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Albert E. Lytle
Albert E. Lytle

New York Times, Saturday, October 17, 1981

4-Down : Chinese dynasty

Author:
Albert E. Lytle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { B J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Albert E. Lytle has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,666
Across
1
Froth : FOAM
5
Young oysters : SPATS
10
Platform : DAIS
14
Writer Bontemps : ARNA
15
Bones corresponding to fibulae : ULNAE
16
___ dixit : IPSE
17
Nothing, in Tours : RIEN
18
Pipkins' cousins : PAILS
19
Maculation : SPOT
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23
Exalts : ENTHRONES
24
Constellation : ARA
25
D.C. body : USS
26
Come forth : EMERGE
29
Unit of pain : DOL
32
Torpid state during the hot season : AESTIVATION
36
Ditto : IDEM
38
Electron tube : DIODE
39
Noted Danish composer : ENNA
40
Mom-and-Pop place, perhap : RETAILSTORE
43
Muffin : GEM
44
Privileged convict : TRUSTY
45
Certain drs. : GPS
47
Cologne-to-Trier : SSE
48
With an amused expression : SMILINGLY
54
Shrewd : PERSPICACIOUS
56
City on the Wabash : PERU
58
Cloth pattern : PLAID
59
The Danube, in Hungary : DUNA
60
Pity! : ALAS
61
___ Semple McPherson : AIMEE
62
Nervous : EDGY
63
Breed of terrier : SKYE
64
Foments : STIRS
65
Make an incised mark : RASE
Down
1
Mockery : FARCE
2
Apollo 16 lunar lander : ORION
3
Pertaining to : ANENT
4
Chinese dynasty : MANCHU
5
Assumer's adverb : SUPPOSEDLY
6
Clear : PLAIN
7
Flavorsome herb : ANISE
8
Rubs with a certain powder : TALCS
9
Mobutu ___ Seko, President of Zaire : SESE
10
Unrelated : DISCRETE
11
"Now" follower on a marquee : APPEARING
12
Prefix with bar : ISO
13
Prescribe : SET
21
Bear up in the skies : URSA
22
Hottentot : NAMA
26
___ National Park, Fla. : EVERGLADES
27
Start of a Mitchell title : GONE
28
City of Judah : ENAM
29
Gossip : DIRT
30
Baltic feeder : ODER
31
Cleric's exhortation : LETUSPRAY
33
Sibling, for short : SIS
34
Add (up) : TOT
35
Words to a J.P. : IDO
37
Rubdown expert : MASSEUSE
41
Roman route : ITER
42
Heroic : EPIC
46
Duke of diamond fame : SNIDER
48
Take it on the lam : SPLIT
49
Orange Bowl locale : MIAMI
50
More frigid : ICIER
51
Dutch cheese : GOUDA
52
Skin divers' gear, for short : LUNGS
53
Belgian composer-conductor : YSAYE
55
Resorts : SPAS
56
Ballet step : PAS
57
Wearer of a tooth : ELK

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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