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Jeffrey A. Mercer
Jeffrey A. Mercer

New York Times, Thursday, January 16, 1986

44-Down : Hypothesis

Author:
Jeffrey A. Mercer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q U X }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jeffrey A. Mercer has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,218
Across
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Basal anagram : BALSA
6
Cheese made backward? : EDAM
10
Style for a dome? : MODE
14
Clouded quartz : AGATE
15
June 6, 1944 : DDAY
16
Particular : ITEM
17
"The Twelfth of ___," Mathis song : NEVER
18
Peary's winter base : ETAH
19
Gaelic fairy : SHEE
20
G.I.'s fare : CRATIONS
22
Rearward : ASTERN
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Maxims : SAWS
25
Recorded : ENTERED
26
Shoe part : INSOLE
29
Wood for bridges : ALDER
30
Claim on property : LIEN
31
"Atlas Shrugged" character : GALT
33
Coral island : ATOLL
37
Ethyl follower : ENE
38
Dwight Gooden's sobriquet : DOCTORK
40
Ginnie or Fannie of finance : MAE
41
Beetle Bailey's boss : SARGE
43
Tenor Kollo : RENE
44
___ colada : PINA
45
Banker's client : SAVER
47
Weasel's cousin : MARTEN
49
Babies' toys : RATTLES
52
Telegram : WIRE
53
Forestalls : AVERTS
54
Nutritive substance found in greens : VITAMINE
58
Luigi's lunch, sometimes : ZITI
59
Problem for Peete : TRAP
61
Stair part : RISER
62
Make money : EARN
63
Excellent : AONE
64
"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
65
Obstacle : SNAG
66
Not so much : LESS
67
Proves : TESTS
Down
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Judge's bench : BANC
2
Catalyst of a sort : AGER
3
Pahoehoe, e.g. : LAVA
4
Cowboy hat : STETSON
5
Rooftop fixture : AERIAL
6
British noble family : EDENS
7
Insecticides, for short : DDTS
8
Motorists' org. : AAA
9
"With ___ upon his head": E. B. Browning : MYHAND
10
A-Team man : MISTERT
11
Different : OTHER
12
Name on a tractor : DEERE
13
Revise : EMEND
21
Upstate N.Y. town : OWEGO
23
Sirloin, e.g. : STEAK
25
Singer John : ELTON
26
French islands : ILES
27
Historic ship : NINA
28
Divination is his vocation : SEER
29
Vary : ALTER
32
Farm measurements : ACRES
34
Bypass : OMIT
35
Country road : LANE
36
Director David : LEAN
38
Trafficked : DEALT
39
Excuse : REMIT
42
Stripper's garb : GSTRING
44
Hypothesis : PREMISE
46
Chaste : VESTAL
48
Mountain in Turkey : ARARAT
49
Demolishes : RAZES
50
Birdlike : AVIAN
51
Prefix with chord or meter : TETRA
52
Swabs : WIPES
54
Highway behemoths : VANS
55
They're dogged about their dogmas : ISTS
56
Straight : NEAT
57
Does wrong : ERRS
60
Caviar : ROE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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