
Leghorn's largess : EGG
29
Asian penisula : KOREA
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Be inquisitive : SNOOP
32
Soldiers' camp : ETAPE
33
Golf's ___ Cup : RYDER
35
Chemical suffix : ENE
36
Diaper fastener : PIN
38
Bloats : DISTENDS
39
Mental formulas : IDEAS
40
Opposite of dep. at J.F.K. : ARR
45
Show up : APPEAR
46
Another stadium sound : RAH
47
Most aloof : ICIEST
49
U.S.S.R. coin : RUBLE
50
Unit of a play's act : SCENE
51
Matador charger : TORO
52
Cultivated : HOED
53
Kett of comics : ETTA
54
P.O. circuits : RTES
55
Jay Gould's train company : ERIE
56
Speeder's punishment : FINE
57
Shavian monogram : GBS
60
Grow sleepy : NOD

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

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