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Christopher Page
Christopher Page

New York Times, Wednesday, October 11, 1989

5-Down : Investigations

Author:
Christopher Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { G J X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Christopher Page has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,582
Across
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Boutique : SHOP
5
Bury : INTER
10
Out yonder : AFAR
14
Oz dog : TOTO
15
Part of a springe : NOOSE
16
Lake Nasser feeder : NILE
17
Seismologist's concern : EARTHQUAKE
19
Defunct N.Y.C. daily : TRIB
20
Offer for consideration : PROPOUND
21
Armadas : FLEETS
23
Infuriates : IRES
24
They could be raw or fair : DEALS
25
Takes another spouse : REWEDS
28
Opiate : NARCOTIC
31
Chicken ___ king : ALA
32
Allen of Vt. : ETHAN
34
Thread storage : SPOOL
35
Core : PITH
37
Catalina or Catarina : SANTA
39
Lake in Ireland : ERNE
40
Most appropriate : IDEAL
42
Solemn toll : KNELL
44
Actress Farrow : MIA
45
Julep time on Churchill Downs : DERBYDAY
47
Orbiting-message link: Abbr. : TELSAT
49
Cans : FIRES
50
___ Ridge, 1972 toast on 45 Across : RIVA
51
Roscoe : HEATER
53
Baseball figure in the news : PETEROSE
57
Actress Nazimova : ALLA
58
Breeze : AIRCURRENT
60
Potter's baker : KILN
61
Epic by Homer : ILIAD
62
Module : UNIT
63
Bridge position : EAST
64
Ivry-sur-Seine illumination : LAMPE
65
Pontifical English poet? : POPE
Down
1
Chassé : STEP
2
A type of frost : HOAR
3
Another Argentino : OTRO
4
Crusty dinner entree : POTPIE
5
Investigations : INQUESTS
6
Parts of speech : NOUNS
7
Hog-nosed snake's prey : TOAD
8
Scottish border river : ESK
9
Midshipman : REEFER
10
Dik-dik or kudu : ANTELOPE
11
Dangerous conflagrations : FIRESTORMS
12
Left a plane : ALIT
13
Lee's men, for short : REBS
18
Vast number : HORDE
22
Bienville and Mistassini, Quebec : LACS
24
Alighieri : DANTE
25
Fleet : RAPID
26
Suppress : ELIDE
27
Cascades : WATERFALLS
28
Billy's mate : NANNY
29
Ancient Greek colony : IONIA
30
Object on which ropes are belayed : CLEAT
33
Maori dances : HAKAS
36
Denizen : HABITANT
38
Height : ALTITUDE
41
Does it play false notes? : LYRE
43
Pry : LEVER
46
Upset the Yankee Clipper : DERAIL
48
Thrash : LARRUP
50
Summary : RECAP
51
Cod's relative : HAKE
52
Director-author Kazan : ELIA
53
Proper's companion : PRIM
54
Wine: Comb. form : OENO
55
Use scissors : SNIP
56
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
59
Dock workers' org. : ILA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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