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Barbara J. Weakley
Barbara J. Weakley

New York Times, Thursday, October 31, 1991

44-Down : Babbles

Author:
Barbara J. Weakley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Barbara J. Weakley has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,332
Across
1
Lively party : BASH
5
Word with fire or transit : RAPID
10
Hebrew instrument : ASOR
14
Column part : ORLO
15
Fill with joy : ELATE
16
Behind schedule : LATE
17
Landed : ALIT
18
Rice dish : PILAF
19
Major Hoople's word : EGAD
20
Halloween visitors? : ZOMBIES
22
Dilatory : LAGGARD
24
Cell component : RNA
25
Herschel's discovery : URANUS
26
Describing a Halloween gala? : SPOOKTACULAR
32
Spock portrayer on TV : NIMOY
33
No-nos : DONTS
34
Arafat's gp. : PLO
37
Islamic theologian : ALIM
38
Bette or Ossie : DAVIS
39
Necklace item : BEAD
40
Favorite : PET
41
Halley's, for one : COMET
42
Carpenter's tool : PLANE
43
Entertainer at 26 Across? : GHOSTSPEAKER
45
Adherent of Islam : MUSLIM
48
Fabulous bird : ROC
49
Oval : ELLIPSE
51
Irritated : RANKLED
55
City in the Sooner State : ENID
56
Boat hoist : DAVIT
58
Bear's lair : CAVE
59
Domesticate : TAME
60
Stage whisper : ASIDE
61
Sound from a corner : AMEN
62
Notices : SEES
63
Sycophants' replies : YESES
64
Yurt, e.g. : TENT
Down
1
Biblical husband : BOAZ
2
"___ 'n' Janis," comic strip : ARLO
3
Slender : SLIM
4
Stolen Halloween vehicle? : HOTBROOM
5
Iterate : REPEAT
6
Start of Ore.'s motto : ALIS
7
Buddy : PAL
8
Type type, for short : ITAL
9
Gets in arrears : DEFAULTS
10
Sour liquid : ALEGAR
11
She wrote "The Unmade Bed" : SAGAN
12
Japanese port : OTARU
13
Foxx namesakes : REDDS
21
Atramentous : INKY
23
Fat, in France : GRAS
26
Break suddenly : SNAP
27
Dock support : PILE
28
Neglect : OMIT
29
Character considered to be Hemingway's alter ego : ADAMS
30
Break a Commandment : COVET
31
Entitles : UNITS
34
Crest : PEAK
35
Country road : LANE
36
European river : ODER
38
Time of judgment : DOOMSDAY
39
Pet of the wicked witch? : BLACKCAT
41
Cookie ingredient : CHIP
42
Mexican muzhik : PEON
43
Skims across : GLIDES
44
Babbles : PRATES
45
Holds a session : MEETS
46
Radii neighbors : ULNAE
47
Viscous mud : SLIME
50
Comfort : EASE
51
First U.S. woman in space : RIDE
52
Gold cloth : LAME
53
All tied up : EVEN
54
Headway of a sort : DENT
57
Force : VIS

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

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