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Michael S. Maurer
Michael S. Maurer

New York Times, Tuesday, October 12, 1993

5-Down : Coleridge or Clemens

Author:
Michael S. Maurer
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Michael S. Maurer has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 19 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,044
Across
1
Help a fugitive : ABET
5
Weapon for a trooper : SABER
10
Greeting from Giuseppe : CIAO
14
Leno piece : JOKE
15
Unextinguished : ALIVE
16
Lane sister of films : LOLA
17
Quip: Part 1 : ANEXAMINATIONOF
20
Canceled, in a way : XED
21
Couple : DUAD
22
Posy holders : VASES
23
Lawyer's girl? : SUE
24
Great in scope : EPIC
26
Quip: Part 2 : ADRILLSERGEANTS
34
Intended : MEANT
35
Tracts : AREAS
36
Beech's kin : OAK
37
Sixth of an inning : OUT
38
Entered the primary : RAN
39
Slugger's stat. : RBI
40
Cpl., but not Pfc. : NCO
41
Academy founder : PLATO
43
Carpet fiber : ISTLE
45
Quip: Part 3 : GENESSHOWEDTHEY
48
Digs : PADS
49
Dundee negative : NAE
50
"60 Minutes" newswoman : STAHL
53
Where Det. is : MICH
55
Honest name : ABE
58
End of quip : WEREMADETOORDER
62
Kuwaiti native : ARAB
63
Chef's ___ : SALAD
64
Islamic call to prayer : AZAN
65
Woman with the same two notes? : MIMI
66
Confuse : ADDLE
67
"Final Analysis" star : GERE
Down
1
He rescued Achilles' body : AJAX
2
Off-white : BONE
3
Just made it : EKED
4
Singer Ritter : TEX
5
Coleridge or Clemens : SAMUEL
6
Inter ___ : ALIA
7
Predicament : BIND
8
A Gabor sister : EVA
9
Opposite of act. : RET
10
Ancient sewer : CLOACA
11
Charged particles : IONS
12
___ vera (lotion plant) : ALOE
13
Louts : OAFS
18
Mature : ADULT
19
Climbers : IVIES
23
Lust or gluttony : SIN
24
Before this time : ERENOW
25
Daly's org. : PGA
26
"___ My Souvenirs," 1927 song : AMONG
27
Tennis official's call : DEUCE
28
Boca ___ : RATON
29
Bernhardt and Vaughan : SARAHS
30
Pindar's Muse : ERATO
31
"___ to Alaska," 1960 Wayne film : NORTH
32
Trencherman's setting : TABLE
33
Lofty : SKIEY
41
Song of David : PSALM
42
"Acid" : LSD
43
Moscow's state : IDAHO
44
Fr. holy woman : STE
46
Youths coming of age in ancient Athens : EPHEBI
47
Convert to Morse : ENCODE
50
Did the crawl : SWAM
51
Garr of "Tootsie" : TERI
52
Syria, in the Bible : ARAM
53
Merge; blend : MELD
54
Rom. or Sic. : ITAL
55
Shaping tool : ADZE
56
Bull's antithesis : BEAR
57
Donegal Bay feeder : ERNE
59
Third king of Judah : ASA
60
Pop : DAD
61
Torment : RAG

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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