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Wayne Hall-Eastman
Wayne Hall-Eastman

New York Times, Tuesday, October 20, 1992

37-Down : Sudden burst of wind

Author:
Wayne Hall-Eastman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Wayne Hall-Eastman has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,687
Across
1
Guru : SAGE
5
Adequate : SOSO
9
Hedda Gabler's creator : IBSEN
14
Occasional, in Edinburgh : ORRA
15
Baby seals : PUPS
16
Statement of faith : CREDO
17
Cordelia's father : LEAR
18
On the main : ASEA
19
Weird : EERIE
20
This may lead to a Ewing score : FASTBREAK
22
Confusion of voices : BABEL
23
Starts for Athenians : ALPHAS
24
Life-jacket material : KAPOK
26
Arid : SERE
28
Makes an effort : EXERTS
32
___-ski : APRES
36
"Cogito, ___ sum" : ERGO
38
Anatomical passages : VASA
39
Furnish : PROVIDE
41
Messy; disheveled : UNKEMPT
43
"___ Like It Hot" : SOME
44
European vacationland : ALPS
46
Herb for liqueurs : ANISE
47
Unspoiled : EDENIC
49
A.B.A. member : ATTY
51
Staff of life : BREAD
53
Baseballer Tim ___ : RAINES
58
"It's a Wonderful Life" director : CAPRA
61
A.M. repast : BREAKFAST
63
Foreign : ALIEN
64
"Casino Royale" role: 1967 : BOND
65
Olfactory organ : NOSE
66
Hawaiian porch : LANAI
67
"___ I built a railroad ... " : ONCE
68
It may be good or bad : OMEN
69
Plumbers' foes : LEAKS
70
___ off (irate) : TEED
71
Containers in Cumbria : TINS
Down
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Sing a scale : SOLFA
2
Pertaining to space : AREAL
3
Comprehend : GRASP
4
Blue planet : EARTH
5
Few and far between : SPARSE
6
River in Yorkshire : OUSE
7
Tom Foley, e.g. : SPEAKER
8
Second city of Japan : OSAKA
9
Insulated chest : ICEBOX
10
Show a zero balance : BREAKEVEN
11
Croat's neighbor : SERB
12
Sedgwick or Adams : EDIE
13
Season to be jolly : NOEL
21
Siepi and Hines : BASSI
25
Drudge : PEON
27
Stagger : REEL
29
Branches : RAMI
30
Cooking amts. : TSPS
31
Fill : SATE
32
Part of a basilica : APSE
33
Goad : PROD
34
The Eternal City : ROME
35
"Never give a sucker an ___" : EVENBREAK
37
Sudden burst of wind : GUST
40
A freshwater fish : DACE
42
Inuit canoe : KAYAK
45
Work-crew boss : PADRONE
48
Rafsanjani and Bani-Sadr : IRANIS
50
Swapped : TRADED
52
Monastery's main man : ABBOT
54
"___ for You," Dylan song : IFNOT
55
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
56
German iron and steel city : ESSEN
57
British guns : STENS
58
Dial : CALL
59
Seed wings: Bot. : ALAE
60
___ colada : PINA
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Suffix with infer : ENCE

Answer summary:
2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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