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William E. Heinemann
William E. Heinemann

New York Times, Friday, October 14, 1983

42-Down : Ribs of leaves

Author:
William E. Heinemann
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William E. Heinemann has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,393
Across
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Men's get-together : STAG
5
Rosita's residence : CASA
9
Where Panjim is : GOA
12
Coal-tar derivative : PHENOL
14
College grad : ALUM
15
Confess, with "up" : OWN
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Prickling sensation : TINGLE
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As a rule : NORMALLY
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"Her beauty was sold for ___": A. J. Lamb : ANOLDMANSGOLD
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Printer's line on a letter : SERIF
22
Destroy a Soho structure : RASE
23
Paraphernalia : GEAR
26
Mario's movie : CINE
28
Batter's position : STANCE
30
Middle-age problem : SAG
33
Tommy Tune musical : NINE
35
Warms up : HEATS
36
Nigerian native : IBO
37
Wolf's look : GLADEYE
40
Caught : GOT
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Investigate intensely : DELVE
43
Steelmaker's scoria : SLAG
44
Bitter vetch : ERS
45
Berry trees : ELDERS
47
Caesar's love : AMOR
49
Half: Prefix : DEMI
50
Grand Duke of Muscovy : IVAN
53
Within the law : LEGAL
57
Where she's kept (See 19 Across) : INAGILDEDCAGE
60
___ the ground (overdoes) : RUNSINTO
62
Govt. notes : TBILLS
63
"Paris ___," J. Brady book : ONE
64
Table section : LEAF
65
Veal for a schnitzel : CUTLET
66
Kay's title : SIR
67
Printer's mark : STET
68
Adventure story of yore : GEST
Down
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Sparkle : SHINE
2
Domingo's voice : TENOR
3
Of a West Germanic people : ANGLIC
4
Bond adversary : GOLDFINGER
5
Flowery tropical plant : CANNA
6
At ___ (bewildered) : ALOSS
7
Billows : SURGES
8
G.I.'s lethal supply : AMMO
9
Period of prosperity : GOLDENAGE
10
Pussycat's shipmate : OWL
11
Even one : ANY
12
Sch. affiliates : PTAS
13
Space-vehicle unit : LEM
18
Marine plants : ALGAE
20
Circus feature : ARENA
24
Reagan was one : ACTOR
25
Takes it easy : RESTS
27
Naught : NIL
29
Poe mystery : THEGOLDBUG
30
Showed partisanship : SIDED
31
A poplar : ABELE
32
Clementine's pa, for one : GOLDMINER
34
Pub. series : EDS
38
Kudu's kin : ELAND
39
Devil's-bones : YAM
42
Ribs of leaves : VEINS
46
Ring used as a seal : SIGNET
48
Speak from memory : RECITE
51
Curriculum ___ : VITAE
52
Where jets soar and roar : ALOFT
54
Vexes : GALLS
55
Sheath on a shoelace : AGLET
56
"___ we forget ... " : LEST
58
Is indisposed : AILS
59
Sentence ending, sometimes : ETC
60
River to the Dnieper : ROS
61
Prefix for corn or form : UNI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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