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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

New York Times, Saturday, January 29, 1983

2-Down : Baffling

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0 Grid has supersymmetry.
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,135
Across
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Advanced study group : SEMINAR
8
Kind of glaze or mosaic : CERAMIC
15
Shutdown : CLOSURE
16
State since Dec. 14, 1819 : ALABAMA
17
Nimrod's activity : HUNTING
18
Cloudy : NEBULAR
19
Feminine suffix : ESS
20
Gallery : TERRACE
22
"The Gilded ___," 1873 novel : AGE
23
Glove Gehrig wore : MITT
25
Smallest amount : LEAST
26
English actor-manager: 1853-1917 : TREE
27
Turn inside out : EVERT
29
Brother of Osiris : SET
30
Shrill, trilling sound : CHIRR
31
Examines anew : REREADS
33
Routes for the jet set : AIRWAYS
35
Dir. from Dayton to Daytona : SSE
36
___ culpa : MEA
37
Carpenter's horse : TRESTLE
41
Sanction : APPROVE
45
Sidewalk spectacle : RAREE
46
Grow drowsy : NOD
48
Alcohol-heated receptacles : ETNAS
49
Ancient calendar date : IDES
50
Composer Copland : AARON
52
Pungent wit : SALT
53
Snap : PIC
54
Mail man : ARMORER
56
Hyson or Assam : TEA
57
Kind of work : LATTICE
59
Caustic : ERODENT
61
Immutable : ETERNAL
62
Daily grind : RATRACE
63
Calms : SEDATES
64
Looked high and low : SCOURED
Down
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Intrigant : SCHEMER
2
Baffling : ELUSIVE
3
Griffin, e.g. : MONSTER
4
Ending for novel or journal : IST
5
Darkness, in Dijon : NUIT
6
Synthetic fiber : ARNEL
7
Backslide : REGRESS
8
Rummy variation : CANASTA
9
Choose : ELECT
10
Broadway playwright : RABE
11
___-Bekr, Mohammed's successor : ABU
12
Tropical affliction : MALARIA
13
Poetic technique : IMAGERY
14
Goes at full speed : CAREERS
21
Scottish explorer : RAE
24
Locks : TRESSES
26
Frustrates : THWARTS
28
Discrimination : TASTE
30
French delicacy : CREPE
32
N.J. neighbor : DEL
34
Devil's offspring : IMP
37
Three-baggers : TRIPLES
38
Project, as joy : RADIATE
39
Built : ERECTED
40
Outer tooth layers : ENAMELS
41
Magi, e.g. : ADORERS
42
Painting the town red : ONATEAR
43
Capital of Drôme : VALENCE
44
Like the landed gentry : ESTATED
47
Gold, in Granada : ORO
50
Old chests for valuables : ARCAE
51
Town SE of Bordeaux : NERAC
54
"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
55
Newspaper section, for short : ROTO
58
___-la-la : TRA
60
Actress Joanne : DRU

Answer summary:
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