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William E. Heinemann
William E. Heinemann

New York Times, Friday, October 26, 1990

9-Down : Dante subject

Author:
William E. Heinemann
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William E. Heinemann has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,962
Across
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Boston ___ Orchestra : POPS
5
Laze under rays : BASK
9
Figures on a microcomputer screen : ICONS
14
Inland sea : ARAL
15
Cetacean : ORCA
16
Like hillbilly speech : NASAL
17
Farm sight : SILO
18
Approach : NEAR
19
Bowling unit : FRAME
20
Chief honcho : TOPBANANA
22
Lapsed : ERRED
23
Isolate : ENISLE
24
Neophyte : TYRO
26
Speck : ATOM
29
Key composition : ANTHEM
33
Uncompromising : STERN
37
Sticky situation : HOTPOTATO
39
Tittle : IOTA
40
___-mémoires (summaries) : AIDES
41
Examination : ORAL
42
Infatuated with: Slang : NUTSABOUT
44
Winesap : APPLE
45
Commodity : STAPLE
46
Signet : SEAL
48
Sting : BITE
50
Appeared : SEEMED
55
Bewildered : ATSEA
58
Gossip medium : GRAPEVINE
61
Cultivates : REARS
62
Roué : RAKE
63
Vigor : ELAN
64
Framework : CADRE
65
Rocker Clapton : ERIC
66
Catches : NETS
67
Rolls in the aisles : SLAYS
68
Scenite's abode : TENT
69
Lineage : TREE
Down
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Rhinestone : PASTE
2
Hunter in the sky : ORION
3
Insect feelers : PALPI
4
Human pigs : SLOBS
5
Baby's wear : BONNET
6
Scope : AREA
7
Survey : SCAN
8
Jeweler's measure : KARAT
9
Dante subject : INFERNO
10
Redhead : CARROTTOP
11
To dare, in Durango : OSAR
12
Reputation : NAME
13
Luge, e.g. : SLED
21
Hale of "Gilligan's Island" : ALAN
25
Chatters : YAPS
27
River formed at Pittsburgh : OHIO
28
___ operandi : MODUS
30
Trigon or clarsach : HARP
31
Et cetera's kin : ETAL
32
Spy : MOLE
33
Envy and pride : SINS
34
Tipster : TOUT
35
The Sundance Kid's gal : ETTA
36
Boo's cousin : RASPBERRY
38
___-bêche (philately term) : TETE
40
Incite : ABET
43
Pseudonyms : ALIASES
44
Aweather's opposite : ALEE
47
Mien : ASPECT
49
Heron's relative : EGRET
51
Program listing : EVENT
52
Ryun, for one : MILER
53
Maternally related : ENATE
54
Populous : DENSE
55
Planetary paths : ARCS
56
Bluish duck : TEAL
57
Actress Thompson : SADA
59
Choice : RARE
60
Analogous : AKIN

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